IWMpost 121: Rethinking Democracy

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As we celebrate the IIWM's 35th anniversary we debate the future of Europe, consider how people are rethinking democracy and contrast the old and new forms of war.

Contents

Europa im Diskurs – Debating Europe

  • Placebo oder Am Anfang war das Wort. Am Ende auch. / von Anna Baar
  • Wie wird unsere Republik in 100 Jahren aussehen?

Democracy in Question

  • Europe’s Futures / by Ivan Vejvoda
  • The Amplitude of Uncertainty: Some Thoughts About the Coming Flood / by Philipp Bloom
  • Up The Friendly Revolution: New Beginnings for Democracy in Europe / by Philippe Narval
  • Forgetting and Arrogance in Democracies / by Kenichi Mishima
  • Democracy at Risk: Exit and Voice / by Lipin Ram

IWM’s 35th Anniversary

  • Free Thought and Knowledge as Care of the Soul / by Michael Ignatieff

New and Old Wars

From the Fellows

  • Reading the Writing on the Wall / by Kylie Thomas
  • China’s New ‘Big Brother’ / Interview with Ling Li
  • Radical Ruralities: Living Labs for a Better World / by Indira van ’t Klooster
  • Unverschämt reich? Fragwürdige Rechtfertigungen von Reichtum / von Martin Schürz

Publications

Vienna Humanities Festival

  • Revolution! Vienna Humanities Festival
  • Marx in the Age of Trump / Interview with Moishe Postone

Ukraine in European Dialogue

  • Filming the Revolution: Archeology of the Ukrainian
  • Cinematic Modernism / by Konstantin Akinsha

In Memoriam

  • Der König mit der schwarzen Krone – Josef Wais (1944–2017) / von Klaus Nellen
  • Moishe Postone (1942–2018) / by István Adorján

Farewell

Liberal Transitions, Anti-Liberal Threats, and Intellectual Reflexivity. A Portrait of János Mátyás Kovács / by Balázs Trencsényi

News / Upcoming events

 

 


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