Understanding the Real Europe  

Imagine for a moment what would happen if the European Union applied for membership in the European Union. Its application would be flatly rejected. Why? Because the European Union doesn’t live up to its own criteria of democracy, of Europeanness. …







Democracy Beyond the Nation-State  

It was a little more than 150 years ago that the transition from the feudal order to the democratic nation-state was debated in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt during the German Revolution. Today we have to begin a debate on the …



Capitalism without Work  

“So: tell me about yourself!” At a dinner party in the suburbs, skewered lamb cooking on the grill, the conversational tone flippant, the answer to this question is no longer framed in terms of a hobby, a sign of the …