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Podcast Episode Recommendation by Alexandra Kolesnik: "Andreas Reckwitz über das Erben in der Spätmoderne" from the Krumme Straße
"Andreas Reckwitz über das Erben in der Spätmoderne" from the Krumme Straße podcast
The latest episode of the Krumme Straße podcast — a collaboration between the journal Merkur and the KWI Essen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities — features a conversation with Andreas Reckwitz, Professor of General Sociology and Cultural Sociology at Humboldt University of Berlin, on the topic of heritage in late modernity.
Modernity has long been defined as a future-oriented society. Yet, as this future orientation falters in late modernity, the heritage of the past acquires renewed significance: we can no longer avoid inheritance. But what exactly do we inherit?
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