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Posthumous interview with Nietzsche: ‘Alt-right, I am not on your side!’

Posthumous interview with Nietzsche: ‘Alt-right, I am not on your side!’

More than a century after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) gives a final interview, to set the record straight.
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‘There are no more politicians with a calling’

‘There are no more politicians with a calling’

Nearly a century ago in Munich, Max Weber (1864–1920) gave is famous speech ‘Politics as a Vocation’. What would he say today if he were to…
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‘The reality is that Nature doesn’t care what happens to humankind.’

‘The reality is that Nature doesn’t care what happens to humankind.’

In 2018, there will be yet another major UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland. But, despite all the previous conferences, treaties and…
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Machiavelli: “Xi Jinping is the new world prince”

Machiavelli: “Xi Jinping is the new world prince”

What would Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1529) think of Donald Trump, we asked ourselves. But the founder of political philosophy didn’t want…
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Simone de Beauvoir on #MeToo

Simone de Beauvoir on #MeToo

What Simone de Beauvoir has to say about #MeToo. The great thinker back and alive on International Women’s Day 2018.
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