Nicholas Al. Sevastakis was born in Karlovasi, Samos, in 1964. Since 1999 he has been teaching political philosophy, first at the University of the Aegean and then at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has worked for years in newspapers (Eleftherotypia, Editors ‘Journal, Vima) and magazines (New Estia, Notes, Contemporary Issues, Books’ journal). Since the beginning of 2015, he has been working at Lifo magazine maintaining for four years the weekly “Second Thoughts” ideas column and the bi-weekly “Breathing Exercises” column since September 2019. In recent years, he deals with prose in short stories Woman on a Bike, (2014) A Falling Man (2015), and The Man in the Shadow (2019). Among his experimental books are Alchemy of Happiness (2000), Commonplace/prosaic Country (2004), Hospitable Nihilism (2008), Tests and Readings (2008), and Ghosts of Our Time: Left, Criticism, Liberal Democracy (2016). He lives in Thessaloniki.
Nicholas Al. Sevastakis was born in Karlovasi, Samos, in 1964. Since 1999 he has been teaching political philosophy, first at the University of the Aegean and then at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He has worked for years in newspapers (Eleftherotypia, Editors ‘Journal, Vima) and magazines (New Estia, Notes, Contemporary Issues, Books’ journal). Since the beginning of 2015, he has been working at Lifo magazine maintaining for four years the weekly “Second Thoughts” ideas column and the bi-weekly “Breathing Exercises” column since September 2019. In recent years, he deals with prose in short stories Woman on a Bike, (2014) A Falling Man (2015), and The Man in the Shadow (2019). Among his experimental books are Alchemy of Happiness (2000), Commonplace/prosaic Country (2004), Hospitable Nihilism (2008), Tests and Readings (2008), and Ghosts of Our Time: Left, Criticism, Liberal Democracy (2016). He lives in Thessaloniki.
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Old objections to the weak character of liberal democracy are returning more harshly. The author regards suspiciously the easy disassembly of western democracies, but he stresses that alarms are necessary and believes that we do not have the right to close our eyes to the political failures and cultural challenges that surround us
