Word: aestheticism
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These same truths apply in the athletic world. The primary goal of professional sports is to make money. Because success is defined in monetary terms, bringing eyes to the sport must be done by any means necessary. Heck, learn from the NHL: They let their players exchange blows every game...
In October 1979, photographer Anton Corbijn, the son of a rural Dutch Protestant minister, set out for England in pursuit of Unknown Pleasures. That was the title of the dark, expansive debut album from the Manchester post-punk band Joy Division, and to Corbijn it was an artistic clarion call...
It is disingenuous and regressive to attack the “degenerate habit” of marijuana from a cultural stand, as conservatives frequently do. It is hard to argue that the puffs of pot that waft out of college dormitories are inculcating slothfulness or Marxism among developing generations. It...
The 29-year reign of Harvard’s Core Curriculum is coming to a close—just how and when will likely become clear by winter’s end.The group of professors and students charged with plotting the transition to a new general education program is moving...
Among the great cities of the world, Beijing is striking for its ugliness.I wasn’t surprised at the grunginess that is characteristic—even expected—of China’s capital when I traveled there this summer to do thesis research. I’d...