Program / phil.COLOGNE 2023 List of all events
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In English
with Slavoj Žižek Wolfram Eilenberger
Our life today is characterised by excess. It’s never enough, we always have to have more. In his work Surplus Enjoyment: a Guide for the Non-perplexed, Slavoj Žižek, one of the most influential contemporary philosophers, coins a new concept to describe our existence: “surplus enjoyment". Using this fusion of Marx's "surplus value" and Freud's "pleasure gain", the master thinker illuminates the current fields of political and cultural problems and discourse: from "cancel culture" to gender binarity to queerness, from the latest varieties of capitalism to conse… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Tue. 06 June 2023
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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with Jürgen Wiebicke Verena Kast
How bleak would our world be if all the things we currently fear were to actually come to pass? We have become accustomed to recounting the crises of this world to one another. In the process, we have almost entirely lost the ability to conceive that things can often times turn out better than we expect. All we need is something that is currently in extremely short supply: hope and confidence. The great utopian Ernst Bloch believed that hope has the potential to drown out fear. Swiss psychoanalyst Verena Kast cites him as well, to him, but above all to the ideas of C.G. Jung, in her… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event On the meaning of fear. Verena Kast on optimism in difficult times
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- Date: Wed. 07 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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with Michel Friedman Wolfram Eilenberger
To what extent are we condemned to freedom? Where does personal responsibility end, where does it begin? And what significance does the existence of others have in this context? On the basis of the life and work of Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) as a formative intellectual of the European post-war period, Michel Friedman undertakes a foray into key questions of our present in dialogue with Wolfram Eilenberger. Whether free will or global responsibility, authenticity fetish, gender discourse or the role of the intellectual in the public sphere – since Sartre and Beauvoir, our cultural c… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event On life and living: with Sartre to the future
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- Date: Wed. 07 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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with Anke Graneß Stephanie Rohde
How can we decolonialise philosophy? Historiography can make an important contribution to this project, and a critical examination of Africa in particular reveals approaches for transformation in a global perspective. Exploration of the continent’s history – from ancient Egypt to West Africa to the African diaspora – raises fundamental questions about how to deal with traditions of thought of oral societies as well as how to approach alternative sources and philosophical practices. Likewise, ethical questions arise regarding the role of religion, racism and slavery in philosophy and the inter… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Think differently. On philosophy in Africa. With Anke Graneß
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- Date: Wed. 07 June 2023
- Time: 19:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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with Cai Werntgen Matthias Horx
Crises can change economies, usher in epochs, and shape new systems of culture and thought. Examples include the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Age, the pop era, and more. Many of these epochs had symbolic triggers that brought to the fore the energies that were already latent and forcing their way toward expression. However, we perceive such triggers first and foremost as terminal, unsolvable problems and lapse into a panic mode that reinforces the crisis character. How can we overcome this pattern of thinking and feeling? How can we think about the future after having… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The wisdom of change. Thinking the future with Matthias Horx
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- Date: Wed. 07 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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In englischer Sprache ohne Übersetzung
with Michael J. Sandel Gert Scobel
In our time, democracy appears under siege. For one thing, our societies are divided as never before: Fuelled by social media, racial violence, populism, social inequality and a recently survived pandemic are driving us into isolation. Additionally, a globally oriented economy, completely unregulated by our governments, has superseded politics. For 40 years now, neoliberalism has been transforming citizens into winners or losers in global capitalism – with devastating consequences for our democracy. In his monumental work Democracy's Discontent: a New Edition for Our Perilous Times, Michael J… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Michael J. Sandel on unease in democracy
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- Date: Wed. 07 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- English
with Jürgen Wiebicke Thomas Metzinger
