The Challenge of Loss, lecture by Andreas Reckwitz
- Date: 14 May 2024, 17:15–19:00
- Location: Humanities Theatre, Humanistiska teatern
- Type: Lecture
- Lecturer: Andreas Reckwitz
- Organiser: Jenny Andersson, Professor, Department of the History of Science and Ideas, Sofia Näsström, Professor, Department of Government and Center for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS)
- Contact person: Jenny Andersson, Professor, Department of the History of Science
This is the fourth lecture in The Uppsala Lectures on Making Sense of Our Time - a cross-disciplinary lecture series in Humanistiska teatern. This time we are happy to welcome professor Andreas Reckwitz.
In contemporary Western societies, experiences of loss are widespread: From climate change to postindustrial downward mobility, from democratic regressions to the articulation of historic wounds by groups of victims. How can a society that is fixated on progress and the promise of “better” and “more” put itself in a position to deal with loss? In this lecture, Andreas Reckwitz argues that the precarious balance between progress and loss could break down. What are the causes and the consequences?