AK: Markus, how do you explain the resurgence of what is called ‘the lab-leak thesis’ in the Western media, which was already believed to be dead? Politically. And mass media-wise. These are the two factors one needs to look at. And of course one must
Professor Fuchs, we assume that you are currently also following the lab leak debate. What do you notice? I notice that – as is actually always the case – the question of causality is at the centre. The search is on for the reason, the
‘We are Lovers of the Qalandar’. Piety, Pilgrimage, and Ritual in Pakistani Sufi Islam This book is about Pakistan’s most popular Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar whose shrine in Sehwan Sharif is one of the most fascinating sanctuaries in the Muslim world. At the time
In this lecture, which will be in English with English-Chinese bilingual PPT slides, Karl-Heinz Pohl (卜松山) looks at the “Basics of Chinese Aesthetics – Its Philosophical and Cross-Cultural Frame of Reference”. For Pohl, a “symbolic and aesthetic orientation” (references to literature, art, religion and philosophy) is
Professor Moeller, congratulations to your new project, Philosophy in Motion. In a nutshell: What is this YouTube channel all about? Philosophy in Motion brings to life weirdly fascinating stories from the Daoist classic Zhuangzi. These stories are surprisingly relevant today, seductively funny, refreshingly subversive, soothingly therapeutic, and smart
Critical theory is a Western, and distinctly European, intellectual tradition that drew its normative resources from the social and political events that transpired in Europe over the course of the 20th century. It is relevant to ask the question whether, as a critical-practical tradition, critical
Hi Subekti, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Hello Khai. Thanks for having me! Congratulations to your new book. Besides the reason of structural similarities, is there any other reason why you chose Indonesia and Germany as your research subjects? Well, we mention this
MH: Professor Brown, thanks a lot for agreeing to this interview. Your time budget must be rather small. May I ask what you are currently working on? Two projects. One is a selection of excerpts from key writers from outside China who have written about
Indonesia, the state with the largest Muslim population in the world, is in a process of continuous societal transformation. From the perspective of Media and Communication Studies, recent political developments towards an increasingly consolidated democratic system are of great interest. The comparison with Germany may
Hi Alka! Hi, Markus. Let me introduce the two others first: This is Saima, our Editor-in-Chief, and this is Yap Khai Qing, a journalism student at Xiamen University Malaysia. Hi Sama, hi Khai, nice to meet you guys. I think Saima wants to go first,