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At the Heart of Desire: Death

“The function of desire must remain in a fundamental relationship with death.” – J. Lacan Desire is always born from a lack, from an absence. It expresses the nostalgia for a lost wholeness, for an original state of satisfaction that we seek to rediscover throughout our lives. Yet, this desire is insatiable by nature, as its object is ...

Alexei Navalny: Daring Opposition Leader Who Died Behind Bars

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in an Arctic prison on Friday, was so loathed by President Vladimir Putin that the Kremlin leader refused to mention him by name. The 47-year-old had, for over a decade, been Putin's most prolific critic, running against the long-time ruler in 2018 and frequently blasting what he perceived as ...