GEORGIOS VAROUXAKIS in conversation with IVAN VEJVODA
SATURDAY, 28.09.2024 / 15h30
AKADEMIE DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN, SITZUNGSSAAL

The phrase the West trips off the tongue lightly but what does it actually mean? Where is “the West”? When and why did this concept come to be used to refer to a social or political entity based on cultural commonality? Professor of the History of Political Thought GEORGIOS VAROUXAKIS is currently working on a new monograph entitled Occident. History of the Idea of the West. In conversation with IWM Permanent Fellow IVAN VEJVODA, he will consider the history of this concept and what this may tell us about its possible future. Who belongs to the West? Who decides? And what could “the West” still stand for in the future? All these issues and more will be addressed in a brief discussion of a long story.
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Part of the Vienna Humanities Festival 2024.
In 2024, the festival will be organized by the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) and Time To Talk (TTT) in cooperation with FALTER, the Open Society Foundations, the City of Vienna, ERSTE Foundation, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the Wien Museum, and the Volkstheater.

Learn more about the Vienna Humanities Festival here: https://www.humanitiesfestival.at