Subscription 790/year or 195/quarter

Levinas

Emmanuel Levinas

ASBJØRN AARNES: MODERN TIMES presents here an extract from the essay Et lite portrait by Asbjørn Aarnes from the book mentioned above.

The new barbarians

MIGRATION: What experiences can be connected with the theory of 'the Other' when visiting a migrant island like Lampedusa? Perhaps some philosophers can show the way. Unless the migrants are the best guides.

The Greatness and Fall of French Philosophy

ESSAY: The Golden Age of French philosophy (1945–1989) created something great. An atmosphere, a new way of thinking, a new way of being. A freedom-hungry life experiment. So what then went wrong?

Being in the opposing position

ŽIŽEK: Despite the fact that he has been a public intellectual for at least 30 years, there has never before been such a multifaceted and nuanced discussion of Slavoj Žižek's thinking as the one we see in the current anthology. But does Žižek recognize the revolutionary potential of desire?

Palestine, Portugal, pluralism

MANAGER: When is more independent identity important, and not?