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Capitalism from Outside?

Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989, edited by János Mátyás Kovács and Viola Zentai has just come out. The book offers empirical insights into the current cultural history of the Eastern European economies in three fields: entrepreneurship, state governance and economic science. It includes selected studies on transforming economic cultures in Eastern Europe. The authors are economists, historians, sociologists and anthropologists of the region who studied transnational cultural encounters in the post-communist economies. The volume examines producers and mediators of economic culture in various contexts, as well as offers comparative studies in three areas: entrepreneurship, governance of economic change, and economic knowledge. >>> More

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The city of Perm could become a textbook example of how, in today’s Russia, it is possible to create a cosmopolitan cultural space that gets local development moving, shows Dessy Gavrilova. Even Ukrainian cultural journals have become the target of "raiders" – shady groups working on behalf of powerful interests who use bogus property claims to close down businesses. The biggest raider of all is the present government itself, says Mykola Riabchuk.

Eternity, God and Nietzsche

Charles Taylor and Krzysztof Michalski will discuss on June 4th, 6 pm, in the IWM library on eternity, god and on Nietzsche. The occasion is Michalski´s recent book which has just come out in English (The Flame of Eternity. An Interpretation of Nietzsche´s Thought, Princeton University Press 2012). Cornelia Klinger introduces.
Charles Taylor is Professor em. of Philosophy at McGill University, Montreal, and Permanent Fellow at the IWM. His most recent book is A Secular Age (Harvard University Press 2007). Krzysztof Michalski is Professor of Philosophy at Boston and Warsaw Universities and Rector of the IWM.

Die Hoffnung der Städte: Hamburgs Zukunft als europäische Metropole

Olaf Scholz beginnt den Abend mit einem Vortrag über Hamburg als europäische Metropole, und diskutiert danach mit Michael Ludwig, Stadtrat für Wohnen, Wohnbau und Stadterneuerung, Wien, und Helmut Brandstätter, Chefredakteur KURIER, über Städte als Laboratorien der Moderne und seine Pläne für Hamburgs Zukunft als europäische Metropole. Olaf Scholz ist Erster Bürgermeister der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg; ehemaliger Arbeitsminister und Vizevorsitzende der SPD. >>> More...

Humanitarian Crisis Response: The EU's Role and Responsibility

The EU-Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response will discuss the role of the European Union as the largest supplier of humanitarian aid in the world, and the challenges that current world developments present to that role.
Kristalina Georgieva is the current EU-Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. A Bulgarian citizen, economist by education and politician by calling, before taking the post of the EU Commissioner, she was a Vice President and Corporate Secretary of the World Bank Group. >>> More...

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