A radically new concept of freedom from a passionate voice of contemporary philosophy
Rarely has freedom been discussed as intensely as it has been in the pandemic: the freedom to travel, to move about unrestricted, to meet people wherever you want. But how sustainable is such a spatially defined concept of freedom as we face times when places to live are dwindling and climate crises or wars are making whole swaths of land uninhabitable?
Philosopher Eva von Redecker therefore thinks of freedom in a completely new way: as the freedom to live in a place where we could stay. Lead freedom unfolds in time. As a freedom that can also be lived in the future, it not only focuses on the preservation of our livelihood, it also reduces the distance between the freedom of individuals and their community. Lead freedom can only be established together. And it grows when we share it.
Eva von Redecker, born in 1982, is a philosopher and freelance writer. From 2009 to 2019, she was a research associate at Humboldt University and a visiting scholar at Cambridge University and the New School for Social Research in New York. in 2020/2021, she held a Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship at the University of Verona, where she conducted research on the history of property. Eva von Redecker is engaged in critical theory, feminism, and critique of capitalism, writes articles for "Die ZEIT," among others, and can be heard regularly in radio and TV interviews. Starting in the fall of 2022, she will host the philosophical discussion series "Eva and the Apple" at Schauspiel Köln. S. FISCHER most recently published her book "Revolution für das Leben. Philosophie der neuen Protestformen" (2020) as well as a preface to the anniversary edition of the "Dialectic of Enlightenment." Raised on an organic farm, she now lives in rural Brandenburg.
Moderation: Stephanie Rohde, freelance radio author and presenter in Berlin and Cologne
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