Susan Neiman »Nennen wir es böse«
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For many people, listening to or reading the news has become an ordeal. How can we grasp and articulate a reality created by modern demagogues such as Donald Trump? For Susan Neiman, this is a crucial question, because the way we describe the present determines our ability to resist it.
"This incisive, compelling and highly readable book will transform our understanding of the current crisis.” Daniel Kehlmann
In her new book, which she will be presenting exclusively at this event in Germany, Neiman analyses the current crisis of democracy from a moral-philosophical perspective and shows how the normalisation of misconduct undermines trust in the rule of law and leads to the erosion of shared values. As director of the Einstein Forum, Susan Neiman has repeatedly intervened passionately in public debates and does not shy away from speaking her mind. For example, why Trump should be called ‘evil’ rather than ‘authoritarian’, and why ‘morality’ is, strangely enough, often taken as a term of abuse.
The philosopher will discuss these issues with the author and journalist Dietmar Dath.
Susan Neiman »Nennen wir es böse«, translated from English by Michaela Grabinger, Hanser 2026
