Institut für Sozialstrategie Blog
August 2020 [english version see below] Liebe Freunde und Freundinnen des Instituts für Sozialstrategie, in diesem Newsletter möchten wir Sie und euch informieren über die am 25. Mai 2020 stattgefundene Mitgliederversammlung IfS e.V., die Ausschreibung des medizintechnisch-ökologischen Projektpraktikums, die veröffentlichten Beiträge seit April 2020, unsere verstärkte Social Media-Aktivitäten sowie Weiteres im Jahr 2020. Wir freuen uns über Anregungen, Themenvorschläge, Beitragseinreichungen zu unseren Forschungsbereichen oder sonstiges! Schreiben Sie /...
Abstract [en]: This article intends to confront the main principles in the global ethic project and the current data about social performance in Brazil, analysing the possible solutions for social challenges in the country by considering the premises of a global ethic philosophy. Based on the postulate of the golden rule, the principle of humanity and the five commitments, this...
Abstract [en]: In the second part of his publication, Bruno Heidlberger analyses – against the back-ground of the Covid-19 crisis – the features of conspiracy theories, their causes, functions, and psychological stabilising functions. He understands conspiracy ideologies as well as reactionist nationalism in line with a dialectic of enlightenment as „the other to reason“, as the dark side and counter...
Abstract [en]: In early March, Covid-19 had a tight grip on us. The world was standing still. The stock markets plummeted. Once the state of shock and lockdown eased, topics soon encompassed more than the daily reports of the RKI. Bruno Heidlberger analysises and discusses the debate that followed and which focused on an evaluation of the protection measures put in place by the state....