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by Carlo Strenger
Yeshayahu Leibowitz: Prophet of wrath, harbinger of the future
Because of his provocativeness, it's easy to miss Yeshayahu Leibowitz’s profound moral seriousness and the great relevance of his thought today.
By Carlo Strenger | Mar 13, 2013 | 12:03 PM | 10
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
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A wise answer to Iran's anti-Semitic delusions
We must not respond to this regime’s inhumanity and stupidity with more stupidity, but with wisdom and sophistication.
By Carlo Strenger | Jun 27, 2012 | 03:33 PM | 3
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Time to fight back for our liberal values
If we don’t defend liberal values now, we will soon lose the right to voice them.
By Carlo Strenger | Jun 22, 2012 | 10:38 AM
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National-religious messianism is endangering Israel
It is time for the majority of Israelis, secular or religious, who think otherwise to take action before it is too late.
By Carlo Strenger | Jun 13, 2012 | 12:47 PM | 6
Protesters in Egypt - May 2012
The Netanyahu government and the Arab stereotype
When it comes to Arabs. Israel’s right-wing politicians have replaced the old Jewish virtue of being interested in ones surroundings with a bunker mentality.
By Carlo Strenger | Jun 6, 2012 | 01:29 AM | 5
A settlement in East Jerusalem.
It’s the settlements, stupid!
Why is there such a disparity between Tel Aviv’s global image, and that of Israel as a whole?
By Carlo Strenger | May 30, 2012 | 01:29 PM | 12
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Lieberman's boorish behavior harms Israel's international standing
Claiming that human-rights NGOs are essentially anti-Israel is about as convincing as saying that because there are many successful Jews, there is a Jewish conspiracy to rule the world.
By Carlo Strenger | May 25, 2012 | 06:25 PM | 10
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Israel’s universities could be world leaders
On some fronts, we're already there. On others, we've got a ways to go.
By Carlo Strenger | May 16, 2012 | 04:46 PM | 2
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Netanyahu’s and Abbas’ moments of truth
Mofaz's two-phased plan for peace with the Palestinians could force both Netanyahu and Abbas to make tough, fateful decisions.
By Carlo Strenger | May 9, 2012 | 12:21 PM | 2
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Israelis will still follow ethnic and religious divisions in upcoming elections
Israel's leading right-wing parties' appeal is in their strong anti-elitist sentiment. They ride on waves of distrust of institutions and an idealization of peoplehood.
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When I’m 64: Farewell to hysteria - Welcome to pragmatism
Israel’s mainstream needs to be given reasonable alternatives to fear-mongering on the one hand and self-righteous utopianism on the other hand.
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Carlo Strenger is a philosopher and existential psychoanalyst, author of seven books, most recently The Fear of Insignificance: Searching for Meaning in the Twenty-First Centuryand Israel, Einführung in ein schwieriges Land He serves as Professor at the School of Psychological Sciences at Tel Aviv University; on the Permanent Monitoring Panel on Terrorism of the World Federation of Scientists; the Seminar of Existential Psychoanalysis in Zurich, and the Scientific Board of the Sigmund Freud Foundation, Vienna in addition to maintaining a part-time practice in existential psychoanalysis. Strenger is an outspoken defender of Classical Liberalism,and advocates a sane and just solution of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He regularly writes in Haaretz, Israel's leading liberal Newspaper, where he runs a blog, 'Strenger than Fiction', Britain's The Guardian, Switzerland's Neue Zürcher Zeitung, and The New York Times. For more info see Strenger's Website
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