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Can our minds be taken hostage?

It’s not unusual for captives to end up feeling strong bonds with their captors. But is it a matter of submission or survival?

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Lustmord and the three perspectives of murder

Artist Jenny Holzer's work shines a light on the three perspectives of sexual murder: the victim, the perpetrator and the observer.

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Where does violence come from?

The popular understanding of certain ideas in psychology have become so embedded that it’s easy to blame the parents when a young person commits a crime. Laura Bui looks to the past for evidence.

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How can we prevent violence?

Evidence shows that strategies to prevent some types of violence can be very effective, while other, less well-acknowledged forms continue unabated. But hope can still guide us into a more peaceful future.

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  • Little white people being threatened by huge black spikes representing global threats to the earth anticipated in 2001 (war, poverty, drugs etc.). Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • Little white people being threatened by huge black spikes representing global threats to the earth anticipated in 2001 (war, poverty, drugs etc.). Colour screenprint by Rajlich Design, 1995.
  • Rev. Pat Robertson converses with Vice-President Dan Quayle with numerous speech bubbles; a protest against their policies including those relating to AIDS. Lithograph.
  • World War One: a military doctor is dressing the wound of a Russian woman soldier in a trench. Watercolour by F. Matania, 1917.
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