Essay 

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

About the motives for found­ing a Center for Liberal Modernity.