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The Comforts of South Korea’s Coronavirus Response By Colin Marshall The New Yorker April 14, 2020 Life in Seoul, South Korea, has not gone unchanged, but the government’s approach to combatting the coronavirus makes the American one look absurd.Photograph by Lee Jin-man / AP / Shutterstock Asked why I moved from the United States to South Korea, I often say that it was because I wanted to live ..

The Medieval University Monopoly New universities sprang up across medieval Europe at a rapid rate, yet at the start of the 19th century, England had only two: Oxford and Cambridge. For centuries, England’s two oldest institutions enjoyed a strict duopoly on higher learning, enforced by law. Why were they allowed to? William Whyte History Today Published 07 March 2018 In June 1686, a small famil..

월간중앙 201604호 (2016.03.17) [106]목차보기 [도올 김용옥 창간기념 특별기고] 그리스 문명의 ‘생명론적 시간’, 한반도 평화의 ‘운명적 시간’ “남북한 화해 이니셔티브, 왜 미국과 중국에 맡기나?” 도올 김용옥 그리스인의 ‘생명론적 시간’에 한반도 시운(時運) 살필 수 있는 예지 깃들어… 자기보존 위해 처절하게 몸부림치는 북한을 여유 있게 조망해야 ▎도올 김용옥은 특별기고를 통해 “우리민족의 중대한 위기는 오직 우리민족 스스로의 무지가 만들고 있을 뿐”이라 일갈했다. / 사진·중앙포토 4월 창간호부터 도올 김용옥의 장녀 김승중 토론토대 교수(그리스 미술고고학)가 을 연재한다. 김승중 교수는 미 프린스턴대에서 천체물리학 박사, 이어 콜럼비아대학의 예술사고고학과에서도 박사학위를 받은 독보..

The Distracted Mind Multitasking, task switching, and continuous partial attention. By Adam Gazzaley and Larry D. Rosen MIT Press March 2017 Our technology-rich world has proven to be both a blessing and a curse. While on the one hand we have access to information or people anywhere at any time, on the other hand we find our attention constantly drawn by the rich, multisensory, technological env..

Yukio Mishima: Japan’s Cultural Martyr written by Andrew Rankin Quillette Published on December 11, 2019 The enthusiasm with which the people of Japan recently celebrated the enthronement of their new emperor, Naruhito, indicates the extent to which Japan has regained confidence in its imperial institution. Not coincidentally, in recent years Japan has also seen a resurgence in the reputation of..

What Sets Italian Americans Off From Other Immigrants? Family and work for starters, according to a new TV documentary. Vincent J. Cannato HUMANITIES, January/February 2015, Volume 36, Number 1 Photo caption Little Italy, New York City, 1950s. —Everett Collection / Mondadori Portfolio "And so you know the difficulty in becoming an American. It isn’t a sudden process. You get over it. But you don..

Liberty or Equality? The Founding Fathers knew that you can’t have both. Myron Magnet City Journal, Spring 2014 With the fulminating on the left about inequality—“Fighting inequality is the mission of our times,” as New York’s new mayor, Bill de Blasio, summed up the theme of his postelection powwow with President Barack Obama—it’s worth pausing to admire anew the very different, and very realis..

Philosophy & Religion Habermas and the Fate of Democracy William E. Scheuerman Boston Review Apr 12, 2017 A new biography reveals Habermas's commitment to a democratic ideal. Habermas: A Biography Stefan Müller-Doohm, translated by Daniel Steuer Polity Press, $39.95 (cloth) Habermas Habermas, ‘Jürgen Habermas’, wrote the American philosopher Ronald Dworkin on the occasion of the great European t..

For Centuries, Massive Meals Amazed Visitors to Korea Scholars, writers, and missionaries all exclaimed over how much food was available. by T.K. Park Atlas Obscura September 12, 2019 For Centuries, Massive Meals Amazed Visitors to Korea This illustration, captioned "Korean peasants at dinner," shows a convivial meal. Public Domain In This Story Add Makgeolli to a New List Food Makgeolli South K..

The Copy and Its Evil Twin Thirteen notes on forgery Alexander Nagel Cabinet, Summer 2004 Icon of the Virgin Eleousa, Venice, mid-fourteenth century. 1. You would expect that the crime of art forgery has been around as long as people have been making artifacts. But in fact it is very difficult to find an art forgery in the West before the fifteenth century—in contrast to China, where, as with pa..