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Event 19
Pascal Bruckner in conversation with Santiago Herrero
Forsaking our world
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Fundación Cajasol - Sala Machado
Writer and philosopher Pascal Bruckner is currently one of the most respected and widely followed thinkers in his native France. Fascinated by human beings and their innermost peculiarities, in recent times he has been reflecting on the position that people in the West should take in a changing world that is beyond our understanding. Through very clear arguments in which he agrees neither with unethical capitalism, nor with its opposing utopian radicalist approaches, the philosopher considers whether battling against so many disruptions (Covid-19, the war in Ukraine, climate change, and so on) is worth it, or whether it would not be better to retreat to the last safe haven we have left: home. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Paris VII. He has been awarded the Renaudot, Montaigne and Medicis Essay prizes, and regularly participates in public debate in media including Le Point, Le Figaro and Le Débat. Roman Polanski made a film of his novel Bitter Moon under the title ‘Bitter Moons’. His works include The Paradox of Love, The Wisdom of Money and A Brief Eternity, which are now followed by The Triumph of the Slippers, in which he examines the notion of giving up or battling on in a world that we no longer recognise.
Bruckner will discuss these issues with Santiago Herrero, director of Cultural and Scientific Relations at AECID. A professional diplomat, he has made his mark as a cultural agitator in the roles he has held across a variety of countries. He has been Cultural Consul in New York; Director of Programming at Acción Cultural Española AC/E; Advisor for Cultural Affairs in the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Cultural Attaché in Tokyo. He was also in charge of Cultural and Consular Affairs in Islamabad and Oslo. The event will be introduced by Isabelle Berneron, Attaché for Books at the French Institute.
Event in French, with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish
Price: €8.00 (EUR)
Co-organized with AECID and the collaboration of Editorial Siruela and the French Institute