Michel Friedman spricht mit Albrecht Koschorke

In the organizer's words:

In June, publicist and philosopher Michel Friedman meets an expert in effective storytelling at the Schauspielhaus: Albrecht Koschorke. Together they will examine the various dimensions of power in a dialogical conversation.

Albrecht Koschorke is Professor of German Literature and General Literary Studies at the University of Konstanz and Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. His research focuses on narrative - both within and outside of literature. Koschorke is currently researching the cultural history and narratives of liberalism.

Fischer Verlag has published "Wahrheit und Erfindung. Grundzüge einer Allgemeinen Erzähltheorie", for his book "Hegel und wir. Frankfurter Adorno-Vorlesungen 2013" (published by Suhrkamp), he received the Philosophischer Buchpreis in 2016. In the same year, Matthes & Seitz published "Hitlers 'Mein Kampf'. On the Poetics of National Socialism". His new book "Souveränität der Vernunft. Die kulturellen Anfänge des Liberalismus" will be published by Suhrkamp Verlag in April 2026.