Issue 17 Art and Philosophy – Sublime

The Philosopher and the Wolf

Laura Santamaria — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The metaphor the writer finds for the animal is unusual: the wolf is like the clearing in a forest, allowing what is hidden to be uncovered. For Rowlands (the philosopher) – a ‘rootless, restless intellectual’ given to drinking up to two litres of Jack Daniel’s in a sitting – Brenin (the wolf) brings light (leukos in...

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Conquering Carbon

Laura Santamaria — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Central to Jackson’s thinking is that putting a price on carbon in a capitalist economy would cut emissions, while her argument for altering our relationship with carbon by learning how best to manage and prevent the loss of our resources in order to increase our sustainability is compelling. Also helpful is that she goes on to...

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Untitled II. The Beautiful Renaissance

laurasan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A collection of some of the most sophisticated and challenging street art from around the world, these images fittingly come with the proviso that they have been gathered without the collaboration of the artists or the owners of the walls. The Beautiful Renaissance raises the obvious questions about how we perceive and interact with our environment, the...

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Energy Report

Jeremy Leggett — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:00:00 +0000

In the years ahead, the battle of ideas will be waged using the arcane language of energy policy. But make no mistake – these are matters of life and death. Many millions of lives hang on the outcome of the decisions that will be made.

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