#IWMPost
"If there is no boundary between real and unreal, good and evil, life and death, then nothing means anything, and we face a nihilist abyss." @marcishore.bsky.social in #IWMPost @iwm.at
www.iwm.at/publication/...
In a Post-Truth World: The Fate of Birth, Death, and Other Boundaries
If there is no boundary between real and unreal, good and evil, life and death, then nothing means anything, and we face a nihilist abyss.
www.iwm.at
December 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Read a short text of mine on the NIEO in the new issue of IWMPost www.iwm.at/sites/defaul...
December 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
IWMpost 135 Out Now!
The new issue explores today’s political upheavals, from the crisis of democracy and the rise of nationalism to the power of tech and the role of migration policy.

The magazine is available on our website: www.iwm.at/news/iwmpost...
June 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Trying to imagine a better world order in the age of Trump may seem quixotic, but it’s important not to abandon our ideals in the face of accelerating chaos. My essay in IWMPost is here: www.iwm.at/publication/...
Building a Better World Order?
When President Joe Biden spoke to UN General Assembly in September 2024, he said the world was at an “inflection point.” This was an admission that the current order is showing unmistakable signs of s...
www.iwm.at
December 13, 2024 at 8:17 AM
The Polish women’s movement turned the legacy of sacrifice into a weapon for suffrage. With nationalism as its ally, it was among the world’s first to secure voting rights. Yet, the doors to power remained firmly shut to women.

🗞️ Katarzyna Wężyk in the latest IWMpost: www.iwm.at/publication/...
December 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Karl Mannheim identified generalized suspicion as the source of the intellectual and political crisis of his time. Today, a similar crisis of trust seems to threaten our societies.

🗞️ Read more from Guest of the Institute Yannis Ktenas in the latest IWMpost issue: www.iwm.at/publication/...
January 14, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Across the continent, racialized thinkers have been reclaiming intellectual space. From the Négritude movement to the Romnja Feminist Library, their projects have redefined what counts as knowledge and who can produce it.

📰 Read more in our latest IWMpost issue: buff.ly/paKNfum
January 20, 2026 at 11:35 AM
🗞️ IWMpost 136 Out Now!

From AI governance, public service media, and digital platforms in Africa to the computational visions of society championed by one of the leading intellectuals of the American Right, this issue maps the many dimensions of digital transformation.

➡️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
December 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The success of Donald Trump and other contemporary nationalists is largely due to the fact that they are offering a utopia. In the latest issue of the IWMpost, Ondřej Slačálek explores this phenomenon through a dialogue with Ernest Gellner’s theory of nationalism. www.iwm.at/publication/...
August 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
📻 What is the future of public service media in an age of deepening polarization, disinformation, and eroding trust? In the latest IWMpost issue, @vstetka.bsky.social argues that its survival depends on its capacity to adapt to the digital era while resisting its harmful impacts.

👉 buff.ly/g6T1Q3f
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
In his essay for the new issue of the IWMpost, Rogers Brubaker, professor of sociology at the University of California, explains the relationship between digital technocracy and populism:
www.iwm.at/publication/...
February 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Mussten antike Helden gegen Drachen kämpfen, so genügte Kapitalisten bislang eine exorbitante Vermögensmehrung als Erfolgssymbol. Nunmehr könnte die Suche von Milliardären nach Unsterblichkeit das ultimative narzisstische Unterfangen werden.

📰 Mehr von Martin Schürz in der IWMpost: buff.ly/PGgOfwY
February 12, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Eine Anti-Migrationspolitik befeuert den Aufstieg des Autoritarismus zehn Jahre nach der Flüchtlingsbewegung von 2015. Dabei könnte Migrationspolitik zur Demokratisierung und einer neuen Humanität beitragen, schreibt Manuela Bojadžijev in der neuen IWMpost:

🗞️ www.iwm.at/publication/...
December 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🗣️ Have morality and ethics vanished from political language?

Read more about the use of religious talk in contemporary politics from Clemena Antonova, Research Director at the IWM, in the latest IWMpost issue: www.iwm.at/publication/...
August 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Political struggle is not only terrestrial. In her article for the latest IWMpost, Julie Klinger (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison) shows how subterranean extraction and orbital infrastructures shape democracy, authoritarianism, and sovereignty today.

🌐 Read the whole piece: www.iwm.at/publication/...
August 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The gig economy in developing countries sells immediate work and delivers dependencies. Are there tools for turning digital platforms into channels for genuine inclusive growth?

🗞️ In the latest IWMpost issue, Ivan Napoli takes a closer look at platform-based work in Africa: buff.ly/PIKVkBM
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Digital innovation, especially #AI, is prone to magical thinking. However, we must remain in control of technology, avoid hype, and insist that democratic and humanistic values guide its development.

💡Read more from Hans Akkermans and Anna Bon in the latest IWMpost issue: www.iwm.at/publication/...
August 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
James Rosenberg published "Curtis Yarvin: Postliberalism with Computational Characteristics" in the IWMPost. www.iwm.at/publication/....
Curtis Yarvin: Postliberalism with Computational Characteristics
As the authoritarian right advances in the United States, developing an accurate understanding of its worldview is a task of some urgency. One way of doing so is by considering the writings of one of ...
www.iwm.at
March 10, 2026 at 5:41 PM
In the latest issue of the IWMpost, historian Richard Cockett explores the century-old intellectual clash between Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt, and how their opposing visions continue to shape political debates today:
www.iwm.at/publication/...
August 5, 2026 at 9:01 AM
2022 Emma Goldman Snowball Award recipient Adriana Zaharijević returned to the IWM in 2026 to deliver a keynote on the students’ protests in Serbia. An article adapted from her speech appeared in the latest issue of the IWMpost:
www.iwm.at/publication/...
July 15, 2026 at 6:35 AM