Can optimism still be considered intellectually honest? Will humanity get its act together in time and step away from modes of living that threaten our planet? Philosopher Thomas Metzinger does not believe so, and is convinced that we are now entering into a long period of failure that will confront every human being with the question of how mental health and dignity can be preserved under these conditions. In his new groundbreaking book Bewusstseinskultur: Spiritualität, intellektuelle Redlichkeit und die planetare Krise, he calls on us to respond to this challenge with a new approach to … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 08 June 2023
- Time: 17:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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with Christoph Menke Isolde Charim Wolfram Eilenberger
People have never been as free as they are today. But hardly anyone feels truly free. How can we explain this paradox? Why does a society that offers ever more opportunities simultaneously create a feeling of increasing heteronomy? For Christoph Menke (Theorie der Befreiung), freedom begins with a surprising experience from the outside: one of deep disturbance, love, or a creative opening. For him, being free means freeing oneself from one’s deadlocked ego. Isolde Charim, prize-winning author of Die Qualen des Narzissmus – Über freiwillige Unterwerfung sees the fixation on one’s own ego as the ma… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 08 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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with Dennis Peterzelka Laura Cazés Maximillian Pollux
“Carpe diem" is the epitome of clichéd wisdom. What does this motto mean for our lives today? Laura Cazés and Dennis Peterzelka, hosts of the WDR podcast "Carpe What? Dein Sinn-Podcast” ponder this question. They deconstruct the received wisdom from a philosophical and psychological perspective. How can we succeed in understanding every moment as something precious? How can we enjoy the here and now without losing sight of the future? How do we find meaning in the chaos of the present? And a form of happiness that is more than just the next dopamine kick? Laura and Dennis also discu… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Thu. 08 June 2023
- Time: 19:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Kleiner Sendesaal
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with Frans de Waal Gert Scobel
How different are men and women? Is it only we humans who “gender”, or do the great apes also adopt gender-specific roles? Based on decades of observations of primates, especially our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and bonobos, world-renowned and respected primatologist Frans de Waal explores what we know about biological sex differences and the role of culture and socialisation. He examines such topics as gender identity, sexuality, gender-specific violence, homosexuality, friendship and caring, and dispels gender-specific biases. And in the process, he challenges us to reassess our… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The difference. What primates can teach us about gender
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- Date: Thu. 08 June 2023
- Time: 20:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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Die Veranstaltung ist bis auf Plätze für Rollstuhlfahrer:innen + Begleitpersonen ausverkauft. Bitte buchen Sie diese Plätze nur, wenn Sie Anspruch darauf haben.
with Emilia Roig Stephanie Rohde
In her last book, she insightfully analysed systemic racism ("Why we matter!"). Now, intersectionality, diversity and equality expert Emilia Roig critically examines our relationship models and calls for the end of marriage. Her thesis: marriage standardises relationships and family, and regulates sexuality, property and labour. It is a key pillar of capitalism and keeps us imprisoned in binary gender roles. Consequently, in her courageous and thought-provoking book “Das Ende der Ehe: Für eine Revolution der Liebe”, Emilia Roig calls for the end of a patriarchal institution. She crit… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event The end of marriage. For a revolution of love. With Emilia Roig
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- Date: Thu. 08 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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with Armen Avanessian Peter Sloterdijk Robert Habeck
"Many write about the climate emergency. But no one has formulated a theory for it that is derived as originally as Peter Sloterdijk" (Handelsblatt). In his new book Die Reue des Prometheus. Von der Gabe des Feuers zur globalen Brandstiftung, the master thinker examines how we use fire, coal and oil. His finding: Modern humanity can be considered a collective of arsonists. Peter Sloterdijk meets Robert Habeck (Wer wir sein könnten), philosophy graduate and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, who as a politician must respond to this scenario with constructive … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Robert Habeck and Peter Sloterdijk on humanity, fire and climate
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- Date: Fri. 09 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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with Antonio Krüger Mercedes Bunz Wolfram Eilenberger
Novels at a single screen tap, paintings every second, doctoral theses in the blink of an eye. With ChatGPT, the development of artificial intelligence has reached a new level of performance. Moral questions, however, are of little concern to these tools. Do the new AI apps portend yet another revolution in our knowledge society? And if so, what role remains for humans in this new culture of all-encompassing machine intelligence? Have we had our day as creative beings, or are we at the dawning of a new renaissance of unimagined creative power? London-based cultural scholar and AI expert… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 09 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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with Christoph Neuberger Gert Scobel Marie-Luisa Frick Stephan Lessenich
