What Can the Literature Tell Us About This?

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i really am taken it t face value, that this is a sincere lical look. It seems to me so humoristic to think that this research could have an effect on a world leader. That's the, you know, one of the most absurd aspects of it. So i take it that that this letter was written with all sincerity and signed with all sincerity. They got together, they said, what can the literature tell us about this?

David and Tamler wander through the bewildering dream-like world of Franz Kafka’s "The Trial." In part one of a two-part discussion we discuss the circumstances of its publication, the various interpretative approaches that can be taken to the novel, and all the ways that Kafka’s prose gets under your skin, making you feel what’s happening even if you don’t fully understand it. Recorded in the decidedly un-Kafka-esque location of Nosara, Costa Rica – thanks to the Harmony Hotel for having us back!

Plus – Social Psychologists for Peace send an open letter to Vladimir Putin urging him to reverse course on the tragic invasion of Ukraine. Putin seems intent on toppling the Ukranian government but has he considered Sherif et al (1961), Tajfel (1977), Festinger (1954), and Brewer (1991)?