Protest for Human Rights: What’s Michelangelo’s David Got To Do with It?

Today’s struggle for human rights has uncanny moments of déjà vu, as seen in a recent image from Turkey. Riot police confront the body of Michelangelo’s David, surging from the smoldering fires of a street protest. Freud defined “uncanny” experiences as simultaneously familiar and strange. In today’s struggles for basic freedoms and human rights, riot […]