A couple of months ago I published an article in the Speaking Tree concerning the importance of Gandhi’s teachings on non-violence, respectively ahiṃsā, for the present. In the meantime, however, I came to the realisation that there are someone else’s teachings, which are, at least, complimentary: J. Krishnamurti’s. Link to the article
Politician and writer Dr. Shashi Tharoor criticises in his book “An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India” the British colonial rule of India and their apologists. I spoke to him on the matter. Link to the article In seinem Buch An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India kritisiert der Politiker und Autor Dr.…
Dear Charmaine, I go by many names. If you want, call me Felix Krull, Hauptmann Köperick, der gestiefelte Kater, the talented Mr. Ripley, William Abagnale Junior – I am not what I am, but who you want me to be.
Der Gentleman, der anderen mit Respekt und Höflichkeit bis ins Detail begegnet, ist eine bedrohte Spezies. Unser Autor fordert die Rettung des unbedingten Stilwillens. In Playboy 02/2018
Day in and day out, we are confronted by ‘the other’, especially in times of globalisation. We encounter it disguised as other cultures, languages, sexes, in art, nature, as well as in love; on the micro or macro level, as individuals or identity groups such as nation states. According to developmental psychology, the other is…
Leicht ist es, die unethische Lebensweise anderer anzuprangern. Selbstkritik fällt uns hingegen viel schwerer. Dabei sollten wir uns erst einmal selbst ändern. Auch oder gerade dann, wenn es um es um politische Transformation geht. Link zum Artikel
