Fall or Rebirth of the West: The Emergence of Global Humanism Fall or Rebirth of the West: The Emergence of Global Humanism is an ambitious and […]
Fall or Rebirth of the West:...
August 1, 2025
Interview with Olivier...
July 29, 2025
Interview with Olivier Lichtenberg – About the book “Fall or Rebirth of the West” Today we discuss with Olivier Lichtenberg his […]
Interview with Patrick...
July 4, 2025
A letter from Hubert Lampo to Patrick Bernauw Interview with Patrick Bernauw: The Ghent Altarpiece Patrick Bernauw describes himself as a magical […]
More burnout and mental...
March 8, 2025
In a previous article, I already addressed the marked increase in burnout and mental health problems. I have also seen this evolution in my own […]
The will to continue to help
March 3, 2025
It was hard for me to tell my patients that I would be quitting my practice in Brussels. Perhaps that also explains why I choose to continue in […]
I must tell you something
March 3, 2025
So where does my motivation to (continue to) help people in emergencies come from? A defining moment in my career was my commitment in the 1980s and […]
Racism in the music world...
December 23, 2024
Wagner, Nietzsche and National Socialism Richard Wagner (1813-1883) remains a controversial figure in the classical music world to this day. Although […]
I call myself
December 17, 2024
My name is: Hanna. I call myself: broom in the plural. I call myself: yellow. I call myself: bush with buds, between which the wind strokes toward […]
Racism in opera –...
December 13, 2024
Female characters in Madama Butterfly and Turandot Trigger warning: the text below contains references to suicide. Contact the Suicide Line at 1813 […]
Racism in opera – avoid...
December 13, 2024
Taking racial elements out of opera Reading time: 5 minutes. Avoiding racial stereotypes in opera requires a thoughtful approach. Directors may […]
The patriarchal doctor and...
December 8, 2024
The patriarchal doctor and his flaws Reading time: ± 5 minutes The AIDS epidemic affected significant changes in general practice. […]
Racism in opera – the...
December 7, 2024
The performances of Turandot Reading time: 7 minutes. Turandot’s exoticism Already in 1926, the very first performance of Turandot took place, […]
Racism in opera – The...
December 7, 2024
The story of Turandot Reading Time: 6 minutes. Introduction Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) remains a fixture on international stages […]
Holy See abuses natural law
December 5, 2024
Holy See abuses natural law Reading time: 5 minutes. Catechism of the Catholic Church In 1992, during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II […]
Looking Up
December 5, 2024
Peter emails me a picture of the clouds, which he sees from his desk, along with the message: look at it and reflect, Hanna. I looked at the picture, […]
The UDHR – Peng Chun...
December 4, 2024
Peng Chun Chang, a Confucian influence Reading Time: 3 minutes. Charles Taylor on the UDHR As universal as we would like it to be, the […]
The UDHR – Charles...
November 29, 2024
Charles Habib Malik’s ecumenical vision Charles Habib Malik (1906-1987) was an influential Lebanese academic, diplomat, philosopher and […]
The UDHR – Eleanor...
November 23, 2024
Roosevelt works tirelessly for human rights Reading time: 2-3 minutes. In 1946, Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), widow of former President Franklin D. […]
Red marker
November 17, 2024
Grandma asks if I want a glass of lemonade. I quickly say yes, so she disappears back into the kitchen, leaving me alone. She has put the new markers […]
The UDHR – From natural...
November 15, 2024
The difference between natural law, natural right & human right Reading time: 2-3 minutes. Natural law, natural right, and human rights are […]
Newsletter November 2024
November 13, 2024
November 2024 Below you can download Peter van Breusegem’s medical newsletter for free. Newsletter November – EN Téléchargez […]
Natural law –...
November 9, 2024
The idea that nature behaves according to fixed laws existed before the fifth century BC. For this, we must go back to the Greek philosophers who […]
Rain on a Velux
October 30, 2024
Soaking dog weather outside the walls that surrounded me. The grass in the garden had evolved from straw yellow to vivid green thanks to the gallons […]
The Tin Drum / Die...
October 17, 2024
Allein auf Rasputin wollte ich mich nicht verlassen, denn allzubald wurde mir klar, daß auf dieser Welt jedem Rasputin ein Goethe gegenübersteht, […]
Goethe’s Elf King
October 17, 2024
I wrote a blog last week about “Spleen,” an – I think to myself – ugly word for a particularly unique feeling. I want to […]
The dose makes the poison:...
February 19, 2021
Wiebe: “Time to go to the show.” I’m not tired, but I long for home. Normally at this time I’m answering my emails and […]
Wormwood or The dose makes...
February 12, 2021
It is a wondrous setting for the kick-off meeting: Brigitte, Wiebe and Rafels. It’s rather like Erwin and the detective club. It had been […]
The dose makes the poison:...
February 5, 2021
The morning consultation I can start right away, several hours in a row until it’s empty. Every time you think, I’m almost there, someone […]
The dose makes the poison:...
January 29, 2021
Doctor Rafels My turn to take over the story. Wiebe, for we call each other by our first names, comes to consult me at regular intervals with varying […]
Wormwood or The dose makes...
January 22, 2021
Ash scattering On the spreading field. An old liveried servant walks around with an upturned censer, from which the ash comes streaming out. The […]
Wormwood or The dose makes...
January 15, 2021
Funeral ceremony For Wiebe, the whole story began a year earlier, in 1997. I can still see myself walking on Steenstraat. It lay torn up, a […]
Wormwood or The dose makes...
January 8, 2021
Reconstruction Brussels 1998, Charles Baudelaire Street. Close-up of Louis Van Droogenbroeck in uniform: “In my capacity as neighborhood […]
Wormwood or The dose makes...
January 1, 2021
Wormwood or Poison is in the dose Literary crime novel Dirk of Babylon Alias Peter Van Breusegem Alias Pasquino Cover letter I hereby take the […]