This is the slightly rewritten text of my address to the opening plenary session, ‘New Enlightenment Neue Aufklärung’, at the European Forum Alpbach, Alpbach, Austria, 28 August 2016.
European Forum Alpbach, AustriaLadies and Gentlemen, Citizens and Citizenesses:
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