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THE END OF POSTWAR

Tijd: December 2 2015 tot December 3 2015
Locatie: Paleis der Academiën
Straat: Hertogsstraat 1
Plaats: 1000 Brussel
Website of map: http://www.kvab.be/postwar.as…
Telefoon: 02/550 23 22
Soort gebeurtenis: wetenschap, geschiedenis, congres
Georganiseerd door: Ellen Serrien
Meest recente activiteit: 22 Okt 2015

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THE END OF POSTWAR
December 2-3, 2015 - Palace of the Academies, Brussels 

 

The Thinker’s Programme around Ian Buruma starts from the observation that an end has come to the political and social consensus that arose in Europe after the catastrophe of World War II. That consensus concerned the construction of welfare states, the belief in the strength of a united Europe and faith in a pax Americana.
 
The concluding two-day conference builds on two previous (closed) workshops debating on nationalism and populism, and how they help to undermine the post-war consensus. In his introduction, Ian Buruma re-examines the contours of this consensus and how it was built in Europe on the rubble of two world wars, with welfare, unification, and peace as its primary pillars. With the fall of the Wall and the demise of the Soviet Union after 1989, it looked for a while as if these pillars would be guaranteed for ever. When the communist threat disappeared, however, other forms of leftwing ideology, including social democracy, traditionally anti-communist, began to lose their appeal. In the ensuing vacuum, neoliberalism evolved into a pensée unique that, together with the revival of nationalism and populism, is eating away at the consensus and putting the role of the welfare state under increased pressure.


 
This diagnosis paints a pessimistic picture. What are the alternatives for the future?

 

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