Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same title at Kunsthaus Graz in Graz, Austria, 12 June – 12 September 2010.

'The present catalogue offers a journey into human ethics where the structures of address, responsibility and moral agency are at stake. "Who are we?" asks Hannah Arendt in her Human Condition and refers to processes of thinking, willing and judging. "What are we made of?" asks Jeremy Rifkin while introducing Homo Empathicus, the main protagonist of his "new view of human nature." "What counts as human? What allows us to encounter one another?" investigates Judith Butler.

This exhibition catalogue is the portrait of a precarious world of instability, where the frailty of human affairs is exposed. Between emancipation and despair, between communal desire and individualistic mentality, the exhibition Human Condition collects models of contemporary realities. It asks for a chance of hope and searches for possibilities of the heroic in an age of corrupted values.' (Inside back cover)

With artist biographies. Other participating artists include Marcel Dzama, Maria Lassnig, Mark Manders, Renzo Martens, Kris Martin, Adrian Paci and Susan Philipsz.