Wahl.Lokal.Stadt BIBLIOTHEK: Demokratie als Lebensform

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Audience and panel discussion on the first anniversary of Oskar Negt's death

An event in cooperation with the Ada-und-Theodor-Lessing-Volkshochschule Hannover

"You have to learn democracy, all your life!" On the first anniversary of Oskar Negt's death, we are taking this life motto as an opportunity to discuss the relevance of utopias ahead of the 2025 federal elections and to exchange views on their significance for the current promotion of democracy: What role do pre-political places of learning such as adult education centers and libraries play as mediators of skills, knowledge and democratic attitudes - and as spaces that enable utopian thinking? What infrastructures does a civil society need in order to be able to argue about different ideas of tomorrow and promote democratic ideas and self-efficacy?

Input: Negt's concept of realistic utopias
Prof. Dr. Christine Morgenroth-Negt, Leibniz University of Hanover

Dr. Christine Schwarz (sociologist and Negt student) will address these and other questions in a Sunday matinee - supplemented by the perspectives and contributions of the audience. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for discussion over coffee and croissants.

This event is part of the Wahl.Lokal.StadtBIBLIOTHEK campaign

The Wahl.Lokal.StadtBIBLIOTHEK will be a central point of contact for the Bundestag elections in Hanover in January and February 2025. Between media, displays and events, citizens will find (almost) everything they need to find out about the election on the entrance level of the city library - in a relaxed, interactive way.