The Future of Democracy
The Future of Democracy investigates the reforms and practices necessary for the revitalization of democracy under the rapidly changing conditions of digitalization, climate change, and geo-political shifts of power.
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Social transformations require a collective imaginary future worth striving for. Such imaginaries support coping with the adverse natural and socio-political consequences of climate change. Current democratic culture is not fostering such imaginaries, thereby leaving space for authoritarianism and populism. Democracy must not only be defended, such as by reinvorgating citizenship and democratic-political culture, but must also be expanded into the economy, embed itself within planetary conditions, and orient digitalization and AI to democratic purposes.
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Let's Talk Books: Wild DemocracyJoin us for our next Let's Talk Books Event: “Wild Democracy. The Right to Protest” by the author (and fellow) Tim Wihl, in conversation with our fellows Bruno Leipold and Rahel Süß.
Tim Wihl | Rahel Süß | Bruno Leipold | Reclaiming Common Wealth | The Future of Democracy | Events |
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On Civil Invocations with Astrid SévilleA Lunch Talk on Consensus and Conflict in Contemporary Society
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Citizen MarxBruno Leipold offers a comprehensive exploration of Marx’s relationship to republicanism
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interview
The European PerspectiveThe continuation of austerity policy would be a threat to European unity.
Jonathan White | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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A New Foreign PolicyThe destruction of democracy in the middle of the EU cannot be understood without the role of German industry.
Jan-Werner Müller | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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Variations of LiberalismGreens and FDP together in a government – that’s a new version of a Grand coalition
Christoph Möllers | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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The German SeparationVoters are more volatile in the East, due to lower degrees of party identification. Small events can provoke relatively large voter movements.
Philip Manow | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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The Promise of EuropeWe need institutions for transnational democracy.
Lea Ypi | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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The Life of the PartyThere is no reason to be sanguine about a coalition of misfits.
Jonathan White | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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The Collapse of ConservatismPolarization is a populist strategy; it is not the same as conflict.
Jan-Werner Müller | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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The Future of the LeftWe should better not expect too much change from established politics and rather count on social movements.
The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special | Rachel Jaeggi |
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The Rise of the LiberalsThere is an amazing consensus about ends – but a clear conflict about means.
Christoph Möllers | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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The Role of the SPDLet’s talk about taxation!
Philip Manow | The Future of Democracy | The German Election Special |
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news
Applications welcome for the program “The Future of Democracy”THE NEW INSTITUTE is opening its second call for fellowships for the program “The Future of Democracy”...
Curatorial Note
Curatorial Note
Raisa Galofre, El fuego vivo de la cumbia vive en nosotros (The vivid fire of Cumbia lives within us), from the series Daughters of the Muntu: A Pluriverse, 2015 – ongoing. Courtesy of the artist.
A candle melts in the hand of a woman during a procession, somewhere in the Colombian Caribbean region: The photographic series by Raisa Galofre Daughters of the Muntu offers a glimpse into the presence and stories of Muntu Americanas. This series presents a visual translation of these stories as constellations of interrelated beings. It is inspired by the storytelling by Manuel Zapata Olivella in his novel Changó, el Gran Putas and its foundations in the Muntu concept and Ubuntu worldview. Ubuntu, a Nguni Bantu term meaning "humanity“, is sometimes translated as "I am because we are" (also "I am because you are"), or "humanity towards others" (in Zulu, umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu). In Xhosa, the latter term is used, but is often meant in a more philosophical sense to mean "the belief in a universal bond of sharing that connects all humanity".