„linksbündig“-Buchpremiere mit Kohei Saito

In his new book, Kohei Saito draws a sobering balance of our present: the central ecological foundations of our prosperity have already been destroyed, while authoritarian forces and wars are on the rise worldwide. At the same time, economic growth in the global North is stagnating - a sign that capitalism is reaching its limits, increasingly shaped by the power of global techno-oligarchies.

Is the crisis an opportunity? Saito strongly disagrees. Instead of a new dawn, an era of chronic hardship awaits us: scarcity, social destabilization and natural disasters will shape our future - not abundance, acceleration or emancipation. Against this backdrop, Saito argues for recognizing the end of the progress narrative and developing a reimagined, democratically planned economy to secure remaining freedoms.

The event offers the opportunity to discuss this diagnosis and to think together about perspectives beyond disaster capitalism.
Kohei Saito talks to climate activist Carla Reemtsma about the political consequences of his analysis as well as current challenges and possible courses of action in the fight for climate justice.

About the author: Dr. Kohei Sa ito (*1987) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tokyo. He received his doctorate from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2016 and is co-editor of the Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe. In 2018, he was awarded the prestigious Isaac Deutscher Prize, and in 2020 he received the JSPS Prize of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for outstanding young researchers. His book "Systemsturz" became an international bestseller and sold over half a million copies in Japan alone.

About the interviewer: Carla Reemtsma is a climate activist and co-founder of Fridays for Future Germany. She has been committed to climate justice for years and brings a central voice of the young climate movement to the discussion.

We cordially invite you to the book presentation followed by a talk and discussion.

Registration is required for participation on site, all information here.

The event will also be livestreamed.