Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.

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Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop...

This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop...

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as...

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as...

When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept...

When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept...

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They...

I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They...

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less...

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less...

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but...

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but...

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No,...

The idea that you surrender your identity when you relinquish national powers is unhelpful. No,...

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the...

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the...

And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given...

And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given...

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a...

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a...

We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we...

We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we...

You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country.

You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country.

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they...

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they...

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to...

I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to...

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism,...

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism,...

And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice...

And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice...