FiF Lecture with Prof. Dr Dieter Thomä on 16 May 2023
FiF Lecture “Do Democracies need Heroes?”
2023/05/16 by FiF TU Darmstadt
Topic: Public lecture
When: 16 May 2023, 6 pm
Where: Lichtenberg-Haus, Dieburger Straße 241
On 16 May, Prof. Dr Dieter Thomä will hold this year's FiF Lecture. He teaches philosophy at the University of St. Gallen. His works have found great international resonance. He was a fellow at Max Weber-Kolleg in Erfurt, at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin and at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, furthermore he was a visiting professor at Yale University (USA), and other places.
About the lecture:
This lecture is an attempt to get to the bottom of the conflicting views of the parties and to clarify the role of heroism in democracy. Dieter Thomä elaborates a minimal definition of heroism and examines whether it fits the democratic ideals of freedom, equality and fraternity. He maintains that we should be careful of some heroes, but that democracy should not leave heroism to its despisers.
