You need education. You need subsistence protection. We need jobs and social security. These are preconditions under which it will perhaps be possible to deal with these complex circumstances.

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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...

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.

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything...

The world has become so complex that the idea of a power in which everything...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future,...

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures...

That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures...

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...

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...

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...

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...