The Rise of the Adaptive Society. Polycrisis, social transformation, and the politics we might get
Modern society was dominated by the belief that the world could be shaped by politics and that progress would almost automatically ensure a better tomorrow. Global warming, economic crisis and individual exhaustion have shaken this optimism. Today, the primary concern is to mitigate catastrophe. But even if this succeeds, we will still have to deal with change. Questions of self-preservation are overriding those of individual and collective self-realization. Adaptation becomes the leitmotif of late-modern society. What is still in it for liberalism?
"Polish-German Academic Encounters" is a joint initiative of the German Embassy in Warsaw, the Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum, the German Historical Institute and the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. The series organises meetings with outstanding Polish and German academics from various fields four times a year.
Venue:
German Historical Institute Warsaw, Al. Ujazdowskie 39, 00-540 Warszawa
