Right-wing populism in Europe – Causes, dimensions, ways out
Annual conference in Hofgeismar from Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28, 2019
At this weekend conference, which will take place at the Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar near Kassel, the two organizers want to discuss right-wing populist parties and positions in the context of the 2019 European elections. Right-wing populist positions and authoritarian political styles are in vogue, and not just in Europe. Their rise on the “old continent” is closely linked to the political, economic and social crisis processes of the European integration process, but cannot be reduced to these. Against this background, the following key questions will be discussed and encourage critical reflection on the success of right-wing populist movements and parties:
- What is right-wing populism?
- What explains the rise of right-wing populism in Europe?
- How can a democratic reinvention of Europe counteract the shift to the right?
Program
Friday, April 26, 2019
18.00 hrs Start with dinner
Part I / Right-wing populism in Europe and the threat it poses
European democracy: political science perspectives
19.00 Welcome and introduction
– Dr. Konstantin Broese
– Dipl.-Pol. Kai Mosebach
19.30 –
21.00 Right-wing populism in Europe –
a danger to democracy?
Prof. Dr. Frank Decker
Professor at the Institute for Political Science and
Sociology at the Rheinisch-Westfälische University of Bonn,
Scientific Director of the Bonn Academy for Research
and teaching practical politics. Member of the Basic Values Commission
of the SPD and author of the book “Rechtspopulismus (Brennpunkt Politik)” (2019)
Saturday, April 27, 2019
7.45 a.m. Breakfast
8.30 –
8.45 a.m. Exercise after breakfast:
Start the day with a little yoga
Part II / Socio-psychological and political-economic
Explanatory approaches
9.00 a.m. Escape into authoritarianism? Social-psychoanalytical explanations
Current political developments according to Erich Fromm
Dr. Rainer Funk
Co-founder and long-standing chairman of the International
Erich Fromm Society. Psychoanalyst, Fromm biographer and
Author of the book “Der entgrenzte Mensch: Warum ein Leben ohne
Borders do not make us free, but dependent” (2011)
10.30 a.m. Coffee/tea
11.00 a.m. Working group phase I
(Working groups A, B, C and D)
12.30 p.m. Lunch
14.30 hrs Coffee/tea and cake
15.00 Post-democratic liberalism vs. retrodemocracy.
On the rise of right-wing populism
Dr. Veith Selk
Research assistant at the Department of Political Science
Theories and history of ideas of the Institute of Political Science
at the Technical University of Darmstadt and co-author of the book
“Theories of Populism for Introduction”, with Dirk Jörke (2017)
16.30 Working group phase II
(continuation of working groups A, B, C and D)
18.00 Dinner
19.30 –
21.00 General Meeting of the International Erich-Fromm-Society e. V.
or alternatively:
Erich Fromm by way of introduction:
“Living through history” & “Courage for people” –
a two-part film portrait by Rainer Otte (approx. 90 minutes)
Sunday, April 28, 2019
7.45 a.m. Breakfast
8.30 –
8.45 a.m. Exercise after breakfast:
Start the day with a little yoga
Part III / Socio-political strategies to strengthen European democracy(ies)
9.00 a.m. Interim conclusion
9.30 a.m. Think European – act local?
Starting points for socio-political
Strategies against right-wing populism in Europe
Dr. Mario Candeias
Director of the Institute for Social Analysis of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
and co-editor of the anthology “Europe: What’s left?
The European Union between disintegration, authoritarianism and democratic
Renewal”, with Alex Demirovic (2017)
11.00 a.m. Coffee/tea
11.30 a.m. Strengthening European democracy(ies) as an antidote to
‘authoritarian temptations’: political, economic and social
and socio-psychological aspects
Closing panel with the speakers of the conference
12.30 p.m. End of the conference with lunch
Prices and registration
The conference costs are per person for
- Conference fee/full board/single room: 148 EUR
- Conference fee/full board/double room: EUR 136
- Conference fee/meals without breakfast/without overnight stay: 78 EUR
- Conference fee/without meals/without accommodation: 27 EUR
Pupils/students/trainees up to the age of 35 receive a 50% discount through the conference center. Members of the Int. Erich Fromm Society who do not belong to this group can receive a grant of up to EUR 50 by submitting an informal application to the Fromm Society office. (Please apply in good time before registering.)
If you have any questions about the possibility of arriving in advance or extending your stay, please contact the conference center directly when you register. Please register as soon as possible, but no later than April 19, 2019, in writing directly to the Evangelische Akademie Hofgeismar (by post, fax or e-mail):
Protestant Academy
Gesundbrunnen 11
34369 Hofgeismar
Fax: 05671/881-154
E-mail: ev.akademie.hofgeismar@ekkw.de
Telephone information: 05671/881-122
Website: https://www.akademie-hofgeismar.de/index.php
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