★Rights sold: Greek

Among studies on the crisis of modernity, this essay enters powerfully from an unexpected perspective. Our Greek ancestors had an indivisible value system of justice and beauty. Beauty, by garnering unquestioning approvals, helped secure a consensus for morality as well.

A harmonious relationship between beauty and justice survived in the Renaissance, along with a relationship between square and palace. But Protestantism and modernization split this union, in the name of ascetic justice and functionality. The beautiful, not being directly useful, wanders in the direction of pastime and investment. Meanwhile, privatization and rationalization of life eliminate the square, where beauty was enjoyed freely and together. Art becomes specialized and the masses become accustomed to ugliness as a normal condition. But the cynicism toward the values of justice, which today's society blames itself for, may also stem from eliminating those of beauty, from which their root is inseparable.

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Luigi Zoja
　　An internationally renowned Jungian analyst and former president of the International Association of Ringier Analysts (IAAP). His career has spanned cities such as Zurich, New York and Milan. Zoja's writings have been translated into fifteen languages and have been widely circulated throughout the world.

His works include:
　　The Father, which explores the evolution of the "father" figure from prehistory to modern times, was published in 2000 and 2016 and translated into several languages, including English, German, French, and Chinese.
　　Paranoia: The Madness That Made History, published in 2011 and 2023 and explores how paranoia affects the course of history, has also been translated into several languages, including English, Spanish, French, and Chinese.
　　Below the Iceberg, published in 2023, explores the existence and influence of the unconscious in society and history.
　　Centauri:myth and male violence, published in 2016, has been translated into Spanish.
　　Violence in History, Culture, and the Psyche was published in 2009
　　Beyond Intentions. Ethics and Analysis was published in 2011 and has been translated into English.

Zoja has twice won the Gradiva Prize for Psychological Work in the United States for his English-published psychological works, The Father and Beyond Intentions. Ethics and Analysis. These achievements not only demonstrate his profound achievements in the field of psychoanalysis, but also reflect the international influence and academic value of his works.