Community & Critique Transatlantic Workshop Series “Religion and the Cultures of Democracy Democratic societies are currently facing a situation that has been described as a ‘crisis of representation’ or even as ‘post-democracy’. The self-image of Western societies characterized by the idea of democratic participation of their citizens in the political shaping of the community is…
The Role of the Intellectual in Times of Turmoil: Ways of Looking at Europe’s Troubled Geist 17th Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas (ISSEI) July 3–6, 2023 Catholic Academy of Berlin, Hannoversche Str. 5, 10115 Berlin The Berlin Center for Intellectual Diaspora at the Catholic Academy in Berlin is honoured to host…
Abb: Stiftsatlas des Klosters Neuzelle, Quelle: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Beyond Liberalism: Commons, Constitutionalism, and the Common Good May 31 – June 2, 2023 Catholic Academy of Berlin, Hannoversche Str. 5, 10115 Berlin One characteristic of the postliberal era are initiatives that converge around the common, commons and the common good – that reclaim common wealth or refocus…
„Kein Staat kämpft für die Freiheit der Völker“ – Martin Buber in Berlin 27.–30. März 2023 Katholische Akademie in Berlin, Hannoversche Str. 5, 10115 Berlin Zwischen 1907 und 1916 lebte Martin Buber mit seiner Familie in Berlin Zehlendorf. In seine Berliner Zeit fiel der Beginn des Ersten Weltkrieges und seine Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema. War er…
IISG Photograph: Ben van Meerendonk Derivative work: Jahobr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Media on Youtube Gerd Koenen: Autorität zwischen Macht und Religion – Ein Blick auf Russland José Casanova: Sources of Papal Authority in Our Global Age Menachem Lorberbaum/Frank Furedi: Liberalism’s Threshold: Authority and the Authoritarian Judith Hahn/Teresa Forcades: Modern Catholic Crisis of Authority/Why Catholics…