Academy of Ideas

Berlin #BattleFest session: SHOULD WE TOLERATE THE INTOLERANT?🚨 Should a society tolerate groups that are themselves said to promote intolerance? Is tolerance sacrosanct — or does self-preservation demand that societies tolerate selectively? W/ @alanvibe of @Togetherdec, @UlrichVosgerau of @BRedefreiheit, @franzisit of @ThePioneerDe & Marcus Latton 📅 - 28/11/26 DETAILS - battleofideas.org.uk/session…

Berlin #BattleFest session: PODCAST LIVE: A DISTANZA – AUFKLÄRUNG UND KRITIK🚨 A Distanza – Aufklärung und Kritik is a German society & culture podcast hosted by Philipp Hanslik. He focuses on antisemitism, islamism, and social criticism, as well as on subculture and punk rock. His recent guests include Alex Feuerherdt, Thomas Ecke and Björn Fischer. W/ @Ingoway & Adi Kaslasy-Way of @cicero_online hosted by Phillip Hanslik 📅 - 28/11/26 DETAILS - battleofideas.org.uk/session…

Berlin #BattleFest session: KULTURKAMPF UM DIE BAUHAUSTRADITION: #DEUTSCHDENKEN VERSUS #MODERNDENKEN?🚨 In embracing the Bauhaus and upholding it as an example of modernity, is there a risk of simply romanticising it – surely the opposite of the modernizing desire to break with the past? A century after the emergence of the “New Building” (Neues Bauen) movement - and with the 2027 anniversary of the famous modernist Weissenhof Estate approaching - an uncomfortable question arises: despite its technical achievements, why has modern architecture so often created urban spaces in which people do not feel at home? And anyway, would a state-mandated return to traditional building practices truly be the answer - or merely the next dogma? W/ @UlrikeStockmann, Daniel Yakubovich & Sabine Beppler-Spahl of @frei_blick 📅 - 28/11/26 DETAILS - battleofideas.org.uk/session…

Berlin #BattleFest session: GLOBALISM VS SOVEREIGNTY: DOES THE NATION STATE STILL MATTER?🚨 Is Germany’s decades-long suspicion of exerting its national interest now holding it back? Where is Germany’s power exercised, who exercises it and in whose interests? Does the nation state remain the primary instrument of democratic self-determination, or has sovereignty become something that can no longer be exercised within national borders alone? W/ Rahel Demant, Moritz Eichhorn of @berlinerzeitung, Tendai Mukau, @jacobreynolds of @FSI_Europe, @Moritz_Wimmer1 of @jungeliberale & @FraserMyers of @spikedonline 📅 - 28/11/26 DETAILS - battleofideas.org.uk/session…

Berlin #BattleFest session: POPULISM: GIVING THE PEOPLE A VOICE?🚨 Is populism democracy’s enemy, or does it express something central to the democratic spirit? Does it give citizens a voice, or merely claim to speak for ‘the people’? And when does challenging an unresponsive political establishment begin to narrow the space for legitimate political disagreement? W/ Aaron Allen, @el_nagashi of @AthenaForumEU, @jacobreynolds of @FSI_Europe, @MaximilianTichy of @TichysEinblick & @MaximumCities of @LivingFreedomUK 📅 - 28/11/26 DETAILS - battleofideas.org.uk/session…

Berlin #BattleFest session: REBELLIOUS YOUTH: WHAT DOES LEFT AND RIGHT MEAN FOR GEN Z? W/@LivingFreedomUK 🚨 Do radicalism and polarisation among adolescents and young adults resemble those of earlier eras, or are we witnessing a new dimension of social division? And what do the terms ‘left’ and ‘right’ even mean at a time when an influential postmodern left appears to have abandoned traditional left-wing principles such as criticism of religion, moral universalism and the representation of working-class interests – or even turned them on their head? W/@emma_gilland, @nihops, @maxroland20 of @apollo_news_de, Lilia Schachel, @onward_always & @MaximumCities 📅 - 28/11/26 DETAILS - battleofideas.org.uk/session…

Berlin #BattleFest session: IN GOD WE TRUST? DAS REVIVAL DER RELIGION🚨 What is driving the renewed interest in Christianity? Is this emerging Christianity different from its traditional forms? Is the revival primarily political, or are people searching for meaning? Are we witnessing a revival of faith, or merely cultural Christianity? And does the distinction matter? W/ Dr Oleg Dik, Dr Stefanie Fischer-Desamours, Dr Kai Funkschmidt & Sabine Beppler-Spahl 📅 - 28/11/26 DETAILS - battleofideas.org.uk/session…