32000
Vorlesung
Loss in the land of plenty: Understanding American Crisis, Decline, and Paths to Renewal
Stefanie Müller, Lora Anne Viola
Kommentar
America is in the midst of turbulent changes to its social, political, economic, and cultural fabric. While certainly the result of long-ongoing processes, the current erosion of democratic norms and institutions, loss of economic stability, systemic racial injustices, political polarization, the stoking of culture wars, and the restructuring of global commitments and priorities appear to be taking on a qualitatively different character and a new magnitude, marking something like a critical juncture. The concept of “loss,” we propose, offers a framework for examining the multifaceted crises shaping and re-shaping the United States of America. Problems of loss include depletion, dispossession, destruction, disappearance, and collapse: of the environment, of social and political trust, of the boundaries of political discourse, of economic productivity, of equality, of power. Loss can be material, affective, or symbolic; it can be a mobilizing force for political action and it can be a motor of transformation. In this lecture series, guest experts from a range of disciplinary fields including literature, culture, sociology, political science, history, and law, discuss how the concept of loss helps us to understand social, economic, political, and cultural changes in the US. Schließen
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Mi, 15.10.2025 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 22.10.2025 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 29.10.2025 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 05.11.2025 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 12.11.2025 16:00 - 18:00
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Mi, 03.12.2025 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 10.12.2025 16:00 - 18:00
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Mi, 17.12.2025 18:00 - 20:00
Mi, 07.01.2026 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 14.01.2026 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 21.01.2026 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 28.01.2026 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 04.02.2026 16:00 - 18:00
Mi, 11.02.2026 16:00 - 18:00