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Flat Truths and Flat Lies. The Thunberg-Trump Syndrom

Blog: What I think why Westerners join the Islamic State

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The New Geography of Eastern Europe. Peace Magazine

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"The Futurist Aesthetics of ISIS." Aesthetics and Culture

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Thorsten plays his FIVE favorite BAROQUE pieces

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Organic Cinema: Film, Architecture and the Work of Bela Tarr

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Piano Improvisation

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Hegel and Empire

The End of Liberalism.

"Islamic Futurism."

Lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University April 2019

Do You Know What Philosophy Is?

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Conference in Kuwait

"Tracking Global Wokeism"

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"Unity between East and West" At GUST, Kuwait.Feb. 7-9 2019.

Obituary of Ingmar Bergman On the Rowman & Littlefield website

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Helsinki Conference 2018: The development of the Pietila Ministry in Kuwait

Chronique d'une vie dans une université noire aux Etats-Unis (in French). Le Monde blog 2007-2009.

Conference on the book Organic Cinema in Budapest

Thorsten talks about "Cool and kawaii" on BYU Radio.

"The Morning Show with Marcus Smith." Click on "Listen now" and fast forward to 85'.

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