OPINION By ENRIQUE KRUAZE The great Hungarian theoretician György Lukács was a member of the intellectual circle of German socialist Max Weber and was therefore well aware of the famous reflection of the master: “Whoever seeks the salvation of his soul and that of others must not do so through the path of politics, whose tasks, which are very opposed
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OPINION By ENRIQUE KRAUZE Redemptorist leaders, daffodils in love with their self-proclaimed moral beauty, are not responsible for the consequences of their actions. This ironclad truth was the subject of “Politics as a Vocation,” a famed conference offered by German sociologist Max Weber in January 1919 in Munich . His words then reverberate in our current time. The circumstances when
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By SHERRY SPISNAUGLE Set high in the Bavarian Alps, with a stunning view of Germany’s tallest peak, the Zugspitze, Schloss Elmau Luxury Spa Retreat & Cultural Hideaway sits a 20-minute drive from the border of Austria. In November, I was a guest at this elegant hotel. where the G7 summit met in 2015 and will meet again on June 26
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