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Emma Antoniuk, Vakhtang Kebuladze and Peter Pomerantsev, chaired by Olena Huseinova

Modern Mythologies: do we still need heroes in the 21st century?

Lviv BookForum 2023, 

The creation of heroic narratives has been widespread in art and literature across time and cultures. This panel will explore how we mythologize in the modern world, what stories we expect, and whether heroes still satisfy our aesthetic sensitivity in the 21st century.

Emma Antoniuk, philosopher and writer Vakhtang Kebuladze and journalist Peter Pomerantsev explore how we mythologize in the modern world, what stories we expect, and whether heroes still satisfy our aesthetic sensitivity in the 21st century. Chaired by poet Olena Huseinova.

Emma Antoniuk, Vakhtang Kebuladze and Peter Pomerantsev, chaired by Olena Huseinova