Slavoj Žižek’s philosophy of violence compels us to look beyond the spectacle of bloodshed to the quiet, systemic and symbolic forces that normalise cruelty and uphold the ideological myths of power, peace, and humanitarianism.

Pope Leo XIV’s digital diplomacy offers a quiet rebuke to the logic of war

The death of Pope Francis marks the end of a papacy that, while not without its controversies, consistently offered a measured and persistent call for peace in an age when many leaders have grown comfortable with the language of war.