Lea Ypi – Indignity

The philosopher knows what it means when certainties disappear. As
a teenager in Albania, she experienced the end of communism and the
collapse of state structures. Her literary debut, “Free“, became a
bestseller, and her new book, “Indignity“ has just been published.
As a professor of political theory at the London School of
Economics, Lea Ypi thinks more broadly and fundamentally than
others about the challenges of our time. She laments the inequality
created by neoliberalism and what that means for our societies. She
wants to see a new political project that does not rely on the
strength of individual states, but on cooperation and equal rights
for all. At FREIHEIT DELUXE Jagoda Marinić and Lea Ypi discuss why
people doubt democracy, what appeal an EU weakened by crises still
has, why borders only apply to certain people and why fear is an
important factor in writing literature. Here you will hear... what
the true meaning of freedom is (4:50) why many East Germans do not
believe in democracy (10:48) why the idea of the nation state is a
myth (23:37) that the EU needs a new political project (41:34) what
distinguishes the Berlin Wall from the border between Mexico and
the US (48:35) that the narrative of the criminal migrant obscures
the real problems (56:46) why writing literature is so difficult
and why she does it anyway (1:04:27) FREEDOM DELUXE with Jagoda
Marinić is a Hessischer Rundfunk production in cooperation with the
German Publishers and Booksellers Association. Editorial team:
Andrea Geißler, Juliane Orth, and Christoph Scheffer. You can reach
us by email: freiheitdeluxe@hr.de . Want to hear and learn more?
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