Stories

Introduction to the Sunflower discussion group

Money and Material I: What are the origins of money?

Money and Exchange I: Exchange, gift, obligation – when, where and how do they come into play?

Money and Power III: The need for money springs from governments.

Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner views mistakes as learning chances

Money and Relationship I: What constitutes the «I» in modern times?

In 2008, a financial crisis descended upon the world. A film sheds light on the backdrop and the history.

The beat rhythm has its origin in the fact that we have to deal with money every single day.

Money and Time II: The economy is forced to make more money out of money. But what actually drives this compulsion?

Money and Time III: The capitalist system is based on money as capital: money that yields more money.

Beyond Money III: The modern means of production and distribution are to be re-used – without money.

We need money for the necessities of life. Thus – money must shape our thinking. What implications does that have?

Money and Relationship III: Our world as external world is made into a sellable thing, a commodity.

Thought Form III: We can buy everything with money, and we interpret everything in the form it assumes through money.

A money-free world: Would it be possible? Would we make it possible?

Money and Exchange III: The emergence of the market economy made money the universal medium of interchange.

Money and Time I: The economy is forced to make more money out of money.

Money and Material II: How did coins actually come to physically represent exchange value? Eske Bockelmann explains.

In brief, it is the key to understanding what money does to us – and what it does to the world.

Money influences our perception. An experiment by Theo Wehner.

Beyond Money II: In the commons approach, money confronts something that involves collective participation.

In modern times, a theory of money is inevitably a theory of society. Such theoretical effort is very much called for.

The Thesis to the Origin of Money by Eske Bockelmann

Money and Exchange II: Purchasing replaces people’s comprehensive sense of obligation.

Money and Power I: A toothbrush belongs to one person. The soil that feed many people follows other laws.

Beyond Money I: Is it possible to think beyond money, since we only know the world shaped by money?

Thought Form I: Let you take on an imaginary journey to see what happens with monetary value as a pure number.

Money and Power II: It’s the people in our society who are forced to buy and sell.

Money and Relationship II: In a modern society, its members are linked by dependence on money. What does this mean?

Discussion about the relationship between work and the ability of a job to generate meaning.

"Sunflower" critically examines money: The situation of money is critical, and the aim is to critically assess money.

Money defined in seven categories

Thought Form II: Money and merchandise veil themselves in subject and object.

Volunteers often find their work more meaningful than professionals do.

Money is both real and unreal at the same time. Why is this and why is value a product of imagination?

Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner talks about activity and purpose

A report from Ruanda

Money and Material III: From a coin as a unit of exchange value to a function that is only defined digitally.