Book launch – Janne Haaland Matlary: “The Slow Death of Democracy”

– book launch –

Janne Haaland Matlary:
A demokrácia lassú haldoklása – “The Slow Death of Democracy”

Hungarian edition

Polarized societies, a prevailing mood of uncertainty fuelled by the crisis in the Western world and the threat posed by autocratic regimes, bureaucratization, the absurd excesses of identity politics, conflicts between nations to preserve their sovereignty and supranational organizations. Tolerance and cancel culture, populism and elitism – all these concepts and processes have become an integral part of our everyday lives in the 21^st century.

How can we maintain our discernment in this over-ideologized power-semantic-media space, where the news, images, and phenomena that bombard us obscure the very essence of democracy, the noblest ideal of human coexistence?

Janne Haaland Matlary focuses on the most critical issues of our time and offers interpretive alternatives to help us find our way.

Programme

16:15-16:30   Registration

16:30-16:45   Welcoming speeches and opening remarks

Gergely Prőhle, Director, Otto von Habsburg Foundation, Programme Director, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics

Márton Ugrósdy, Deputy State Secretary of the Hungarian Prime Minister’ Office

16:45-17:00   Keynote speech

Janne Haaland Matlary, former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Norway

17:00-17:45   Discussion

Janne Haaland Matlary, former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Norway

Márton Ugrósdy, Deputy State Secretary of the Hungarian Prime Minister’ Office

Moderator: Gergely Prőhle, Director, Otto von Habsburg Foundation, Programme Director, John Lukacs Institute

17:45-18:00   Q&A

18:00-18:30   Reception

The conference will be held in English and Hungarian, simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

We are looking forward to welcoming you!