Bill Gates often invokes VACLAV SMIL as his “favorite thinker.” Indeed, Smil is one of the deeper, more original and independent big minds out there today. His book titles range from The Bad Earth and The Cycles of Life to Harvesting the Biosphere .
Leszek Kolakowski, who died in 2009, was professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and a fellow of All Souls College at Oxford University. His critical, magisterial study of the history of Marxism and his perpetual doubt and self‐questioning, which led to a preoccupation with “the revenge of the sacred” in secular life, earned him a reputation as modern Europe's Erasmus.Just after he published Modernity on Endless Trial in 1991, Kolakowski sat down with me in his study at All Souls College. The following conversation was also published in Kolakowski's last book, My Correct Views on Everything.
New Perspectives QuarterlyVolume 36, Issue 1 p. 24-26 Original Article What China's Internet Has Become PONY MA, Founder, chairman and CEO of Tencent, the world's most valuable social media company. This article is adapted from “China at Your Fingertips,” part of the forthcoming book series, “Understanding China,” edited by Zheng Bijian.Search for more papers by this author PONY MA, Founder, chairman and CEO of Tencent, the world's most valuable social media company. This article is adapted from “China at Your Fingertips,” part of the forthcoming book series, “Understanding China,” edited by Zheng Bijian.Search for more papers by this author First published: 24 January 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/npqu.12189AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume36, Issue1January 2019Pages 24-26 RelatedInformation
New Perspectives QuarterlyVolume 36, Issue 1 p. 42-44 Original Article This Is Absolutely Unacceptable CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016.Search for more papers by this author CHRISTIANA FIGUERES, Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change from 2010 to 2016.Search for more papers by this author First published: 24 January 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/npqu.12194AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume36, Issue1January 2019Pages 42-44 RelatedInformation
New Perspectives QuarterlyVolume 36, Issue 4 p. 14-21 Original Article Man And Machine Will Fuse Into One Being PETER SLOTERDIJK, Germany's most controversial thinker and media theorist. He has dared to challenge long-established divisions in traditional philosophy of body and soul, subject and object, culture and nature. His 1999 lecture on “Regulations for the Human Park,” in which he argued that genetic engineering was a continuation of human striving for self-creation, stirred up a tempest in a country known for Nazi eugenics. At the same time, he himself has concluded that “the taming of man has failed” as civilization's potential for barbarism has grown ever greater. His seminal books include Critique of Cynical Reason and his trilogy, Spheres.Search for more papers by this author PETER SLOTERDIJK, Germany's most controversial thinker and media theorist. He has dared to challenge long-established divisions in traditional philosophy of body and soul, subject and object, culture and nature. His 1999 lecture on “Regulations for the Human Park,” in which he argued that genetic engineering was a continuation of human striving for self-creation, stirred up a tempest in a country known for Nazi eugenics. At the same time, he himself has concluded that “the taming of man has failed” as civilization's potential for barbarism has grown ever greater. His seminal books include Critique of Cynical Reason and his trilogy, Spheres.Search for more papers by this author First published: 06 November 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/npqu.12224AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume36, Issue4October 2019Pages 14-21 RelatedInformation
