VIENNA HUMANITIES FESTIVAL
DIDIER ERIBON
WHO CAN SPEAK? REFLECTIONS ON SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND THEIR LIMITS
SAMSTAG, 27.09.2024 / 19h30
VOLKSTHEATER
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Renowned French sociologist and author DIDIER ERIBON returns to the questions at the heart of his latest book Vie, vieillesse et mort d’une femme du peuple (Flammarion, 2023) (Eine Arbeiterin: Leben, Alter und Sterben, Suhrkamp, 2024). Invoking the condition of elderly individuals who have lost their physical autonomy, and with it the capacity to participate in political mobilization, Eribon explores the broader issue of political voice and visibility: what conditions determine who is able to speak out politically?
After the talk, Eribon will be in conversation with IVAN KRASTEV, Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna).
DIDIER ERIBON is a French philosopher and sociologist known for his work on identity, class, and sexuality. A committed and renowned intellectual, his most prominent publications include a major biography of Michel Foucault (Michel Foucault, Flammarion, 1989), Réflexions sur la question gay (Flammarion, 1999), and his acclaimed memoir Retour à Reims (Fayard, 2009), a key text on the rise of right-wing populism which gained him enormous recognition in German-speaking countries. He received the Prix de l’Académie de Berlin in 2024.