Homo Globalis

Religion

Carlo Strenger on March 27, 2012

Between the rockets from the Gaza strip and the endless debate about Iran, last week I participated at an event that showed where Israel could be heading—the first Israel Singularity Convention held at the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Jaffa.

Creativity

Carlo Strenger on January 4, 2012

Media

Carlo Strenger on July 9, 2011

Trauma

Carlo Strenger on April 26, 2011

Our culture is addicted to the promise of quick fixes for all ailments. Robert Stolorow, in a poignant study of trauma, shows that only by embracing life's tragic dimension, can we truly understand our own lives, and live them authentically.

Spirituality

Carlo Strenger on April 6, 2011

Media

Carlo Strenger on March 24, 2011

Is the wave of protests in the Arab world the harbinger of the new politics of Homo globalis?

Fear

Carlo Strenger on March 1, 2011

Fantasies

Carlo Strenger on February 23, 2011

Celebrity has become the modern version of fame: the road to immortality. The allure of Reality TV is that it documents the 'magical' transformation of ordinary mortalis into demigods of celebrity.