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The Spirit of Matter: Modernity, Religion, and the Power of Objects

By (author) Peter Pels

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A range of meaningful objectsâ€”exhibits of human remains or live people, fetishes, objects in a Catholic Museum, exotic photographs, commodities, and computersâ€”demonstrate a subordinate modern consciousness about powerful objects and their â€˜lifeâ€™. The Spirit of Matter discusses these objects that move people emotionally but whose existence is often denied by modern wishful thinking of â€˜mind over matterâ€™. It traces this mindset back to Protestant Christian influences that were secularized in the course of modern and colonial history.

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The Order of Time

Carlo Rovelli
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Originally published in Italian: L'ordine del tempo (Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 2017).

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The Coming Wave: AI, Power and Our Future

Mustafa Suleyman
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Helgoland: The Strange and Beautiful Story of Quantum Physics

Carlo Rovelli
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