Last season we launched a new format: Salon de la Pensée. The intention was to create a space - literally and figuratively - for reflection on topical subjects in the artistic and social spheres. Each salon is devoted to a particular subject and we have two or three guests who discuss the topic with each other and the audience.
In our view we could not put on ACT without including a Salon de la Pensée.
We decided to postpone the previously announced subject of 'Homeland' and to give priority to something that has occupied us keenly for some time: 'Ego-culture versus the social sense'.
Is it a coincidence that at a time of ultra-liberalism it is self that takes precedence? Is there an alternative to the culture of the single individual with his big, narcissistic and anxious ego? Is there still any such thing as a common ethical code that is acknowledged and respected by the ego? A code of rules for contact with others that transcends immediate self-interest? How can art and culture be directed towards the individual and yet still contribute to civil awareness? How can they generate a social sense that prescribes responsibility to the community, solidarity with the weak and fair play with others, even if these others are not part of one's own ideological or religious circles? What would this sort of manifesto for social sense look like? We ask several philosophers and cultural sociologists.
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