Verlust – ein Grundproblem der Moderne. Mit Andreas Reckwitz

In the organizer's words:

Glaciers are melting, working environments are disappearing, orders are disintegrating. Andreas Reckwitz ("The Society of Singularities"), one of the most influential social theorists of our time, analyzes a central fundamental problem of modernity in Loss: societies promise progress - and constantly generate new losses in the process. What was long compensated for by prosperity and growth can hardly be concealed today. Political unrest, collective exhaustion and a return of authoritarian longings are symptoms of this crisis. Reckwitz traces the cultural and social structures that shape our relationship to loss: Can societies remain modern and at the same time deal productively with loss? "'Verlustʻ is a gain [...]. Anyone who studies the book will understand themselves and our time more profoundly." (NZZ) Mod.: Svenja Flaßpöhler