Digitalisation is changing not only how political opinions are formed, but the very foundations of Western democracies. Fake news, hate speech and manipulation by adaptive algorithms undermine social peace and influence elections and political decisions. When Jürgen Habermas coined the term "structural change of the public sphere” in 1962, he trusted that there would be free spaces to discuss the tasks and goals of the people's representatives. Today he speaks of a "new structural change" that is increasingly dramatically eroding the foundations of democracy. How can we, and ho… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 09 June 2023
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Altes Pfandhaus
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with Andreas Grötzinger Olga Mannheimer Olga Tokarczuk
September 1913, Görbersdorf, in Lower Silesia. Set amid a mountain landscape, the first ever sanatorium for repsiratory diseases has stood for half a century. Patients from all over Europe gather there and, as on Thomas Mann's Magic Mountain, they discuss and philosophise tirelessly with one another – preferably over a glass of liqueur. These gentlemen debate the urgent questions of the day: Will there be war in Europe? Which form of government is best? But there are also some seemingly less pressing ones: whether demons exist, or whether one can tell who wrote a particular text – a woman or a ma… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 09 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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- Polnisch Deutsch
with Daniel Leese Zhao Tingyang Markus Gabriel
He is considered a pioneer of Chinese philosophy and is probably the most important Chinese philosopher of the present day. His work All Under Heaven. The Tianxia System for a Possible World Order has become a modern classic that also helps to understand China's current global political thinking. At the centre of Zhao Tingyang's reflections is the ancient Chinese principle of "tianxia", the inclusion of all under one heaven, which he interprets to encompass contemporary circumstances. Zhao Tingyang encounters Markus Gabriel, the epistemologist and founder of the New Realism school,… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Fri. 09 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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- Chinese German
Live radio broadcast on WDR5
with Anja Backhaus Carolin Courts Elif Şenel Jürgen Wiebicke Ralph Erdenberger
We remain in dialogue when world events make us uneasy and the war in Ukraine puts old convictions to the test. We manage to conduct constructive debates when familiar axioms of sex and gender, of language, of how we deal with one another are in flux. When attributions become impositions, it is high time to renew our efforts to arrive at mutual understandings. Some feel tyrannised by minorities, disputes are conducted at a hurtful level – there is another way. For one day, we will come together to consider how we can resolve our problems, how to restore and nurture community and togetherness. … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 10 June 2023
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with Adrian Daub Marie-Luisa Frick Mithu Sanyal
A spectre is haunting Europe, indeed the whole world – the spectre of cancel culture. If you believe certain newspapers, white men over forty in particular are practically no longer allowed to say anything without risking their reputations or even their jobs. Is there anything to this? Or is this most often scaremongering, with the aim of painting activists as a threat to the moral order? Philosopher Marie-Luisa Frick, who has studied democratic discourse (“zivilisiert streiten”), develops an "ethics of freedom of contradiction", while Adrian Daub, in his latest book Cancel Culture Trans… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 10 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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with Sighard Neckel Catherine Newmark Ulrike Herrmann
Are capitalism and sustainability compatible at all? What answers could a capitalist economic order, such as the one in which we live, find to the many environmental crises of the present? Perhaps that is ultimately impossible, and we have to pose the question as to the adequacy of the system more fundamentally. Does a green variant exist beyond fossil capitalism? What could this look like and and how could it be implemented? Quite possibly, ecosystems and capitalist growth may prove to be entirely incompatible. In her book Das Ende des Kapitalismus, economist Ulrike Herrmann engages in a… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 10 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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with Birgit Klein Michael Seewald Joachim Frank
“To believe is not to know." The concept of a religious belief that can be reconciled with the principles of reason appears to be conclusively summed up in that one short sentence. What it means when people assert a belief in God – and how faith and knowledge relate to one another – is something that theologians and philosophers (usually male) have been arguing about since the Middle Ages while also struggling for the primacy of their respective disciplines; in modern times, this has been further complicated by interventions of the empirical sciences. In the "philosophical encyc… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 10 June 2023
