Treasury
A sense of reality
Art, Culture, Philosophy
Lesley Chamberlain
Van Gogh and the light around a pair of boots
In Cuesmes, Van Gogh learnt about physical work, and philosophy after him embroidered the significance of work.
How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
Life is Hard
The book is filled to the brim with interesting ideas and arguments, well-chosen illustrations from literature and cinema, and courageous confessions taken from Setiya’s own life.
Literature, Politics
Q&A with President Emmanuel Macron
Politics, Society
The Future of Europe
Rob Riemen
Tomb or Treasure? Nietzsche and Van Gogh discuss The Future of Western Civilization
On the occasion of the Nexus Conference 2023
Politics
Lilia Shevtsova
How the West is accommodating the Kremlin
The postmodern, transactional leaderships of Europe today find themselves poorly equipped to respond to the challenges posed by the Russian System, which is why the Western responses inevitably slide into accommodationism.
Nelofer Pazira
Flight and identity: the story of Cordoba, Kabul and my father’s suit
History, Politics, Society
Peter Frankopan
Götterdämmerung: Who – or What – will Rule the World ?
Politics, Society
Q&A with Angus Deaton
Politics, Society
What’s the Matter With Capitalism?
Nexus
Welcome Rob Riemen Lecture 2022
Society
John Maynard Keynes
Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren
Society
Robert Skidelsky
How Much Is Enough?
Insatiability is inherent in the human condition, but in pre-modern times its exercise was controlled by hierarchy, custom, and morals. Capitalism has unchained insatiability and, indeed, made it the principal motor of our civilisation.
Culture, History, Politics, Society
A Future Without War?
History, Politics, Society
A War for the Future
Politics, Society
Rob Riemen
The War and the Future
On the occasion of the Nexus Conference 2022: The War and the Future
Culture, History, Politics, Society
Robert Cooper
Hope and Dover Beach
The big questions today are whether politics has been or will be captured by the forces of darkness – so that we will be robbed of our hopes and our future; and whether, having lost faith in faith, we are now going to lose faith in politics too
Songs of Hope
Hope Regained. A New World
Presentation Nexus 88
Revolution! The Political Crisis of our Time
Culture, Politics
William Deresiewicz
Wokeness on Campus: The Reign of Stupidity
There are no competing ideologies or rival schools [...] There is only assent. And when there’s but a single ideology, it isn’t just an ideology. It’s a religion. Its ideas aren’t ideas; they are dogmas.