Essay Amichai Magen 17. December 2020 Rethinking Liberalism: Do We Need a New Liberalism of Fear? Liberalism is a political persuasion devoted to the pursuit of human flourishing. It demands that, at a minimum, every individual must be permitted to write its own life’s story, unobstructed by fear,...
Essay Karolina Wigura Rethinking Liberalism: The revenge of emotions Emotions play a huge role in populist politics. Liberals have largely overseen the importance of emotions. Populists are able to use fear and other emotions against liberal democracy. But the answer...
Essay Ralf Fücks 28. February 2019 Combining ecology and freedom Fly less! Eat less meat! In the struggle against climate change, there is one thing in particular we should do: moderate our lifestyles. Individual responsibility definitely matters. Will renunciation and...
Essay Armin Huttenlocher 27. January 2019 Every Attack on a Jew is an Attack on the Liberal World On this date 74 years ago, the Red Army liberated the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. The 27th of January became the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism. Much has...
Essay Ralf Fücks 07. November 2018 Liberalism is dead, long live Liberalism! Over the last 200 years, Liberalism has been a stunning success story. It brought forward liberty and prosperity for the many instead of privileges for the few. Yet, today liberal thinking and...
Essay Micha Brumlik 15. December 2017 Hegel, Rawls and Mill: On the Grounds of a Modern Liberalism There can be no liberal modernity without social justice, which is why nothing can surpass the social democratic idea, which has been marginalized in the current SPD. Anyone, who is...
Essay Ralf Fücks 23. November 2017 What’s driving the anti-liberal revolt? And what should we do about it? The rapid pace of modernisation renders people susceptible to populism. In cosmopolitan milieus, this came as a surprise. Yet the warning signs had long been apparent.
Essay 15. November 2017 Who We Are and What We Want About the motives for founding a Center for Liberal Modernity.