Sleep has been described by psychologists as an altered state of consciousness (Mavanji et al, 2011), and is viewed by Greene and Siegel (2004), as a period of rest by during which an individuals experience declines in consciousness, motor output and responsiveness to stimuli from their surrounding environment. Sleep is often believed to be an important aspect of daily functioning, a viewpoint most likely originating from the fact that the average person will spend almost a third of their life in a state of sleep. Just how important it is however, has proved to be a difficult question to answe...

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Politics, art, and utopia in French anarchism and Italian futurism 1890-1920 In Paroles d'un revolte, Peter Kropotkin outlined a new vision for the arts as part of his anarchist philosophy, asserting that "the arts have a mission to accomplish for the achievement of the future society... Depict for us in your vivid style or in your fervent paintings the titanic struggle of the people against their oppressors; inflame young hearts with the beautiful breath of revolution which inspired our anarchism"1. This sentiment marks the beginning of a struggle commenced by the anarchists and brou...

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