One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that goods and even capital should be free to roam but labour must remain imprisoned within the… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
The essential thing, the ultimate goal of politics and thought, is a bigger life for the individual. A bigger life – that remains the… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
Social solidarity must rest (instead) on the sole secure basis it can have: direct responsibility of people for one another. Such responsibility can be… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
The supreme good of life is vitality. And vitality is always seeping away. — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset. — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction. — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
The Amazon is not just a set of trees. It is a set of 25 million people. If we don't create real economic opportunities… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
In a world of democracies, the most deserving basis of national differences is that the different states of the world should represent a form… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image
When we imagine our Universe to be just one out of a multitude of possible worlds we devalue this world, the one we see,… — Roberto Unger Copy Share Image