Louis A. Ruprecht

With Italian media talking about the fall of the Right, as represented by images of the prime minister’s bloodied nose, few have mentioned the symbolism of the object that struck him.

Gator quarterback Tim Tebow is sure that God is on his side, and he wears his Bible-based faith on his face. It has certainly brought attention to the team, but what kind of faith is so sure of itself, so convinced of its right to victory?

Claude Lévi-Strauss, visionary anthropologist, once said: “The world began without man and will end without him.” Was he post-humanist? Post-monotheist? Such binaries can’t capture a thinker of his subtlety.