- Time: 19:00
- Location: Altes Pfandhaus
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with Christiane Woopen Sandra Venghaus Gert Scobel Michael Hampe
There is a kind of universal answer to the multi-crisis scenario of the present: Transformation! We need transformation, that seems certain: But what does this mantra mean? As much as discussion focuses on the technical aspects of changes such as the energy transition: So far, ethical aspects have only played a subordinate role, especially since they are often perceived as disruptive in political debates. From a philosophical perspective, too, the question arises as to whether we might not be able to organise our lives better if we focused on wisdom instead of growth and on sustainable… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 10 June 2023
- Time: 20:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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with Corine Pelluchon Dominik Erhard
Is the question as to what we eat as humans a philosophical one? According to Corine Pelluchon, the question of our diet touches the core of human existence. Our diet not only mediates the relationship between humans and nature, animal welfare and environmental protection, but is central to the political values of participation and democracy. The French philosopher has devoted herself to the major project of a new Enlightenment. In Les Nourritures. Philosophie du Corps Politique, she outlines a contemporary existential philosophy that focuses on people and their well-being as well as animal… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event What may we eat? A philosophy of nutrition
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- Date: Sat. 10 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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with Carolin Amlinger Oliver Nachtwey Svenja Flaßpöhler
One keynote achievement of liberalism was the defence of individual freedom against state power. Totalitarianism is an impressive testimony to the danger posed by state power. But the line between individual freedom and egoism is very fine indeed: motorway speeders and frequent flyers alike bear witness to this proximity and raise the question of whether collective freedom – the freedom of all – is not far more important than the freedom of the individual. Most recently, the corona crisis in particular pitted the two concepts of freedom against each other. In their work Gekränkte Freiheit, nomi… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sat. 10 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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with Mona Neubaur Joachim Frank Stephan Grünewald
The challenges of our time are enormous. And yet, from time to time, one has the impression that we as a society are absorbed in watching the rear-view mirror instead of paying attention to the road ahead. At the moment, it does not feel like we are living in a turning point, but in a constantly prolonged waiting period. But how do we break out of resignation mode in the face of multiple crises? What gives us confidence? What are our (unconscious) sources of strength? Where is the best place to start the necessary transformation movement? Mona Neubaur, Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry,… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 11 June 2023
- Time: 17:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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with Susanne Fritz Wilhelm Schmid
Philosopher Wilhelm Schmid is certain: joie de vivre is an art that can be learned. Talent is helpful, but practice is crucial. This also includes learning to abstain, so that we are able to draw breath more easily for new upswings and to become fitter rather than fatter. The sensations of the swing can serve as as valuable guide here. From the real-life swing experience, Wilhelm Schmid derives a metaphor for life. Life is swinging: gaining momentum, feeling lightness, experiencing flights of fancy, hoping for the support of others and learning to accept the sinking feeling on the downswing.… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Swings. On the joy of living. With Wilhelm Schmid
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- Date: Sun. 11 June 2023
- Time: 17:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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with Martin Mittelmeier Nicola Gründel Martin Stankowski
Philosophising: a mostly solitary undertaking. That is why philosophers always summon sidekicks, and sometimes they wear fur and feathers, have claws and talons. But what do the mole, the rabbit or the bat, for example, bring to the contemplation of reason, freedom or justice? And what traps do Hegel, Marx or Adorno stumble into with their animal metaphors for noble human purposes? Storyteller Martin Stankowski and the historian of philosophy Martin Mittelmeier enlighten us on daredevil cultural techniques such as digging tunnels or playing dead, acquaint us with aesthetic sensoria that we… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 11 June 2023
- Time: 17:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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with Carolin Courts Peter Wohlleben
The forest is so much more than trees! Because the forest is our key to understanding the world, says Peter Wohlleben, Germany's most famous forester. In his new work Waldwissen (together with biologist Pierre L. Ibisch), he sheds light on the thicket of a highly complex ecosystem. Using fascinating examples from nature, he shows the unimagined interplay of plants, animals, microbes, viruses, fungi – a world in which no element can exist without the other: the forest as supercomputer, bioreactor, builder and rainmaker. We humans are also part of this finely balanced system. Our entire d… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 11 June 2023
