Summer – for us, and hopefully for you too, that means time with the family, time for leisure, for small or big adventures. For us at the Institute, summer is always a time for reflection, for reading, writing and thinking ahead. So that the summer break doesn’t have to be a summer slump, we from the Global Ethic Institute team have put together some tips for you, which may offer you impulses for further reflection in moments of leisure. We hope you enjoy them and wish you a wonderful summer!
A collection of articles by some of the world’s greatest economists and authors. Its chapters encompass major aspects of the evolving global economy. It paints a wholesome picture of what our world might grow to look like in the next forty years if we succeed or fail at addressing the myriad challenges confronting us today.
Are current conflicts insoluble? How could the ‘Ubuntu’ idea help to build ideological bridges? The Senegalese philosopher Souleymane Bachir Diagne favours a sense of community as a solution.
Instead of looking forward to a better future, we are increasingly forced to deal with the loss of progress scenarios. How can we become more resilient? A clever impulse to think ahead.
The video is in German but can be watched with English subtitles.
Studded with illuminating portraits of major protagonists, Righteous Victims provides an authoritative record of the middle east and its continuing struggle toward peace.
Israeli historian Benny Morris explores the myths cherished by both sides to present an epic history of Zionist-Arab relations from 1881 – 2001 years. It could be helpful in deeper understanding today’s conflict.
Change always means uncertainty, and most people dislike uncertainty and try to avoid it, because they find it difficult to cope with. In her TEDxMünster talk, philosopher Natalie Knapp talks about how it is possible to use this lack of certainty to create something new. And she tells us why, from a neuro-scientific point of view, uncertainty as we all experience it during adolescence is really nature’s most valuable life hack.
The video is in German but can be watched with English subtitles.
