A boy's coming of age to become a writer is set against the backdrop of the profession of writing and the importance of the family.
"The idea of communism, argues Ali, was simple and noble - the creation of a society based on the principle of 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need' rather than a system based on greed and profit. The Communist Manifesto appealed not just to the poo…
The garden of earthly delights -- The sin of nature -- Man has never yet been in paradise -- The divine forest -- Paradise and human nature -- The kingdom and the garden. What happened to paradise after Adam and Eve were expelled? The question may sound like a theological quibb…
What happened to paradise after Adam and Eve were expelled? The question may sound like a theological quibble, or even a joke, but in The Kingdom and the Garden, Giorgio Agamben uses it as a starting point for an investigation of human nature and the prospects for political tran…
