This book discusses the ongoing revolution of dignity in human history as the work of ‘humanist outliers’: small groups and individuals dedicated to compassionate social emancipation. It argues that a
In the 21st century, Norway, Denmark and Sweden remain the icons of fair societies with high economic productivity and quality of life. But they are also an enigma in a cultural-evolutionary sense: th
This book breaks new ground in the studies of green transition. It frames the ongoing transformation in terms of a "battle of modernities" with the emerging vision of ecomodernity as
It is often argued that Germany and Scandinavia stand at two opposite ends of a spectrum with regard to their response to social-economic disruptions and cultural challenges. Though, in many respects,
Since the emergence of the dissident “parallel polis” in Eastern Europe, civil society has become a “new superpower,” influencing democratic transformations, human rights, and international co-operati
This collection of a dozen essays explores examples of new kinds of civil society around the world, examining their relationship to different deformations of the state under the pressures of global ne
