Love in times of capitalism

 THE NEW BOOK BY ROBERT MISIK

What drives us? How do we succeed in life? What values have meaning?

In his new collection of essays, Kreisky Forum curator Robert Misik draws up a diagnosis of the times based on concepts and keywords. What are the sources of the FEAR that is eating its way into our societies? What is FREEDOM? Is there a good PATRIOTISM? How does CAPITALISM disfigure LOVE? Is the spirit of unlimited choice also poisoning our social intercourse, so that we can speak of outright TINDERISATION? The author attacks concepts that are generally regarded as positive head-on: Against INTEGRATION, against IDENTITY, against SUCCESS, against IRONY. "The addiction to success stamps those who are less successful as losers and establishes a permanent sense of being rushed."

"Thinking is the greatest adventure, Robert Misik is convinced, and decodes the spirit of our time in a fast-paced and amusing way." (blurb).

"Brilliant... Merciless." (the "Kurier" about the author)

Robert Misik
is a journalist and political writer and curator of the Kreisky Forum.
Rosa Lyon
is a journalist at ORF and currently the anchorwoman of the Früh-ZiBs.