I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.

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We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

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...

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...

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...

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are...

You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever...

Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever...

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

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...

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,...

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do...

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do...

In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower...

In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower...

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...

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...

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...