Der Krieg im Kopf. Meditieren mit Bataille. Mit Knut Ebeling

In the organizer's words:

In a rainy September, philosopher Knut Ebeling embarks on a Vipassana meditation. He wants to find peace, stop the flow of thoughts and overcome depression. It is not his first meditation and, like the others, it is characterized by silence, breathing exercises and asceticism. But he soon begins to take notes. In doing so, he superimposes his experience on that of another and begins an adventure in thinking: a good ninety years before him, Georges Bataille had also meditated and thus wanted to contribute to the decentering of Western philosophy. This is how the philosopher and scandalous author got through the war years. Ebeling's Der Krieg im Kopf. Meditating with Bataille reveals an intimate look at a different Bataille, one that leads right into the crises of the contemporary self and our time: Is it possible to meditate through a war? Mod.: Gert Scobel