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Two of the recurrent topics in Edgar Allan Poe's (1809-1849) work are the origin and order of the world, which this author considered expressions of a superior spiritual reality, and for the approach of which he wrote some texts that went from the philosophy of furniture and landscaping to cosmology in an attempt to explain the sense of the physical world for human beings, as well as its impact on them from forms, magnitudes and distribution.

Hoffe is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Tubingen in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, & this interview took place at the Goethe Institute in Madrid. Specific topics surveyed include democratic & economic liberalism, the challenges & opportunities of globalization, Hoffe's model for global democracy, the fallacy of preventive war, the future relationship between the US & Europe, the implications of multiculturalism in Western societies, the over-exploitation of natural resources by the developed world, the responsibilities of political philosophers in the age of globalization, & how to instill the proper ethical & moral values in young people. The interview concludes with Hoffe's reflections on how his personal life & attitudes have affected the development of his philosophical concepts. R. Young