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...works – as a “prophet” of individualism, as the man who foresaw the rise of industrial capitalism and provided the definitive proof that government interference was always harmful. But although Smith’s name has been invoked by people seeking to legitimize their political and economic agendas, Smith’s own agenda had very little to do with our modern concerns. It...

...work, travel, write and have their contributions acknowledged. This empty space is widely recognised, and many people are trying to fill it, but other histories, particularly those of other minoritised groups, are even more hidden – or even forbidden. The history of disability, race, sexual orientation, and gender identity to name just a few, are lacking due either to...

...works similarly rejected Hume’s thesis of fetishism as the foundation of all religions and replaced the term fetishism with animism and totemism. Tylor defined fetishism as ‘the doctrine of spirits embodied in or attached to or conveying influence through certain material objects’ (1871, vol. 2, in Böhme, 2014, p. 175). Therefore, two elements always come together...

...working. Carnival has this fire, and you can’t take that away from us. Bringing Butetown together We keep feeding into this image of poverty and hardship. Art and literature love dystopia, so whenever Butetown is revisited in these forms, it’s always about the community that died. However, we, the local people, have started buying into those stories ourselves. We need...