An Independent Mind
Europe and the Arts
ed. by Matieu Segers, Yoeri Albrecht , Anne-Marijn Epker ; texts by Romain Rolland, Arnon Grunberg, Susanne Kennedy, Thomas Mann, Susan Sontag, Hans Magnus Enzensberger ...[et al.]

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Author(s)

Romain Rolland, Arnon Grunberg, Susanne Kennedy, Thomas Mann, Susan Sontag, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, ...[et al.]

Editor(s)

Matieu Segers, Yoeri Albrecht, Anne-Marijn Epker

Publication, year

Amsterdam : Uitgeverij Prometheus, 2018

Scope

224 Pages, 20 cm.

ISBN

9789044637670

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After the First World War, French romantic Romain Rolland published his Déclaration de l’Indépendance de l’Esprit, a passionate manifesto in which he disputed nationalism and war, and voiced a plea for European camaraderie. Seldom has the importance of free-thinking been expressed more concisely or fervently. With Rolland’s manifesto as a starting point, this collection presents some urgent excerpts by Europe’s greatest writers and thinkers and places them in our modern-day context. Can their ideas regarding Europe provide us with answers to the questions that Europe is currently struggling with?

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Location

Cabinet 31 - 6: Kunst en engagement