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Euthanasia: Noel Martin wants to die
The British citizen of Jamaican origin, has been a paraplegic ever since he was attacked by a band of neo-Nazis. In 2007, he made headline news in Germany and is still fighting to be able to decide the date of his death
profile, berlin, human rights, discrimination, death, racism, politics
Art: from Polish porn to Belgian faeces machines
Does art have to be beautiful? Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Five portraits of artists who dabble along the limits of aesthetics, morality and comfort zone to constantly try and provoke society
Slavoj Zizek: great European export or sell-out to US cultural hegemony?
The Slovenian philosopher cites Viagra to prop up Lacanian theory, wrote a critique of the matrix and has linked Hegel to sex games and Maggie Thatcher. Zizek is an impish theorist with immense transatlantic and popular appeal. So why haven't we heard of him?
profile, karl marx, ideology, slovenia, ljubljana, philosophy, georg friedrich hegel
Bronislaw Geremek: an interesting past, an exciting future
A history professor and Polish freedom fighter who climbed the ranks to become a candidate for the European Parliamentary Presidency, there’s more to Bronislaw Geremek than meets the eye.
profile, communism, bronislaw geremek, dissident, lech kaczynski, society, poland
