Society, Media and Culture
Despite some flaws, the bill on same sex-marriage is a positive step in the right direction.
Read moreThe Green Movement owes a great deal to science, but is sometimes portrayed as anti-science.
Read more‘Hospitality’ in the traditional sense is too limited a concept when discussing our relationship with Europe’s migrant communities. Instead what we need is a language that recognises all groups as equal partners striving for a shared identity.
Read moreThe European Union has always been a project that marries differing perspectives – the pursuit of peace and borders open to people, goods and ideas. However the steady evolution of this project has been disrupted by the economic crisis, which has led to a rise of xenophobic, nationalist thoughts. For Jean Lambert, Europe must now confront the idea of ‘us’ versus ‘them’ that exists and work towards creating a truly hospitable EU.
Read morePlacing our society and economy within an ecological framework will require a radical rethink of what ‘progress’ means as to date this has become synonymous with economic growth. This will mean a change in our relationship with technology and a rebuilding of our social relations.
Read moreBlonde young women stripping off their shirts to protest for… women’s rights.
Read moreIn this proposal, initiated by Ulrick Bech and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, a group of pro-Europeans argue for a form of active citizenship to promote European democracy and resolve the political crisis that continues to grip the European project.
Read moreThis afternoon whilst strolling in the university gardens I had a most extraordinary, if not hallucinatory, encounter!
Read more“Barbarians” still provide us with a way out of our own frustrations, identity-conflicts and forbidden feelings.
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