Through his own personal history, Michal Hvorecky traces Europe's journey from the fall of the Iron Curtain to the resurgence of authoritarian ideologies.
Book Presentation and Discussion
Michal Hvorecky: “Dissident: Challenging Hate—Against the Shift to the Right in Europe”
Opening of Peter Weiss Week
The euphoria of the Velvet Revolution, the hopeful dawn of a new Europe, and today: the struggle against far-right cultural policies in Slovakia. Drawing on his own history, Michal Hvorecky traces Europe’s path from the fall of the Iron Curtain to the resurgence of authoritarian ideologies —a sharp analysis of the current political landscape on the fragility of democracy, the power of civil society, the new dissidents of the 21st century, and the necessity of speaking out.
Michal Hvorecky, born in 1976, lives in Bratislava. Hvorecky regularly contributes articles to the FAZ, Die Zeit, and numerous other publications. In his home country, he is committed to protecting press freedom and opposing anti-democratic developments.
Location: Literaturhaus at the Peter-Weiss-Haus in Rostock, Doberaner Str. 21
Organizers:
Peter-Weiss-Haus e.V., Heinrich Böll Foundation MV & Literaturhaus Rostock
