In The Last Thirty Years We Have

The Secret Of Every Durable ... Social System Is The Recasting Of 'functional Prerequisites' Into Behavioral Motives For Actors.

In The Last Thirty Years We Have Gained Enormous Amount Of Freedom (everywhere, Except Perhaps In Places Like Burma Or North Korea), But We Lost Quite A Large Amount Of Security. Because Of All Sorts Of Reasons, Because Of Globalization Which Stripped The Nation State Of A Large Part Of Its Sovereignty Away, Because Of The Dismantling Of The So-called Welfare State. As A Result, People Feel Simultaneously Much Freer And Much More Insecure.

The Descent Of Israel From The Morally Towering Position Of A 'light For The Nations' To The Lowest Of The Low And One Of The Last Relics Of Bygone Shameful Times Of Merciless Imperialism, Conquest, Exploitation Is On The Cards.

Power, In A Nutshell, Is The Ability To Get Things Done, And Politics Is The Ability To Decide Which Things Need To Be Done.

In "solid Modernity" Difference Was Tolerated As A Temporary Irritant Only, Expected To Disappear Tomorrow, When "those Aliens" Will Become Like Us. "living With Strangers" Was Therefore Not Something To Last And Did Not Call For Developing Appropriate Arts And Skills. Now, However, It Looks Like That Diasporic Context Of Our Living Will Not Go Away - It Will Be There Forever, So Learning How To Live With Strangers Day In, Day Out Without Abandoning My Own Strangeness Is High On The Agenda.