Fall Discussion Series: Crossing Ideas
As we watch developments in the EU and US unfold, the unsettling feeling that our societies are unraveling is unavoidable. Social Theorist
Armin Nassehi is professor at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and editor of Kursbuch, one of Germany’s leading intellectual magazines. An outspoken intellectual in the German media and cited as “among the most thoughtful intellectual voices in Germany today” (New York Review of Books), Nassehi analyzes the current populist tendencies. Whether it’s elite bashing or xenophobic voices, he tries to make sense of the underlying causes while suggesting an urgent need to develop new narratives as a basis for building stronger democratic systems.
Respondent:
John Summers, historian, essayist & former editor-in-chief of Baffler Magazine
Armin Nassehi has been editor of the magazine Kursbuch since 2012. Since 2014 he has been serving as director of the Institute of sociology at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, where he has chaired the Department of Sociology since 1998. Among his most recent works are
Die letzte Stunde der Wahrheit (i.e. Truth’s Final Hour, 2015) and
Gesellschaft der Gegenwarten: Studien zur Theorie der modernen Gesellschaft II (i.e. Society of the Present: Studies on the Theory of Contemporary Society II, 2011).
Additional opportunity to hear Armin Nassehi:
Tuesday, September 27, 12-2 pm
Faculty Club, Brandeis University
415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Respondent: Prof. Chandler Rosenberger, Dept. of Sociology, Brandeis University
This lecture is part of the global discussion/debate series "Kritikmaschine," organized by the Goethe-Institut and Kursbuch, one of Germany's leading intellectual magazines.
Kursbuch - Widersprüche zulassen! Verbindungen schaffen! from Kursbuch on Vimeo.
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