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What constitutes a society based on solidarity?

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Is there a right to solidarity?
Is solidarity a duty?
To whom is solidarity practiced?

Double Exposure is a series of talks and discussions that focuses on the question of what the idea of solidarity means in different contexts.

What matters more:
Community or society?
Individual freedom or solidarity?

These questions are of great urgency in these times. Polarization and division seem currently to be the tried and tested means of political discussion. Global migration is intensifying the discussion about who has what duties towards whom, who should show solidarity towards whom and who can be denied solidarity.

In discussions between German and US philosophers and experts such as Omri Boehm, Susannah Heschel, Jan-Werner Müller and Susan Neiman, the differences and similarities on both sides of the Atlantic will be debated when it comes to what holds a society together.

 

Upcoming Events

Solidarity and Compromise

Oct. 26, 2024 | 6PM
Goethe-Institut Chicago

Thomas Mann House fellows Pola Lehmann and Johannes Gerschewski will explore the value of compromise in democratic societies. Is there empirical evidence that political debates are becoming increasingly heated and polarized? What can we do to counteract this, and what are the limits of compromise?

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Double Exposure is a project organized by the Goethe-Instituts North America in collaboration with the American Council on Germany and funded by the Executive Board of the Goethe-Institut.

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