Totalitarianism in the 21st Century: How is Resistance possible?

TOTALITARIANISM IN THE 21st CENTURY: HOW IS RESISTANCE POSSIBLE?

Not to spill German Blood: Austria 1938. – Nation, military resistance and freedom: Ukraine 2022.

Oksana Sabuschko:
Totalitarianism in the 21st Century: How Is Resistance Possible?

Martin Malek:
The Jansa-Plan and lessons to draw from

Konstantin Kaiser:
About antinationalism: Pan-Slavism and Pan-Germanism

Oksana Sabuschko is one of worldwide best known Ukrainian Intellectuals. Her books translated in German "Der lange Abschied von der Angst", "Museum der vergessenen Geheimnisse", "Die längste Buchtour" help to understand our times. She demands: hierarchize fears!
The author, philosopher and feminist speaks about the reality of the “post-information society” using Russian hybrid war against Ukraine as a case study, and shares Ukrainian experience of building up a resilient society. She also knows “how much Austria is intoxicated with the Russian money” and has some stories to drop on that occasion.

MARTIN MALEK, Austrian independent political scientist and author of the book “Das Bundesheer steht bereit” on the Jansa-Plan, New Academic Press 2025. He will speak about the Plan and the lectures we could draw from it today.
Alfed Jansa, born in Iwano-Frankiwsk, was the chief of general staff who had developped a plan to defend Austria many years before the invasion. He was convinced that Nazi-Germany would attack due to his personal experiences with the aggressive attitude of German officers.

KONSTANTIN KAISER, poet, researcher on exile, man of the Enlightenment, founder of the Association for the promotion and research of anti-fascist literature speaks about antinationalism which is a main element both in Pan-Slawism and Pan-Germanism.

Welcome by Wolfgang Mueller, Deputy Head, Institute of East European History, University of Vienna; Co-Chairman, Austrian-Ukrainian Historical Commission

Facilitator: Sonja Pleßl, translator and publicist, Zwischenwelt international

Duration: about 1,5 hours.

Event in English.

Booktable by Baruch Pomper, Buchhandlung analog

Kindly note that registration is required! Registration via https://www.da-vienna.ac.at/de/Events

Organizer:

Verein zur Förderung und Erforschung der antifaschistischen Literatur

in cooperation with Ukraine Office Austria, Vienna School of International Studies and OeAD-Kooperationsbüro Lemberg, with the support of Ukrainian-Austrian Association and Disinfo Resilience Network Vienna.

This event aims to enhance the understanding of resistance and to raise the question of the connection of resistance with the national question.

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