Still from the film “Loveless”. 2017. Russia, France, Belgium, Germany. Dir. A. Zvyagintsev One of the main aspirations of technocentric statism is to free the subject from the burden of politics and all the inconveniences that political participation brings.

Antique bust of Epicurus In a previous article I outlined my path to atheism in general terms. Although the text is called “ The Experience of Faith and Unbelief ,” emphasizing religion and atheism as something personally experienced, in essence it is more of a rhetorical device.

Yachting is a noble sport that exists for over 300 years, and those who are interested in the works of Impressionists should remember the paintings of such masters as Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Gustave Caillebotte. Monet, for one, was so interested in Yachting that his fellow craftsmen often called him “Raphael of Water”. Sailing is a very interesting circumstance for an artist.

Illustrations by Alexandra Pushnaya An essay by Anton Romanov about the contradictions of the modern world economy and late capitalism, which can lead to a dystopia in the spirit of Aldous Huxley - with the complete alienation of not only work, but also leisure, social role and, perhaps, ultimately, family.

This text is devoted to the analysis of monuments that exist in modern queer memorial culture in Germany. The main question of this text is how exactly these monuments work with queer identity, whether they write trauma into it and whether they make trauma an integral part of it.

In the previous article, “ From Religion to Atheism - What to Read? ”, a sketch of a list of useful literature was given that led me from religious darkness to the light of an atheistic worldview - the most significant books, the reading of which, I hope, can be useful to other people suffering from religious prejudices, or engaged in the atheistic education of our fellow citizens.

There is hardly any need to explain why Cosmonautics Day is celebrated on April 12. This day really brought a new understanding of our capabilities and prospects - much of what previously seemed impossible began to materialize, to be successfully realized, and Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, the first cosmonaut of the Earth, who was at the center of the event, became the hero of the entire planet. But astronautics itself began much earlier.

In the first episode of the “Conversed” podcast, the hosts, together with invited experts, look into why people believe in conspiracy theories, how conspiracy theories and propaganda are connected, where the myth about Nazism in Ukraine came from, and why the Russian government blames the “collective West” for everything.