In 20 essays inspired by Hannah Arendt's analysis of crisis-ridden modernity Wolfgang R. Heuer
addresses aspects of depoliticization and the loss of politics and thus of freedom. The
wide-ranging essays are grouped in five sections: When Politics Vanishes The Call of
Responsibility Images and Emotions Federations and From Plurality to Cosmos. They lead to
the insight that the crises of our time require a common change of perspective towards
ecological and political sustainability the unity of »Cosmos and Republic«.
