This book is about history in terms of values and norms: fluid values and lasting values, immortal values and values that are consumed and disappear. The book explains the difference between history and the past. Its two key concepts are historicity and...
Punto di partenza: valori e realtà - la dialettica dell'Illuminismo Descrivere il mondo così com'è non impedisce di immaginare il mondo come dovrebbe essere. Spesso si crea una contrapposizione tra le due prospettive. Un buon esempio è il libro di Herfried Münkler...
Ausgangspunkt: Werte und Realität – die Dialektik der Aufklärung Die Welt so zu beschreiben, wie sie ist, hindert uns nicht daran, uns vorzustellen, wie sie sein sollte. Oftmals wird ein Gegensatz zwischen diesen beiden Perspektiven aufgebaut. Ein gutes Beispiel...
Point de départ : valeurs et réalité – la dialectique des Lumières Décrire le monde tel qu'il est n'empêche pas d'imaginer le monde tel qu'il devrait être. Souvent, une opposition se crée entre ces deux perspectives. Un bon exemple en est le livre de Herfried...
Starting point: Values and reality – the dialectic of enlightenment Describing the world as it is, does not prevent us from imagining the world as it should be. Often, a contradiction is constructed between the two perspectives. A good example is Herfried Münkler's...
Il punto di partenza: una breve saga occidentale culminata negli anni '60 Sarebbe sbagliato discutere degli sviluppi negli Stati Uniti dal 2016 come di un problema esclusivamente americano. Gli eventi negli Stati Uniti dal 2016, che hanno subito un'accelerazione...
Le point de départ : une brève saga occidentale qui a culminé dans les années 1960 Il serait erroné de considérer les développements aux États-Unis depuis 2016 comme un problème exclusivement américain. Les événements qui se sont produits aux États-Unis depuis...
Der Ausgangspunkt: eine kurze westliche Saga, die in den 1960er Jahren ihren Höhepunkt fand Es wäre falsch, die Entwicklungen in den USA seit 2016 als ein ausschließlich amerikanisches Problem zu diskutieren. Die Ereignisse in den USA seit 2016, die sich seit 2025...
The starting point: a brief Western saga that culminated in the 1960s It would be wrong to discuss developments in the US since 2016 as an exclusively American problem. The events in the US since 2016, which have accelerated since 2025, are taking place against the...
Since January 2025, the world order known as the West has been in dissolution. Europe has become the Other to President Trump. The Atlantic has become a ditch that divides instead of an ocean that connects. However, the dissolution also has a more long-term dimension, visible in the decline of democracy, which, after 1945, became the pillar of the Western world order. Three articles by Bo Stråth and a guest article by Etienne Balibar explore the forces propelling the dissolution and reflect on what to do, outlining the world as it is and how it should be.
Bo Stråth’s three articles were originally written in Swedish for Statsvetenskaplig Tidskrift and were to be published in No. 2, June 2025, No. 3, September 2025, and No. 4, December 2025. They are all published in English, French, German and Italian. The same goes for Balibar’s article.
