![Robert F. Reid-Pharr on Toni Morrisons Essays [engl.] @festivalberlin](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MYYpWAaMJcU/sddefault.jpg)
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Essays were a sociopolitical and aesthetic medium of reflection for Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, through which she demonstrated a stylistically elegant and forceful moral stance. Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Professor of African and African American Studies Robert F. Reid-Pharr (Harvard University) lectures on Morrison’s essayistic work.
Essays were a sociopolitical and aesthetic medium of reflection for Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, through which she demonstrated a stylistically elegant and forceful moral stance. Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Professor of African and African American Studies Robert F. Reid-Pharr (Harvard University) lectures on Morrison’s essayistic work.
![Robert F. Reid-Pharr on Toni Morrisons Essays [engl.]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MYYpWAaMJcU/mqdefault.jpg "Robert F. Reid-Pharr on Toni Morrisons Essays [engl.]
Essays were a sociopolitical and aesthetic medium of reflection for Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, through which she demonstrated a stylistically elegant and forceful moral stance. Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality and Professor of African and African American Studies Robert F. Reid-Pharr (Harvard University) lectures on Morrison’s essayistic work.")
![Pascal Bruckner: Der eingebildete Rassismus | An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt [frz./dt.]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NfqAQhuCmQM/mqdefault.jpg "Pascal Bruckner: Der eingebildete Rassismus | An Imaginary Racism: Islamophobia and Guilt [frz./dt.]
Vor dem Hintergrund der islamistischen Anschläge in Conflans-¬Sainte-¬Honorine und Nizza richtet sich die Streitschrift des französischen Philosophen Pascal Bruckner »im antitotalitären und laizistischen Geist von Voltaire und Camus« [Die Welt] einerseits gegen den Islamismus und andererseits gegen jenen Teil der politischen Linken, die Kritik am Islam durch den Vorwurf des Rassismus und der Islamophobie diskreditieren will.
Moderation: Thierry Chervel
Against the background of the Islamist attacks in Conflans-Sainte¬Honorine and Nice, the argumentative writings of the French philosopher Pascal Bruckner, »in the anti¬totalitarian and secular spirit of Voltaire and Camus« [Die Welt], are directed on the one hand against Islamism and on the other hand against that part of the political left that wants to discredit criticism of Islam by accusing it of racism and Islamophobia.
Host: Thierry Chervel")
![Helga Schubert: Vom Aufstehen – Ein Leben in Geschichten [dt.]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NiNpA_aIuqE/mqdefault.jpg "Helga Schubert: Vom Aufstehen – Ein Leben in Geschichten [dt.]
Helga Schubert erschreibt sich in den knapp dreißig kunstvollen Prosastücken »Vom Aufstehen« eine »ästhetisch suggestive Autobiographie« [FAZ] und lässt in Momentaufnahmen, Meditationen, Bekenntnissen und Protokollen die familiären und historisch-politischen Verwerfungen eines deutsch¬-deutschen Lebens aufscheinen. Literatur als »Wärmestrom« [FAZ], als Versöhnung mit der Schicksalhaftigkeit eines steinigen Lebenswegs.
Moderation: Gabriele von Arnim")
![The Future of Afghanistan [engl.]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q46DN7_hBgA/mqdefault.jpg "The Future of Afghanistan [engl.]
The images that have been circulating around the world from Kabul in recent weeks mark a turning point reminiscent of the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Following decisions by the Trump and Biden administrations, the NATO mission in Afghanistan ended in June, and the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August. How is Afghanistan likely to develop in the future and what are the prospects for communication between the European Union and the Taliban in the coming decades? What danger can be posed by Islamist terrorist cells based in Afghanistan - in the country itself and worldwide?
Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid and Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation – ICSR, discuss these questions.
Host: Susanne Schmeidl")
