Café Philo: Hate
Event organised by the adult education centre on 4 June, 7 p.m., at Lokomov, Augustusburger Straße 102
On Tuesday, 4 June, from 7 to 9.15 pm, the Chemnitz Adult Education Centre invites you to the free discussion event "Café Philo" at Lokomov, Ausgustusburger Straße 102. Admission is free.
The fact is: hate posts on the internet are becoming increasingly unrestrained, verbal hatred at demonstrations is getting louder, "dissing" someone appears to be the new ideal of self-assertion. TV series show ruthless and violent clan bosses as the main characters. Aggression in everyday life, in road traffic and at schools erupts at the slightest opportunity. And there is sometimes a political climate that uses hatred as a means of power. It seems as if ideals of community and solidarity as a value and means of social cohesion are in decline.
At Café Philo, we ask and discuss: How does hatred as an extreme consequence of demarcation, aversion, aggression and intolerance differ from other negative affects and forms of relationships? How does hatred arise? What is the difference between social hatred (for example towards politicians) and private hatred? What is its social function? And how can it be countered?
Café Philo is a free discussion event that is dedicated to one overarching topic each VHS semester. In four moderated individual discussions, the respective topic is fanned out and, if necessary, experts are consulted. The aim is not knowledge that can be tested, but the discussion itself as a combination of experience, science and theory.
This press release was amended on 4 June 2019:
The original venue was the Lessing & Kompanie bookshop, Franz-Mehring-Straße 8.