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The 18th-Century Enlightenment and the Problem of Public Misery

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Many people today think of the 18th-century Enlightenment as an exciting season of reason, a black swan moment when new energies flowed, when the early modern world began to be turned upside down, thanks to the fearless critics of power, pride and prejudice, who suddenly thought differently, imagined a bold new future and called on their fellow...

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Sex trade survivors deserve the chance to speak

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imageFormer French sex worker Rosen Hicher, centre, who marched 800km to raise awareness of the Nordic Model.Patrice Pierrot/AAP

This week France became the latest in a growing list of countries to decriminalise sex workers while banning the purchase of sex.

The French legislation is based on what has become known as the Nordic Model, a form of...

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