- Time: 20:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal
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with Elif Özmen Gerhart Baum Michael Hirz
Freedom, the very foundation of our democratic society, is under attack – from within and without. Nationally and globally. Right-wing extremism and anti-Semitism in our society and the triumph of irrationality and contempt for the system promoted by autocratic agitators are responsible. Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine openly defies the treaties of the international community of nations that are supposed to secure peace and justice. Armed conflicts, human rights violations and breaches of international law are a threat to freedom and the values of democracy. German elder statesman G… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Sun. 11 June 2023
- Time: 20:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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In English
with Ece Temelkuran Catherine Newmark
Our world is teetering on the brink. Societies suffer from striking injustices. The climate is out balance, the geopolitical order fragile, democratic systems threatened by war, dictatorship and authoritarian movements. The multi-award-winning Turkish author, jurist and poet Ece Temelkuran looks at our disordered present. Her finding: perplexity, despair and lack of dignity everywhere one looks. She demands an end to all this, and asks: What can we do? Will and dignity is her answer, a ten-step guide to action. Not for an idealised future, but for concrete action in the present. She makes… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Ece Temelkuran. Will and dignity. 10 ways to a better present
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- Date: Sun. 11 June 2023
- Time: 20:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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with Olaf Scholz Axel Honneth Svenja Flaßpöhler
One paramount task in a democracy is the formation of political opinion and will. Consequently, the people can only fulfil its task as sovereign if sufficient resources and time are available to form such consensuses. But how we manage this in a working world where a 40-hour week is considered normal? Hannah Arendt considered not work, but action, the power to shape policy, to be the core activity of the democratic sovereign – is it not perhaps time to heed her wisdom? At what pivot points could a politics of work in this sense apply leverage? At a time in which democracy is experiencing a f… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Work and democracy. With Axel Honneth and Olaf Scholz
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- Date: Mon. 12 June 2023
- Time: 15:30
- Location: Flora Köln
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with Eva von Redecker Simone Miller
Rarely has freedom been discussed so intensively as during the pandemic: freedom to travel, to move around without restriction, to meet people wherever we want. But how sustainable is such a spatially defined concept of freedom as we enter into an era in which places suitable for habitation are becoming fewer and climate crises and wars are making whole swathes of land uninhabitable? This has prompted philosopher Eva von Redecker reimagine freedom entirely : as the freedom to live in a place where we can stay. Freedom to stay unfolds over time. As a freedom the exercise of which extends into… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 12 June 2023
- Time: 18:30
- Location: Zentralbibliothek Köln
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with Kai Diekmann Cai Werntgen
As the longest-serving editor-in-chief of Germany’s notorious BILD tabloid, Kai Diekmann set the topics that moved the country day after day for sixteen years. Germany’s movers and shakers came and went in his editorial office, confided in him, leaked state secrets to him. In Ich war BILD, he tells the stories behind his headlines - and how they changed him and the nation. As a media titan, Diekmann was a force to be reckoned with: he flattered, praised, ensnared, criticised and destroyed, he cultivated surprising friendships and deep enmities — and one sometimes became the other. “I was a junkie.… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 12 June 2023
- Time: 18:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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with Miriam Zeh Sara Weber Nadia Shehadeh
Is it really so important to have everything, to be able to do anything and to always work flat-out? What would actually happen if we all spent some more time chilling instead of subordinating ourselves to the doctrine of maximum performance? "The Great Resignation" is the name given in the USA to the phenomenon of more and more young people rebelling against the pressure to perform and quitting their jobs. Sara Weber gets behind this trend, and in her work Die Welt geht unter und ich muss trotzdem arbeiten? explores the questions of whether the 40-hour week is really still… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Is the world of work broken? With Nadia Shehadeh and Sara Weber
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- Date: Mon. 12 June 2023
- Time: 19:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Grüner Saal
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with Jean-Pierre Wils Jürgen Wiebicke
