Gemeinsam gegen die moderne Welt – Wie religiöser Fundamentalismus und Rechtsradikalismus die offene Gesellschaft bedrohen

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Together against the modern world - How religious fundamentalism and right-wing radicalism threaten the open society / Lecture and discussion with Dr. Dr. Sebastian Schnelle
Enlightenment and modernity created enormous social upheaval, but also uncertainty, as old institutions and even older certainties lost their validity.
One way of dealing with these changes is through reactionary responses that conjure up a past that never existed.
In his lecture, Sebastian Schnelle shows how Islamism and right-wing extremism developed as authoritarian reactions to modernity, what they have in common, but also where they differ ideologically.

Dr. Dr. Sebastian Schnelle completed his doctorate in physics at the University of Queensland, Brisbane in 2011 and in philosophy at the University of Halle in 2013 on the topic of "Violence justification strategies of Islamic fundamentalists". His philosophical focus is on ethics, political philosophy and philosophy of religion. For over 15 years, he has been observing the pre-Enlightenment responses to modernity as well as the recent rise of extremist forces of all kinds. He runs the podcast "Vorpolitisch".

Moderation: Eva Creutz
Moderation LiveChat and online discussion: Katrin Wiesemann
Livestream: Ricarda Hinz

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Humanist Salon: Since 2013, the DA! has regularly organized the Humanist Salon on the first Wednesday of the month. This is where urban society discusses philosophical, scientific and ethical issues. 50 to 100 visitors regularly gather in the Salon des Amateurs (bar in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf) and online, as the salons have generally been broadcast live online since 2022. Questions submitted online by the audience are also integrated into the discussion following the lecture.

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