What Is Universalism?

As new power centers emerge around the world, each with a claim to the legitimacy of their civilizational values and particular truth procedures, can we still speak of universal truths and values? A stellar cast of philosophers, scientists, artists, and technologists discuss with Lorenzo Marsili and Hans Ulrich Obrist to find out.

The resulting essays and interviews are published in this volume. Contributions by Frédérique Ait-Touati, Barbara Cassin, Emanuele Coccia, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Mamadou Diouf, Manthia Diawara, Mat Dryhurst, Arturo Escobar, Holly Herndon, Yuk Hui, Ruth Kemna, Alexander Kluge, Margaret Levi, Pankaj Mishra, Carlo Rovelli, Ece Temelkuran, Ge Wang and Zhang Xudong.

And with original artwork by Alexander Kluge.

Contributors

Frédérique Aït-Touati, Barbara Cassin, Emanuele Coccia, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Mamadou Diouf, Manthia Diawara, Mat Dryhurst, Arturo Escobar, Holly Herndon, Yuk Hui, Ruth Kemna, Nadia Yala Kisukidi, Alexander Kluge, Margaret Levi, Pankaj Mishra, Carlo Rovelli, Ece Temelkuran, Ge Wang, and Xudong Zhang.

Publication date: May 31, 2026
Language: English
Artwork: Alexander Kluge
Length: 138 pages
ISBN: 979-8-9914102-5-0
Printed in Venice by Grafiche Veneziane