Climate, Capital and Democracy

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This seminar brings together scholars and thinkers to reflect on the challenges of democracy in front of inequity and the Eco-social crisis.

Democracy is on the line today due to several overlapping crises that feed into one another. In parallel to the steady increase in social inequality, there has been growing citizen disillusionment with the democratic system and a rising popularity of the extreme right. In the background of these concerns is the ecological crisis, which currently serves as both a call to action and a target of denial on the part of movements that can be emancipatory, on the one hand, and authoritarian, on the other. How is the democratic community changing in the 21st century? What are its possible “futures” in an era characterized by weakening social ties? How do authoritarian movements incorporate the climate emergency and the Eco-social crisis into their discourse to mobilize emotion?

The seminar will conclude on March 22 in an open debate with the public. Event will be held in English.

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