Didier Eribon: Who Can Speak?

Renowned French sociologist and author Didier Eribon returns to the questions at the heart of his book „The Life, Old Age, and Death of a Working- Class Woman“ (Semiotext(e), 2025), published in German as „Eine Arbeiterin: Leben, Alter und Sterben“ by Suhrkamp Verlag in 2024. Invoking the condition of elderly individuals who have lost their physical autonomy, and with it the capacity to participate in political mobilization, Eribon explores the broader issue of political voice and visibility: what conditions determine who is able to speak out politically?

After the talk, Eribon will be in conversation with Ivan Krastev, Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna).