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Magic and Consumption at the End of History – Part 2
This is PART 2 of a talk I gave in 2004 at a humanities conference in Prato, Italy. For more context on that talk as well as its eerie relevance to some of the crises we face today—including the world-wide … Continue reading
Magic and Consumption at the End of History – Part 1
I gave the following talk in 2004 at a conference held at the Monash University Centre, Prato, Italy. (Prato is Tuscany’s second largest city, less than 11 miles from Tuscany’s largest, Florence.) I publish it now partly because it speaks … Continue reading