Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
That was the first major social sciences conference at which social scientists from all cultures wanted to reach a consensus on whether we can continue to pursue a national course in the social sciences or whether we need a cosmopolitan path that also connects us in a new way. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world – a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
When they come to Europe, they are confronted by still closed borders. Thus, the concept of open borders is a very selective concept, one that is not taken seriously at all in the experience of non-Europeans. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit. Ulrich Beck Read Quote
