Celestial Bearings

If there is a king among the imitators of The Prince, it is Robert Greene. In The 48 Laws of Power, he selects episodes from history to illustrate his simplified maxims on manipulation, control and the acquisition of influence. As Stephan Joppich neatly puts it on his...

The Popular Saints festivities, as they are known today, are the result of a process of historical reinterpretation that combines ancient festive practices with later religious and political frameworks. In Lisbon, these celebrations were long associated with specific...

During the Estado Novo, Portuguese cinema played an important role in the construction and dissemination of a standardised national identity. Films such as A Canção de Lisboa (1933), O Pátio das Cantigas (1942), and O Leão da Estrela (1947) are often regarded as...

Utopia, written by Thomas More and published in 1516, is one of the most influential works in the history of European political and social thought. In it, More describes an imaginary island whose society is organised according to rational principles, with communal...

The Torre Bela political experiment took place during the turbulent period that followed the Carnation Revolution, a time marked by profound social change and widespread land occupations throughout the Alentejo and Ribatejo regions. In 1975, rural workers occupied...

This practice of shifting perspective is something we should incorporate into our daily lives, as the unforgettable Mr. Keating taught us. It may, in turn, produce a semantic effect of its own.Termos e Condições

Among the many types of sociolects that exist, those associated with criminal groups and youth cultures share a common characteristic: they often employ linguistic strategies designed to conceal what is being communicated from outsiders. Verlan, which emerged in the...