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Nietzsche and the Neoconservatives: Fukuyama’s Reply to the Last Man 07/07/2020 - In this article I will explore the way Nietzsche has been taken up in neoconservative thought by looking at the work of Francis Fukuyama and his teacher Leo Strauss. Fukuyama interprets Nietzsche’s social theory that culminates in the idea of the last man as a theory of the decline of thymos in the modern world.… Read More
A European Response to Globalisation and Digitalisation 16/07/2019 - Society has become financialized; the process of replacing relations, structures of trust and reciprocity, by anonymous and systemic transactions. The volume poses vital questions with regard to this societal development. How did this happen? And is change possible? If yes, how? Finance and the Common Good contains 21 essays on these themes. Haroon Sheikh has… Read More
Towards the globalisation of tradition 01/01/2018 - It is slowly becoming clear that the Atlantic Era was a historical exception, an anomaly during which one region provided the model for the entire world. We have arrived at a critical juncture in time: the Atlantic Era – a period that lasted five hundred years – is coming to an end. During this era,… Read More
The Arab road to modernity 01/01/2012 - The Arab Spring is often explained in purely economic terms, focusing on the sudden increase in inflation or high income inequality. While such economic factors play a role in recent events, much more is at stake. We have to place the Arab Spring in the broader context of the human pursuit of meaning and dignity.… Read More
WRR-Lecture 2017 Open Society: spoken word column by Haroon Sheikh 24/06/2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lKEuRXtMEw Read More
WINIR Conference Utrecht University: A global perspective on the organisation and control of the platform society 24/06/2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DFCUishPg Read More
GOTO 2016: Philosophical Reflections on Technology 24/06/2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5gB2rtxA5M&list=ULSTRpThSqKDk&index=224 Read More