norm and deviation
Or: is there really no such thing as society? Just doing the final preparation on the presentation Norms and Deviations of Modern Information-Environments for Young People tomorrow in Moscow. It is a bit worrying, in particular as thinking about it I am getting so aware about the major flaw of most of the debates and … Lire la suite
en route these days
Ireland – Greece – Hungary – Turkey – Italy …. travelling these days and getting news …. and receiving a message with the following words, from Zygmunt Bauman What is novel [these days] is not uncertainty; what is novel is a realization that uncertainty is here to stay Surely one thing reaining to be done: … Lire la suite
Once met … – truth
– or Sociology and the Beauty and the Beast Those of you who met and knew Norbert Elias even a little bit will admit that he had been a personality with an attracting character. And even if one didn’t agree with what he said, he didn’t loose this attraction. And perhaps it had been exactly … Lire la suite
The Celtic tiger revived – now taking shape of paper tiger
Sure, there had been some danger Mr Murphy could have been hit by the brick he dropped – but he stumbled briefly, and the attempt to regain balance nearly increased his speed though unfortunately not changing the direction. And now it seems that he lined up to revive the Celtic tiger and smart economies surely … Lire la suite
times we live in
Times we live in In this terrible moment we are victims clinging helplessly to an environment that refuses to acknowledge the soul Damien Hirst Recently seen in the Museum Brandhorst – art has more to say than beauty
Democracy, Science and Business-isation of Academic Work
Again and again we hear about the democratic deficit – leaving aside the half-hearted debates on contemporary issues: der EU and the lack of democratic accountability, the oppressive demands by the IMF when it comes to national policies answering the crisis – the main critique is directed against so-called totalitarian theories, in particular Marxism. On … Lire la suite
Social Quality From Theory to Indicators
Social Quality From Theory to Indicators Edited by Laurent J. G. Van Der Maesen and Alan Walker; Palgrave/MacMillan Now it is out – the publication is now available, the work done and at the same time it is just the point of departure for further elaboration of the social quality approach. This work started already … Lire la suite
Having Time
“I do not have the time for that, I am just composing my 4th symphony.” According to the program of yesterday’s Bruckner-concert*: ‘This is the answer Anton Bruckner gave during the winter 1873/74, responding to the advise of one of his pupils to enjoy the ordinary niceties of life, to prefer the norms of the … Lire la suite
Not the Time to Say Good-Bye
January 15th, looking back over the many years, one may even say: over an entire era that seems to be behind us, overcome – looking back to the 15th of January 1919 shows so clear that an era ended but this end is far from being the end of history. Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, … Lire la suite
The Moor Back on Stage
The Moor has done his work – the Moor may go! Reference to this sentence from Schiller’s tragedy Fiesco, or the Genoese Conspiracy had been made on a recent occasion, raising concerns over the ongoing validity of the Europea Anthem. But one may also say that with the supposed post-modern era all this doesn’t play … Lire la suite
