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November 2009 
A Search For Europes Future - And The Wheels Stopped Turning
Posted on Jun 18th, 2008
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Albert
Albert
Jürgen Habermas, one of the greatest social scientists of the last decades- Steve McIntosh even describes him as founder of integral thinking , Wilber celebrates him too -voiced his feeings and thoughts about future of Europe in this SPIEGEL ONLINE article.
Who is Juergen Haberrmas?
Jürgen Habermas, 78, is one of the most influential philosophers and social theorists of the last century. Along with his French counterpart Jacques Derrida, Habermas made a plea for for the rebirth of the European Union in 2003. Now that Ireland has rejected the Lisbon Treaty, he says it is time for European politicians to turn the EU's future over to the people.
While I agree with Habermas that the purpose isnt defined right now and big buroraceies are not the solution, I do not share his postulat to leave it to the citizens what should happen. As I mentioned earlier the public private dichotomy (Qulligan) must be overxome. The proportions and vertical layers of the shift into a bigger holon -from nation states to EU -must be defined.
Euro Land isnt a runaway train inti future, but a very much vertically stretched , webby and without leadership definition for its most dynamic core. Similar to lots of spiritual biotopes who refuse to acknolwedge natural hierarchies.
When I sat in the airplane to Dubai in 2004 I was reading SPIEGEL too. And Habermans was writing then about a journey to Iran. About his massive disappointment to find no democratic humus there in spite of great philosophical contributions of the Persian culture in history.
What a pity that this great theorist - I am reading his work now with great respect for nearly 4 decades . has lost his mental teeth and neither nails down our own European challenges for the future. Nor is grasping what is going on in Mideast or other global battlegrounds and playgrounds.
His Bush Bashing isnt revealing a profound perspective for transatlantic improvement too.
His Core Concept of "Herrschaftrsfrier Diskurs" is limited and is beyond its former Zenit. The Nadir of this thinking is nearing in fast pace.
its time for Europeans to draw in shaper lines , with more depth, punching power and strategic imagination where this continent with over 500 million people is goint to.
Quo vadis, Europe?
Quo vadis, European Intelligentsia?
A Search For Europes Future - And the Wheels Stopped Turning
And the Wheels Stopped Turning
By Jürgen Habermas
European governments are at their wits' end. It is time for them to admit it -- and let the public decide about the future of the European Union.
...and everything comes to a grinding halt.
The farmers are upset about falling global prices and the new regulations constantly coming from Brussels. Those at the bottom of the social ladder are upset about the growing gap between rich and poor, especially evident in a country where both groups live in close proximity. The citizens despise their own politicians, who promise the world but who lack perspective and do not (cannot) deliver.
REUTERS
With the Ireland No, it might be time for the European Union to make some changes.
And then along comes a referendum over a treaty that is too complicated to be understood. EU membership has been more or less advantageous. Why should anything be changed? Doesn't the strengthening of European institutions necessarily lead to a weakening of democratic voices, which are only heard within the national public sphere?
The citizens sense that they are being patronized. Once again, they are to ratify something in the making of which they were not involved. The government has said that this time the referendum will not be repeated until the people give in. And aren't the Irish, this small, obstinate people, the only ones in all of Europe who are actually being asked for their opinions?
They don't want to be treated like cattle being driven to the voting booth. With the exception of three members of parliament who voted "no" on the issue, the Irish people and the entire Irish political class are entirely at odds. In a sense, it is also a referendum over politics in general, making it all the more tempting to send "politics" a message. This temptation is one felt everywhere today.
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Who is Juergen Haberrmas?
Jürgen Habermas, 78, is one of the most influential philosophers and social theorists of the last century. Along with his French counterpart Jacques Derrida, Habermas made a plea for for the rebirth of the European Union in 2003. Now that Ireland has rejected the Lisbon Treaty, he says it is time for European politicians to turn the EU's future over to the people.
While I agree with Habermas that the purpose isnt defined right now and big buroraceies are not the solution, I do not share his postulat to leave it to the citizens what should happen. As I mentioned earlier the public private dichotomy (Qulligan) must be overxome. The proportions and vertical layers of the shift into a bigger holon -from nation states to EU -must be defined.
Euro Land isnt a runaway train inti future, but a very much vertically stretched , webby and without leadership definition for its most dynamic core. Similar to lots of spiritual biotopes who refuse to acknolwedge natural hierarchies.
When I sat in the airplane to Dubai in 2004 I was reading SPIEGEL too. And Habermans was writing then about a journey to Iran. About his massive disappointment to find no democratic humus there in spite of great philosophical contributions of the Persian culture in history.
What a pity that this great theorist - I am reading his work now with great respect for nearly 4 decades . has lost his mental teeth and neither nails down our own European challenges for the future. Nor is grasping what is going on in Mideast or other global battlegrounds and playgrounds.
His Bush Bashing isnt revealing a profound perspective for transatlantic improvement too.
His Core Concept of "Herrschaftrsfrier Diskurs" is limited and is beyond its former Zenit. The Nadir of this thinking is nearing in fast pace.
its time for Europeans to draw in shaper lines , with more depth, punching power and strategic imagination where this continent with over 500 million people is goint to.
Quo vadis, Europe?
Quo vadis, European Intelligentsia?
A Search For Europes Future - And the Wheels Stopped Turning
And the Wheels Stopped Turning
By Jürgen Habermas
European governments are at their wits' end. It is time for them to admit it -- and let the public decide about the future of the European Union.
...and everything comes to a grinding halt.
The farmers are upset about falling global prices and the new regulations constantly coming from Brussels. Those at the bottom of the social ladder are upset about the growing gap between rich and poor, especially evident in a country where both groups live in close proximity. The citizens despise their own politicians, who promise the world but who lack perspective and do not (cannot) deliver.
REUTERS
With the Ireland No, it might be time for the European Union to make some changes.
And then along comes a referendum over a treaty that is too complicated to be understood. EU membership has been more or less advantageous. Why should anything be changed? Doesn't the strengthening of European institutions necessarily lead to a weakening of democratic voices, which are only heard within the national public sphere?
The citizens sense that they are being patronized. Once again, they are to ratify something in the making of which they were not involved. The government has said that this time the referendum will not be repeated until the people give in. And aren't the Irish, this small, obstinate people, the only ones in all of Europe who are actually being asked for their opinions?
They don't want to be treated like cattle being driven to the voting booth. With the exception of three members of parliament who voted "no" on the issue, the Irish people and the entire Irish political class are entirely at odds. In a sense, it is also a referendum over politics in general, making it all the more tempting to send "politics" a message. This temptation is one felt everywhere today.
Read more...
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