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Psychoanalytic Anthropology between Universal Aspirations and Eurocentric Limitations
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Ivan VejvodaSlobodan Markovich
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Can Beauty Save the World? On Historical Injustice, Reconciliation and the Role of Aesthetic Education
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Lea YpiMisha Glenny
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Does Capitalism Erode Democracy?
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Shalini RanderiaEva Illouz
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Series: Lecture
“Does Capitalism erode Democracy?” Die israelische Soziologin Eva Illouz, die mit ihren Büchern über die Liebe im Konsumkapitalismus berühmt wurde, im Vortrag und Gespräch mit Johannes Kaup.
In ihren Büchern “Warum Liebe wehtut” und “Warum Liebe endet” zeigt Eva Illouz, wie durch Selbstoptimierung, Kommerzialisierung des Intimlebens und digitale Kommunikation das Gefühlsleben zutiefst verunsichert wird. In ihrem neuesten Buch “Das Glücksdiktat und wie es unser Leben beherrscht” kritisiert die Soziologin die boomende kapitalistische Glücksindustrie, die uns weismachen will, dass wir nur dann glücklich sein können, wenn wir unsere negativen Gefühle blockieren und uns selbst optimieren.
Im Anschluß an ihren Vortrag spricht Johannes Kaup mit Eva Illouz darüber, welche Faktoren zur Entfremdung zwischen Individuum, Gesellschaft und der Politik führen und welche Rolle dabei die neoliberal-kapitalistische Ideologie spielt, aber auch welche Möglichkeiten der Resilienz und des Widerstands es angesichts dieser Entwicklungen gibt.
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“Does Capitalism erode Democracy?” Die israelische Soziologin Eva Illouz, die mit ihren Büchern über die Liebe im Konsumkapitalismus berühmt wurde, im Vortrag und Gespräch mit Johannes Kaup.
In ihren Büchern “Warum Liebe wehtut” und “Warum Liebe endet” zeigt Eva Illouz, wie durch Selbstoptimierung, Kommerzialisierung des Intimlebens und digitale Kommunikation das Gefühlsleben zutiefst verunsichert wird. In ihrem neuesten Buch “Das Glücksdiktat und wie es unser Leben beherrscht” kritisiert die Soziologin die boomende kapitalistische Glücksindustrie, die uns weismachen will, dass wir nur dann glücklich sein können, wenn wir unsere negativen Gefühle blockieren und uns selbst optimieren.
Im Anschluß an ihren Vortrag spricht Johannes Kaup mit Eva Illouz darüber, welche Faktoren zur Entfremdung zwischen Individuum, Gesellschaft und der Politik führen und welche Rolle dabei die neoliberal-kapitalistische Ideologie spielt, aber auch welche Möglichkeiten der Resilienz und des Widerstands es angesichts dieser Entwicklungen gibt.
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The Climate Question
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Dipesh Chakrabarty
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Speakers: Dipesh Chakrabarty
Series: Lecture
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Speakers: Dipesh Chakrabarty
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Religion and Revolution
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Clemena AntonovaGayle Lonergan
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Series: Lecture
While the “Russian religious renaissance” at the beginning of the 20th century and the political fervour, which culminated in the October Revolution of 1917, took place at the same period, these two developments are rarely studied alongside each other. In their joint book presentations, the two speakers considered a tradition of religious philosophy, on the one hand and the political history of the early years of the Bolshevik Party, on the other as two responses to the crisis of modernity. Interestingly, with all their differences, the religious and the Marxist-Leninist projects – both of which displayed utopian and illiberal features – shared common concerns and themes. It is, thus, not surprising that some of the most prominent religious thinkers had started as Marxists. It is exactly these common themes that can be relevant to contemporary debates on the critical issues of the early 21st century.
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Series: Lecture
While the “Russian religious renaissance” at the beginning of the 20th century and the political fervour, which culminated in the October Revolution of 1917, took place at the same period, these two developments are rarely studied alongside each other. In their joint book presentations, the two speakers considered a tradition of religious philosophy, on the one hand and the political history of the early years of the Bolshevik Party, on the other as two responses to the crisis of modernity. Interestingly, with all their differences, the religious and the Marxist-Leninist projects – both of which displayed utopian and illiberal features – shared common concerns and themes. It is, thus, not surprising that some of the most prominent religious thinkers had started as Marxists. It is exactly these common themes that can be relevant to contemporary debates on the critical issues of the early 21st century.
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Making Sense of the Results of the European Elections
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Ivan KrastevMichael Zantovsky, Ondřej Ditrych
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Series: Lecture
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Series: Lecture
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A Left Populist Strategy for a Green Democratic Revolution
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Chantal MouffeIvan Vejvoda
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Series: Lecture
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The International State System after Neoliberalism
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Wolfgang Streeck
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Speakers: Wolfgang Streeck
Series: Lecture
Wolfgang Streeck began by recalling a short essay by Karl Polanyi, written in 1945, in which he discusses the prospects of a new, peaceful global order, based on the lessons of the war and the interwar period. In it Polanyi advocates an international regime beyond both Communist and neoliberal universalism that allows for national political-economic self-determination. Of particular importance here is Polanyi’s concept of “regional planning”, which stands for jointly regulated sectoral economic cooperation between neighboring sovereign countries that retain their monetary sovereignty. Comparing Polanyi’s vision to the world of today he found differences and similarities that both appear highly instructive. Among other things, it seems that the prospects for a democratically decentralized European state system, as opposed to the technocratic centralization promoted by the European Union, are intertwined with the emerging global relationship between China, now occupying in Polanyi’s scenario the position of the Soviet Union, and a, perhaps, increasingly isolationist United States. In this context, Wolfgang Streeck pointed to the propagation of a new collective defense narrative – the “European army” project – as a substitute for the social welfare and prosperity narrative in support of “European integration” that has lost its credibility with the collapse of neoliberalism as a viable political formula.
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Speakers: Wolfgang Streeck
Series: Lecture
Wolfgang Streeck began by recalling a short essay by Karl Polanyi, written in 1945, in which he discusses the prospects of a new, peaceful global order, based on the lessons of the war and the interwar period. In it Polanyi advocates an international regime beyond both Communist and neoliberal universalism that allows for national political-economic self-determination. Of particular importance here is Polanyi’s concept of “regional planning”, which stands for jointly regulated sectoral economic cooperation between neighboring sovereign countries that retain their monetary sovereignty. Comparing Polanyi’s vision to the world of today he found differences and similarities that both appear highly instructive. Among other things, it seems that the prospects for a democratically decentralized European state system, as opposed to the technocratic centralization promoted by the European Union, are intertwined with the emerging global relationship between China, now occupying in Polanyi’s scenario the position of the Soviet Union, and a, perhaps, increasingly isolationist United States. In this context, Wolfgang Streeck pointed to the propagation of a new collective defense narrative – the “European army” project – as a substitute for the social welfare and prosperity narrative in support of “European integration” that has lost its credibility with the collapse of neoliberalism as a viable political formula.
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Will the Human Race Become Redundant?
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Robert Skidelsky
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Series: Lecture
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Series: Lecture
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On Sharing Responsibility
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Claus Offe
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Series: Lecture
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Series: Lecture
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