From June 6 to 13, phil.cologne, the international festival of philosophy, will take place in Cologne. The guest list of the partner event to the Lit.cologne literature festival is high-caliber, and diverse voices from philosophy, science and politics will have their say.
At the opening, the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek will devote himself to the question of life in an affluent society.
Markus Gabriel talks with the most important Chinese philosopher Zhao Tingyang about the past and future of world order and China's current global political thinking.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discusses the topic of work and democracy with philosopher Axel Honneth.
Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht talks with historian Per Leo about the meaning of left and right and the problem of defining political positions in complex times.
Peter Sloterdijk meets German Minister of Economics Robert Habeck. Their topics of conversation are how we deal with fossil fuels, and Prometheus, who according to myth brought fire to earth. One provocative question is: Can modern humanity be considered a collective of arsonists?
Venues include the WDR Funkhaus and the Comedia Theater
Driving services can be booked with Interline Cologne, phone 0221 - 29 23 22 86. More information visit www.philcologne.de/.