German places and poetry and my humble attempts at translation- oh and yes, politics!
The reflective Karen Horney, like her psychoanalytic predecessors, stood at the crossroads of the 19th and 20th centuries. Revolutionary responses to feudalism and new visions of happiness did not end with the rise of nation-states or the slow expansion of democratic ideals. Dissatisfaction endured—in the nuclear family, in intimate relationships, and in work. Though further […]
Cultural Psychoanalysis: Karen Horney Pt. 1
Anne Frank never wrote in English, yet English became her second voice. Her diary, born in hiding and pain, crossed linguistic boundaries to shape the world’s conscience. It gave English speakers a personal language for trauma, hope, and remembrance—making a Jewish girl’s words a cornerstone of moral imagination across generations.
Anne Frank – A Voice of Conscience in the English Language
Paris Undercover: A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship and Betrayal (2025, Ballentine) by Matthew Goodman. Two single women, one an American, the other a Brit living in Paris, both caught up in occupied France during the Second World War. They were part of a network getting soldiers out of France, and they paid dearly for […]
Paris Undercover (book review)
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