Innere Zeitenwende – Buchpräsentation mit Ingar Solty

In the organizer's words:

"Turning point" - the term coined by then German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in 2022 became the word of the year and is still on everyone's lips today. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, it originally referred to a geopolitical turning point. However, it is now clear that this development goes far beyond what many had initially assumed.

The country is now experiencing an "internal turning point". The transition to a kind of war economy is tying up considerable social resources. From railroads to highway bridges, investments in infrastructure are increasingly being subordinated to the goal of making the country militarily capable. At the same time, a creeping militarization is encroaching on more and more areas of everyday life. Even the reintroduction of compulsory military service, which was suspended in 2011, seems to many to be just a matter of time. Political scientist Ingar Solty paints a comprehensive picture of this internal turning point - a development that is putting increasing pressure on critical and progressive positions on the welfare state, democracy, civil culture and liberalism.

The book will be available for purchase on site.