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Alexander Carnera

Carnera is a freelance writer living in Copenhagen.
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To die for the world is to be born fully into life

Simone Weil's thoughts on vulnerability as the basic figure for political thinking, we find today with philosophers such as Agamben, Rancière and Butler.
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Georges Didi-Huberman: Mining gas

How to understand our contemporary, how to understand the disaster that is coming? 
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Susan Sontag: The Complete Rolling Stone Interview

To be alive, one must feel and think, transcend oneself. For Sontag, intellectual engagement was primarily driven by this urge for formation and self-transcendence.
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Pia Søltoft: The art of choosing oneself. About Kierkegaard, coaching and leadership

Author Pia Søltoft sees in Kierkegaard's philosophy of dialogue an obvious contribution to modern coaching.
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Out with nature romance!

We humans have a dangerous tendency to reduce nature to what we want it to be – bird song, big trees, fascinating animals and our own recreation. The critical film festival CPH DOX offers an eco-philosophical counterbalance.
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Mikkel Wold (ed.): Take back the ethics. Market thinking and its consequences

When everything in life gets a price tag, they become easily corrupted.
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Refugee Letter: Cattle on migration

A fictional letter written by children on hiking.
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The ethos of the essay – the five legends

Ny Tid brings here the speech given by Carnera at Gyldendal on 1 October at the launch of the last Window, with a theme about the essay.
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To touch the world

ARCHITECTURE: Sensory architecture can contribute to reflection, empathy and social responsibility.
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