
Is modern asceticism about conformity or quiet revolution?
From detoxes to slow food, today’s asceticism is often about fitting in. But we can rediscover its transformative power
by Iryna Mykhailova
Iryna Mykhailova is a historian of Renaissance philosophy. She is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Harvard University.