SRF Kultur Sternstunden's video: Michael Ignatieff on Consolation Sternstunde Religion SRF Kultur

Those who experience suffering are in need of consolation. But where do secular people find comfort in individualistic societies? Canadian historian Michael Ignatieff finds comfort in the fact that intellectuals, authors, musicians and Roman emperors found and gave consolation centuries before us. 🔔 Abonniere jetzt SRF Kultur auf YouTube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub_confirmation=1 Looking at history, consolation seems to be a basic human need. The Book of Job, the Psalms and the works of intellectuals as diverse as Marcus Aurelius, Karl Marx, Primo Levi or Cicely Saunders are all sources of hope for Michael Ignatieff. Raised as the son of Russian immigrants in Toronto, historian and author Michael Ignatieff is one of the most important intellectuals in the Anglo-Saxon world. After a short career in Canadian politics, he became known to a wider public as rector of the Central European University, which had to move from Budapest to Vienna in 2021 for political reasons. Olivia Röllin talks to Michael Ignatieff about faith in a secular society, the power of consolation and why one is sometimes inconsolable. Please find the German language version of this talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGPuvlQ4ee0 Sternstunde Religion vom 23.01.2022 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SRF Kultur auf YouTube 🔔 https://www.youtube.com/srfkultur?sub_confirmation=1 SRF Kultur auf Facebook 👥 https://www.facebook.com/srfkultur/ SRF Kultur auf Twitter 🐦 https://twitter.com/srfkultur SRF Kultur auf srf.ch 👉 https://www.srf.ch/kultur ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sterbehilfe, Sekten oder Minarette – das Thema Religion ist vielfältig und prägt so manche gesellschaftspolitische Debatte. Die Dokumentarfilme und Gespräche der «Sternstunde Religion» ordnen ein, schaffen Zusammenhänge und fragen nach – bei Religionsvertretern, Expertinnen, Betroffenen und Kritikern. Im Blick sind dabei nicht nur die grossen Weltreligionen, sondern auch andere Weltanschauungen und Religionsgemeinschaften. Moderation: Olivia Röllin: https://www.instagram.com/oliviaroellin/ Ahmad Milad Karimi: https://www.instagram.com/donmiladkarimi/ ______ Social Media Netiquette von SRF: ► https://www.srf.ch/social-netiquette