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Milo Rau in conversation with Robert Pfaller and Natascha Strobl
Angst, Identität und Paranoia
Discussion
On segregation and cancel culture

28.9., 18:00

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In German

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With the kind support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Austria

Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’20

(Fear, Identity, and Paranoia)

Since 1989, the ideological field of Central Europe has become more and more divided by the notion of identity. Natascha Strobl and Robert Pfaller talk about the paranoia of right-wing politics. In conversation with Milo Rau, they explore how the political rhetorics of segregation, exclusion, victimization, and self-victimization function, questioning the ineffectiveness of postmodern-leftist identity politics in this antagonistic field. Taking its cue from the current debate about cancel culture, the discussion tries to provide a panoramic view of the culture wars underway in Europe today.

Bio

Robert Pfaller (1962, Vienna, Austria) is a philosopher, cultural theorist, and founding member of the Viennese psychoanalytic research group stuzzicadenti, which attempts to combine clinical experience and cultural theory. Pfaller attracted international attention in the early 2000s with his studies on interpassivity and received recognition for the successful combination of psychoanalysis with other disciplines. He lives in Linz.

Milo Rau (1977, Bern, Switzerland) is a theater director, journalist, essayist, and lecturer. In his work as director and columnist, he addresses and reconstructs key moments in recent history and deals with their most controversial questions in an original form of documentary theater. He lives in Ghent.

Natascha Strobl (1985, Vienna, Austria) is a political scientist and author. Her main research interests are right-wing extremism in Austria, especially the Austrian Identitarian Movement and right-wing student associations. She lives in Vienna.

Credits

With the kind support of the Embassy of Switzerland in Austria

Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’20

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