Aeon Articles

A former slave’s letter to his old master Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) ‘Will you send us our wages for the time that we served you?’ A freed slave answers his old master’s request to come back - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

So many unmarried men Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) For Mary Midgley, the Western philosophical tradition is shaped by the fact that its greatest practitioners were bachelors - by Ellie Robson Read at Aeon

The cheekiest potter Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) A ceramicist puts a playful twist on Italian Renaissance pottery with dirty jokes, emojis and colourful commentary on menopause - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Poverty is not permanent Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) By understanding the pernicious myths surrounding poverty, we can make progress towards a lofty goal: dignity for all - by Anirudh Krishna & Dirk Philipsen Read at Aeon

Guardians of the gibbons Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Humans are both the gravest threat and the greatest hope for the survival of the rare hoolock gibbons in northeast India - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

A very American fear Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Moral panics about erotica have coursed through the country’s history. Why do so many Americans think of porn as harm? - by Rebecca L Davis Read at Aeon

How to see an exquisite corpse Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) A history of the ‘exquisite corpse’ in art shows how it embodies surrealist ideas of freedom, community and radical creativity - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The birth of naturalism Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) The modern era is often seen as the triumph of science over supernaturalism. But what really happened is far more interesting - by Peter Harrison Read at Aeon

Mother tongue Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) In animations that evoke the fog of memory, Susan returns to her childhood in Korea, speaking a language she no longer knows - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Passion and Palestine Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) More than any other conflict, Israel/Palestine has provoked extraordinarily fervent emotion throughout the world. Why? - by Derek Jonathan Penslar Read at Aeon

Hearts and brains Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Humans always end up with clogged arteries, right? That’s not what the lives of the Tsimane in the Amazon basin tell us - by Ben Daitz Read at Aeon

The ethical dilemma of privacy Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Is privacy inherently valuable, or just one more variable in a society’s blueprint? The philosophers’ view, from Plato on - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The listening gift Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) It is the dark matter of conversation, the white space around a poem. For Rilke, listening is receiving the divine - by Faith Lawrence Read at Aeon

Murmurations Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) A filmmaker collaborates with a murmuration of starlings to create spellbinding visuals at the intersection of science and art - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

In praise of subspecies Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) To lump or to split? Deciding whether an animal is a species or subspecies profoundly influences our conservation priorities - by Richard Smyth Read at Aeon

The end of neoliberalism? Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) The case of Mexico shows that, despite a proliferating discourse that it is over, neoliberalism is as relentless as ever - by Inés Escobar González Read at Aeon

Voices of Victorians Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Hear echoes of the Victorian age, captured in some of the world’s first audio recordings, in this video essay on the phonograph - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Chemical laws Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) Often dismissed as the poor cousin of the sciences, chemistry has revealed natural laws that illuminate our Universe - by Vanessa A Seifert Read at Aeon

Eric Laithwaite: shaping things to come Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) An inventor traces the evolution of a single engineering idea, from Michael Faraday’s first motors to levitating trains - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Prosperity versus liberation Aeon | a world of ideas (RSS) How Pentecostalism’s prosperity gospel replaced Catholic liberation theology in Latin American life - by Elle Hardy Read at Aeon