Symposium
Nexus Symposium -
11 November 2010
13.30 – 17.45
Auditorium Tilburg University
The Return of the Ghosts
A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of populism, but also that of nationalism, communism, fascism, antisemitism, and fundamentalism. In the Netherlands, but also in the rest of Europe and in the entire Western world, phantoms we thought we had conquered when the twentieth century came to an end rear their heads once again. Why do these ghosts return, and why now? Has our democracy entered a crisis? Can we exorcise these ghosts, or are they inextricably bound up with the West? Will history repeat itself, or can we learn from the past? Prominent thinkers, politicians, diplomats, and writers discussed the old ghosts, their new incarnations, and their consequences for the Netherlands, Europe, America, and the rest of the world.
First panel discussion on the threats of our democracy: Mario Vargas Llosa, Paolo Flores Arcais, Max Blumenthal, Fania Oz-Salzberger, Eszter Salgo en Laszlo Foldenyi, moderated by Rob Riemen.
Published in
Nexus 56
De terugkeer van de spoken
Nexus 56
De terugkeer van de spoken
Speakers

Max Blumenthal

Ab Klink

Mario Vargas Llosa

Britta Böhler

Wim Brands

Paolo Flores d’Arcais

Eszter Salgó

Mitchell Cohen

László F. Földényi

Fania Oz-Salzberger

Meindert Fennema

Paul Frissen
