Category: Philosophy

The Cultural Sector: Will Hybris Lead to Our Fall?

  I’ve been thinking a lot recently about ‘culture’ on one hand, and ‘the cultural sector’ on the other. The two are not the same, although many in the cultural sector seem inclined to claim they are. I am going to call that hybris. And I wonder if such hybris will cause – and may … Continue reading The Cultural Sector: Will Hybris Lead to Our Fall? →

Good-bye Britain, Hello Germany, or: On the notion of ‘home’

I have left Britain and relocated to my native Germany. Most Brits nodded knowingly when I told them I was going back to Germany, telling me that ‘Of course, you want to go home’. And in many ways I have indeed ‘gone home’. But in nearly as many other ways, I have also lost my … Continue reading Good-bye Britain, Hello Germany, or: On the notion of ‘home’ →