In 2010, Rob Riemen presciently warned the world about the eternal return of fascism.  It’s time to listen to him again.

Becoming human is an art. Not a science. If it were a science, then there would be established definitions, proven theories, unambiguous answers, protocols and manuals for life. There are none. Becoming human is an art. An art that every individual – with all the desires, uncertainties, doubts, fears and failures that are inherent in our existence – must find its own way to achieve the humanity that must enable us to live in truth, to create beauty, to be compassionate and just.

As variations on a theme, Rob Riemen offers four études in the art of becoming human. An étude that looks at war as a school of life; an étude in conquering stupidity and lies; an étude in courage and compassion; and lastly an étude in the redemption from anxiety through creative power and true love. Four études that are intended as a helping hand to all those who concern themselves with Socrates’s two great questions: ‘Tell me, what is the right way to live? And what is a good society?’

Rob Riemen born in 1962, is one of Europe’s leading intellectuals and the founder and president of the Nexus Institute that in the past decades has become one of Europe’s most prestigious organizations to inspire public intellectual debate about the most important subjects for humanity and society.

Riemen the author of several books including Nobility of Spirit. A forgotten Ideal (Yale University Press, 2008) and To Fight Against This Age (Norton, 2017). His books have been translated worldwide into 24 languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and Russian included).