In our therapy-loving age, positive emotions are highly valued. They are presumed to be the ones that help us achieve happiness, success, pleasure and joy in life. Positive emotions are often seen as the product of one's own efforts; they play an important role in the various concepts of self-optimisation. If we cannot achieve these on our own, coaches, therapists and life counsellors are standing by to help us transform our negative emotions into positive ones. But who can we turn to when helping doesn't help at all, when things have happened in life that can no longer be undone? All of us… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 12 June 2023
- Time: 20:00
- Location: WDR Funkhaus, Kleiner Sendesaal
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with Florian Schroeder Norbert Bolz
Current discourse has identified the main culprits for all of today’s dysfunctions: old white men. They stand for colonialism, racism and sexism, and bear responsibility for world poverty, the destruction of nature and, of course, climate change. But how did they become the scapegoats and what is behind this collective blame? In his new essay Der alte weiße Mann. Sündenbock der Nation, media theorist and philosopher Norbert Bolz analyses the term “old white men” and shows how they have become the central symbolic figure in a cultural civil war. He convincingly demonstrates that this conflic… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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- Date: Mon. 12 June 2023
- Time: 21:00
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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Accessibility
- Sign language interpreting Available
- Induction loop Available
- Wheelchair-accessible Available
with Per Leo Sahra Wagenknecht Svenja Flaßpöhler
How do we set ourselves apart from the right wing? Do we even need to do so? Where does guilt by association start? How do we deal with approval from the wrong end of the spectrum? Is a statement automatically taboo if a right-wing politician also propagates it? These questions are the focus of heated debates among progressives. The former leading figure of the party "Die Linke" is at the centre of the dispute: Sahra Wagenknecht’s opponents accuse her of pandering to the right-wing fringe and of wanting to establish a "cross-front" with her public ruminations on founding h… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Which way is left? With Per Leo and Sahra Wagenknecht
Event data
- Date: Tue. 13 June 2023
- Time: 18:00
- Location: Flora Köln
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Accessibility
- Sign language interpreting Available
- Wheelchair-accessible Available
with Alexander Poraj-Zakiej Alexandra Kraus Paul J. Kohtes
The concatenating meta-crises of the present engender a profound sense of uncertainty in many people. When the comforts of the familiar break down, the longing for salvation is great. We should say let go of such wishful thinking. “In misfortune you must encounter misfortune, if you die, then die! In this miraculous way, you can flee any disaster," says the Zen master Ryokan. Perhaps, in the radical confrontation with what is, something unexpectedly emerges that is sustainable – beyond all illusions. Paul J. Kohtes, Zen instructor and co-founder of the mediation app 7mind, talks with Ale… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
Event data
- Date: Tue. 13 June 2023
- Time: 19:30
- Location: COMEDIA Theater, Roter Saal
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Accessibility
Due to high demand, this event has been moved to Stadthalle Köln in Köln-Mülheim. Tickets for the former location, Kulturkirche Köln, keep their validity.
with Elliot Page Marie-Christine Knop Mark Waschke
In his newly released memoir Pageboy, actor Elliot Page recounts touchingly and honestly his long journey to finding himself. The leading role in "Juno" earned him his breakthrough in Hollywood, and catapulted him to a string of major roles and global fame. But what personal sacrifices did success entail? Elliot Page speaks frankly, courageously and movingly about growing up in the Canadian port city of Halifax, about his first visit to a queer bar, about a Hollywood fixated on traditional gender roles, about sex, love, trauma and success – and about his search for a fulfilling i… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Pageboy. A memoir. With Elliot Page and Mark Waschke
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- Date: Fri. 23 June 2023
- Time: 20:00
- Location: Stadthalle Köln
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Accessibility
- Rollstuhlgerechter Zugang (kein WC) Available
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- English German
with Joachim Gauck Joachim Frank
Der russische Überfall auf die Ukraine bedroht unsere liberale Demokratie in einem Moment, in dem sie zugleich auch von innen unter Druck steht. Wie ist es dazu gekommen? In seinem neuen Buch Erschütterungen (gemeinsam mit Helga Hirsch) geht der ehemalige Bundespräsident Joachim Gauck der Frage nach, weshalb das Vertrauen vieler Bürger in unsere liberale Demokratie erschüttert ist. Was bedroht unsere Demokratie von innen heraus? Welche Rolle spielen autoritäre und libertäre Dispositionen in Krisenzeiten? Wie viel Einwanderung verträgt eine Demokratie? Zugleich lotet er aus, warum wir heute vor den … This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
More information about the event Joachim Gauck - Erschütterungen
Event data
- Date: Fri. 23 June 2023
- Time: 19:30
- Location: Kulturkirche Köln
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Accessibility
- Sign language interpreting Available
- Rollstuhlgerechter Zugang (kein WC) Available
