Philosophieren mit Hirn goes BURG: Vom Zauber der Täuschung

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Do people with great talents have a special responsibility towards the society in which they live?

In honor of his 50th birthday, the philosopher Lisz Hirn speaks with Daniel Kehlmann, one of the most successful Austrian writers and a great storyteller, about the magic of deception, the creation of his heroic characters and the art of tricking yourself.

Daniel Kehlmann reads from his newly published early masterpiece BEERHOLMS VORSTELLUNG.

LISZ HIRN, born in Upper Styria, studied humanities and singing in Graz, Paris, Vienna and Kathmandu. She works as a philosopher, publicist and lecturer in youth and adult education and is involved in international art projects and exhibitions as a freelance artist. In addition, she completed the diploma course in "practice-oriented project management" in 2017.
The focus of her philosophical and scientific work is on philosophical anthropology, political philosophy, intercultural ethics and philosophical practice. The philosopher, who is committed to intercultural dialogue, is chairwoman of the Association for Practical Philosophy and a board member of the Society for Applied Philosophy (gap). She has worked as a guest lecturer at Kathmandu University in Nepal and has given lectures at Sophia University, Nihon University in Tokyo and the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima. In 2015 she also taught at the École Supérieure Roi Fahd de Traduction in Tangier, Morocco.
From October 2015 to January 2017 she was a fellow at the Research Institute for Philosophy in Hanover. From December 2018 to February 2019 she was a residency awardee at the renowned Adishakti Laboratory for Arts Research in Tamil Nadu, India. Since 2014 she has been teaching Philosophical Practice at the University of Vienna and since autumn 2020 she has also been working as a university lecturer at the Institute for Architecture and Design (Research Area Housing & Design) at the TU Vienna. Lisz Hirn currently lives and works in Vienna.
Publications (selection):
ARE YOU CRAZY?! WHY THE CONSERVATIVE TURN IS DANGEROUS FOR WOMEN. Vienna/Graz: Molden 2019; WHO NEEDS SUPERHEROES. WHAT IS REALLY NECESSARY TO SAVE OUR WORLD. Vienna/Graz, Molden 2020; DOES POLITICS MAKE US EVIL? TEN FALSE CONCLUSIONS: Graz, Leykam 2022; BETWEEN MODERATE AND RADICAL: WHAT EDUCATION MUST BE ABLE TO DO. In: RADICAL UNIVERSITY. UNIVERSITIES IN TIMES OF GLOBAL UPHEAVAL. University of Applied Arts Vienna, De Gruyter 2023; most recently published by Zsolnay: THE OVERRATED HUMAN BEING. ANTHROPHOLOGY OF VULNERABILITY. Vienna, Zsolnay 2023.


(Source: burgtheater.at)