Literature, Philosophy
The Unnamable Present
A wealth of topics: from Baudelaire to Kafka, Benjamin and Weil; from sacrifice to the sacred, the process of secularization and digital society.
Treasury
Welcome to our digital Treasury. Here we publish some of the best essays from our Dutch journal Nexus in English, reviews of recent books and videos of our events.
Art, Politics
Being Hans Castorp in Our Time
Religion, Society
When the Gods Remain Silent
Politics, Religion
Götterdämmerung. The Twilight of the Gods
Culture, Politics
Keynote Michael Ignatieff – Nexus Conference 2019
Culture, Politics
Welcome Rob Riemen – Nexus Conference 2019
Philosophy
Bernard-Henri Lévy & Aleksandr Dugin
The Return of Settembrini and Naphta in the 21st Century
Lévy and Dugin fight for the soul of Europe in the spirit of Thomas Mann’s Settembrini and Naphta.
Music
Magic Mountain Music
Culture, Politics, Society
A Magic Mountain Conversation: On Culture and Politics, Life and Death
Politics, Society
The Return of Settembrini and Naphta in the 21st Century
Welcome Rob Riemen – Nexus Symposium 2019
Philosophy
Antonio Damasio
Arcadia, But Not for Long
What should we choose: ‘Broadway Boogie-Woogie’, colorful, edgy, expanding modern urbanity – or a rustic hill overlooking an Alpine lake?
Literature
G.K. Chesterton
A Defence of China Shepherdesses
There are ideal conceptions and real men in every calling.
Art
Nexus Lecture 2019: Q&A with Ai Weiwei
Art
Nexus Lecture 2019: Public Conversation with Ai Weiwei
Politics
Ana Palacio
The Mutating World
Ana Palacio charts the history of the baby boomers and analyses threats to liberal democracy today.
History
Adrienne Clarkson
A Refugee’s Life
The story of how a child of Chinese refugees who came to Canada as a two-year-old became Governor-General.
History
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Time Ticks Away
Gopalkrishna Gandhi reflects on his childhood, his famous grandfather, and the struggle against nuclear armaments.
History
Benjamin Ferencz
Ruminations of the Last Nuremberg Prosecutor
Benjamin Ferencz, last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, on his life and work.
History
Time and Power
‘Time and Power’ aims to break with the ingrained belief that cyclical conceptions of time were eclipsed by a linear view of time
Culture, Music
An Education in Counterculture
A conversation on counterculture with Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye and Sean Wilentz.
Literature
Bernard-Henri Lévy
A Letter to Jean Deprun
Bernard-Henri Lévy writes to an unlikely hero: his teacher at the École Normale Superieure, Jean Deprun.
Literature, Politics
Aykan Erdemir
Teaching Transgression
Aykan Erdemir writes to his teacher, Nalan Göker, who taught him about rules and when to break them.
Literature
Leon Wieseltier
The Cheese Man
Leon Wieseltier on his first encounter with philosophy in a small Brooklyn delicatessen.