Richard David Precht

In the organizer's words:

"Anxiety standstill: Why freedom of expression is dwindling"

Reading & discussion

According to studies, more than half of the German population believe that they can no longer express their opinions freely. Why is that? The more people expand their individuality today and take things 'personally', the more easily they feel offended. Accelerated by social media and the possibilities of shitstorms, the risk of freely expressing opinions is increasing and the social costs are rising dangerously. As a result, our society is falling into a state of anxiety. After all, how are courageous politics, provocative art and a socially critical culture still possible if someone always reacts with outrage or hurt? Richard David Precht develops a social psychogram and calls on us to put the "we" back in the foreground.

Richard David Precht, born in 1964, is a philosopher, publicist and author and one of the most prominent intellectuals in the German-speaking world. He is an honorary professor of philosophy and aesthetics at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin. Since his sensational success with "Who am I - and if so, how many?", all of his books on philosophical or socio-political topics have been major bestsellers and have been translated into more than 40 languages. Since 2012, he has hosted the philosophy program "Precht" on ZDF and discusses social, political and philosophical developments on a weekly basis together with Markus Lanz in the No. 1 podcast "LANZ & PRECHT".

A joint event of the Waschhaus Potsdam, the Brandenburgisches Literaturbüro and the Literaturladen Wist.

Cover picture © Christian O.Bruch

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