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Srećko Horvat in conversation with Eva Illouz
Home’s Not Merely Four Square Walls
Discussion
A conversation about relationship crises between people as well as states and citizens

15.10., 20:00

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In English

Credits

Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’20

The sanitary crisis has created an unprecedented amount of dilemmas that transform the relationship between states and their citizens as well as intimate relations between individuals. Charles Swain, the 19th-century English poet, viewed the home with characteristic emotion: “Home's not merely four square walls, Though with pictures hung and gilded: Home is where affection calls, Filled with shrines the heart hath builded!" Yet, during the Covid-19 crisis these "four square walls" have proved to be challenging to what we think of as intimacy, family, and home. This conversation will examine these challenges and the ways in which they connect to larger social issues.

Bio

Srećko Horvat (1983, Osijek, former Yugoslavia) is a philosopher, writer, and political activist. He is an important figure on the post-Yugoslavian New Left and has published several books, organized festivals, and hosted television programs. Together with Yanis Varoufakis, he is one of the founders of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM 25). He lives in Zagreb.

Eva Illouz (1961, Fès, Morocco) is a professor of sociology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and author of numerous books. Her work examines the connection between capitalism and emotions and the influence of consumer society on our love life. She lives in Jerusalem.

Credits

Commissioned and produced by steirischer herbst ’20

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