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The camp is the world

Edward Lee (IIT): Copyright, Death, and Taxes. Has secularisation eroded our understanding of history? Gauging gender: Solving the puzzles of human sexuality will require an interdisciplinary approach involving both the sciences and the humanities. From Vox, a look at how Germany could save the euro; and the Eurozone could come to tatters temporarily, but the European ideal is so powerful that crisis and division will not permanently prevail. Europe against the Left: It is hard to overstate the novelty of the European Union. The camp is the world: Luis Moreno-Caballud and Marina Sitrin on connecting the Occupy movements and the Spanish May 15th Movement. The rise of cryptofascist Hollywood: Fans were shocked when Batman writer Frank Miller furiously attacked the Occupy movement; they shouldn't have been, says Rick Moody — he was just voicing Hollywood's unspoken values. Kropotkin's heirs apparent: Alan Ryan on Occupy Wall Street, a refreshingly rational anarchist movement. Introductio ad absurdum: Nick Skiadopolous on the merits of a militant abstinence (and part 2 and part 3). Is Superman a Democrat? Haley Sweetland Edwards writes on politics and superheroes. The Michael Walzer Affair: An excerpt from Unjust Honoris Causa: Chronicle of a Most Peculiar Academic Dishonor by Aleksandar Jokic and Milan Brdar. The introduction to Enigmas of Identity by Peter Brooks. Keep smiling — the world is doing fine, say American authors.