Rob Riemen

Founder, Nexus Institute

Rob Riemen is the Founder, President, and CEO of the Nexus Institute, a leading international center for intellectual reflection to inspire the Western cultural and philosophical debate. Mr. Riemen is also the editor of the essay journal "Nexus."

He is the author of Nobility of Spirit: A Forgotten Ideal (2008), which has been translated into eighteen languages, and the new international bestseller To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism and Humanism (2018)

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“Never Again?” How fascism hijacks democracies over and over

Fascism very much could be alive and well in America in today's toxic political climate. After all, the appeal of fascism breeds in unhealthy democracies. We can’t be too careful, says political expert Rob Riemen.

How should people live?

Use the Socratic method on yourself, Riemen says.

Whom would you like to interview?

Rob Riemen makes his case for Nietzsche.

What inspires your work?

The ability of a great man to change his mind.

What is your personal philosophy?

Riemen invokes Indiana Jones to explain his personal philosophy of life.

What shapes contemporary life?

Riemen frames contemporary life and the values that construct our society.

Can you define love?

The most essential things in life are beyond definition, Riemen says.

How do you contribute?

Riemen hopes to raise essential questions about the quality of information, in some small way, restore meaning to language.

Freedom, Truth and Democracy

Rob Riemen emphasizes the roots of democracy as first articulated by the Greeks.

Rob Riemen explains the formative influence of Thomas Mann.

What do you do?

Riemen heads the Nexus Institute, a place to discuss life’s big questions.

The constancy of fragility.

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