The persistent myths, stigma and questions surrounding depression can make it hard to recognize, much less care for those afflicted with it—including ourselves.
The decade following the 1918–20 flu pandemic is remembered as a time of freedom—both for growth and for selfish excess. How are the post-COVID 2020s likely to shape up?
Vision reviews Noreena Hertz’s The Lonely Century. The author contends that the loneliness pandemic, too, must end, and outlines how we can make that happen.
Vision reviews Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy and John Keane’s The New Despotism. In the wake of the contentious 2020 US presidential election, their message is sobering.
As we get further into the 21st century, the twin ideologies of democracy and capitalism, which have long dominated Western culture, seem to be struggling. What is to become of these widely admired pillars of society?