Tag: philosophy
Non-fiction "Progress and Regression": Why societies improve
The world seems to be turning backwards, but Berlin philosopher Rahel Jaeggi defends a comforting idea in her new book: historical progress is possible. source site
If you’re not Prime Minister at 34, have you missed your life?
“If at 50 you don’t have a Rolex, you’ve missed your life,” Jacques Séguéla said in 2009. Since January 9 and his arrival at Matignon, Gabriel Attal has perhaps launched…
Wrong Kant on the cover, categorical confusion – media
The Kant year is still young, but it already provides an opportunity to think about the images of the great philosopher that are currently circulating. Two magazines have made Immanuel…
Fate of a Property: In the New West
Through his dramatic escape, Walter Benjamin became the most famous homeless person of the 20th century. A book tells the story of his family’s Grunewald villa. source site
Good resolution for the New Year: Forgiveness – Munich
Forgiving is not just about the other person, it is also important for your own well-being, says Barbara Schellhammer, professor at the University of Philosophy. A conversation about injuries, perpetratorship…
Militant dreamer: On the death of the Italian philosopher Antonio Negri – Culture
Ideologist, romantic, revolutionary: the Italian philosopher Antonio Negri moved from word to deed, from prison to a theory of globalization. Obituary for a militant dreamer. Karl Marx left behind many…
Bundesliga: Union coach on game philosophy: No 50 ball contacts
Bundesliga Union coach on game philosophy: No 50 ball contacts After 15 games without a win, coach Nenad Bjelica first has to do some rebuilding work with the Iron Men.…
Corine Pelluchon: “Crossing the Impossible” – Culture
In these weeks and months, losing hope seems much easier than maintaining hope. But what exactly does hope actually mean? The Parisian philosopher Corine Pelluchon, who has recently received much…
Otfried Höffe: “The fine art of renunciation” – Culture
Two books are not yet a trend, but perhaps it is no coincidence that after Eva von Redecker’s meditation on “freedom to remain,” the next sophisticated philosophy of self-restraint is…
Bruno Preisdörfer: “Sentences that change the world” – Culture
In his new book “Sentences that change the world,” Brunopreisedörfer once again gives history lessons that students would have wished for. Wissen.de is a “knowledge portal” on the Internet. Which…