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Diese Woche gab es viel Talk um Superreiche. Zum einen war da der Tech-Milliardär Elon Musk, der mit dem Börsengang seines Raumfahrt- und Technologie-Unternehmens SpaceX so viel Geld eingesammelt hat, dass er jetzt der erste Dollar-Billionär der Welt ist. Viele sagen, dass er damit der Allmacht noch ein Stück nähergekommen ist. Zumindest der Allmacht auf Erden; die Raketen, die er ins All schickt, stürzen regelmäßig ab. Doch nicht nur in den USA nimmt Musk immer häufiger Einfluss auf die ganz reale Politik. Und das kann er, weil er superreich ist. Es entsteht ein Kult um die Schamlosigkeit der Superreichen. Ich frage mich, ob demokratische Gesellschaften dem noch etwas entgegenzusetzen haben, oder ob am Ende alle sein wollen wie die Superreichen. Wie sie sind, das zeigte eine andere superreiche Familie. Das Ehepaar Ivanka Trump und Jared Kushner will die albanische Insel Sazan zu einem schicken Hotel-Ressort ausbauen. Das wollen ziemlich viele Albaner aber nicht und gehen deswegen Tag um Tag auf die Straße in der Landeshauptstadt Tirana. Weil in der Lagune vor der Insel Flamingos rasten, sind die Proteste als „Flamingo-Proteste“ weltweit in die Schlagzeilen geraten. Die Proteste werden bewundert, doch können die Demonstranten noch etwas bewegen gegen die Macht der Ultrareichen? Die albanische Regierung unter Rama schwärmt weiter über das Projekt und wie es Albanien voranbringen könnte - eine unheilige Allianz zwischen Oligarchen und Regierungen? Zum gemeinsamen Nachdenken habe ich Klimaaktivistin Luisa Neubauer eingeladen, die zuletzt gesagt hat, dass es "eine andere Art des Aktivismus" braucht, um zu gewinnen. Mich interessiert: Welche könnte das sein? Und kann man gegen die Macht der Superreichen überhaupt noch etwas ausrichten? Shownotes: Bücher, Studien, Texte, die ich erwähne: Julia Friedrichs: „Crazy Rich“ erschienen bei Piper 2024 Lea Ypi im Guardian am 8. Juni 2026: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/08/albania-jared-kushner-protests-europe Gresa Hasa für die Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung über „Albaniens Flamingo-Revolution“ www.rosalux.de/news/id/54911/albaniens-flamingo-revolution MARINIĆs FREIHEIT mit Jagoda Marinić ist ein Podcast von hr, Radio Bremen, SWR und WDR. Redaktionsteam: Simone Thielmann, Jagoda Marinić und Lukas Fleischmann Ihr erreicht uns per Mail: freiheitdeluxe@hr.de

Il nuovo libro di Lea Ypi, filosofa e autrice, parte dalla storia di sua nonna tra la Grecia e l'Albania per arrivare a raccontare la grande storia dell'Europa. La domanda è: come mantenere la propria dignità davanti alle grandi forze della storia che vogliono strappartela? Leggi Dignità, pubblicato da FeltrinelliLa puntata di Comodino in cui si parla di Dignità  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Il link per abbonarti al Post e ascoltare la puntata per intero⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. I consigli di Lea Ypi – Fondazione della metafisica dei costumi di Immanuel Kant  – L'educazione estetica dell'uomo di Friedrich Schillerdi Friedrich Schiller  – La Marcia di Radetzky di Joseph Roth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Una foto della nonna di Lea Ypi diventa virale sui social insieme a insulti e insinuazioni. Inizia così il viaggio della nipote negli archivi e nella storia di famiglia per capire come si possa restituire la dignità a chi non può più difendersi.

Albanska filozofinja in pisatelja Lea Ypi te dni pri nas predstavlja svojo zadnjo knjigo z naslovom Pokončna: Življenje na prelomu zgodovine, drugi del načrtovane trilogije, v katerem pobližje spoznamo življenje njene babice v prvi polovici 20. stoletja. V ljubljanski Galeriji Vžigalica pa odpirajo odprli jubilejno, že dvajseto izdajo festivala Svetlobna gverila, ki bo tokrat potekal pod naslovom Raznolikosti. Napovedujemo tudi predstavo Strahovi, s katero plesalec in koreograf Matjaž Farič obeležuje 40-letnico umetniškega delovanja.

Philosopher and author Lea Ypi joins Adam Biles at Shakespeare and Company Paris to discuss her latest book Indignity: A Life Reimagined, an extraordinary work blending biography, history, and fiction. When a photo of her grandparents' 1941 honeymoon went viral in Albania, sparking online abuse, Ypi found herself compelled to investigate her grandmother Leman's life in full. The search took her into the Albanian Secret Service archives, back to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and deep into questions of memory, belonging, and what it means to preserve dignity in a world that conspires against it. Ypi discusses the dual narrative voices of the book, the "silence of the archives," the ethics of fictionalising real lives, and how writing as a novelist rather than a philosopher transformed her understanding of her subject. A conversation about history, imagination, and the moral necessity of hope.Buy Indignity: https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/books/indignity-2*Lea Ypi holds the Ralph Miliband Chair in Politics and Philosophy at the London School of Economics. Her first trade book, Free: Coming of Age at the End of History won the Ondaatje Prize and the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Costa Biography Award. It is translated into over thirty languages.Adam Biles is Literary Director at Shakespeare and Company.Listen to Alex Freiman's latest EP, In The Beginning: https://open.spotify.com/album/5iZYPMCUnG7xiCtsFCBlVa?si=h5x3FK1URq6SwH9Kb_SO3w Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Emmanuel Carrère è tornato a parlare dei fatti suoi: il suo nuovo libro, Kolchoz (Adelphi), racconta la storia della sua famiglia e in particolare quella di sua madre, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, che è morta nel 2023 e in Francia era un personaggio pubblico importante. Giulia Pilotti ne parla in questa puntata, mentre Ludovica Lugli si dedica a Dignità di Lea Ypi (Feltrinelli), la filosofa e intellettuale albanese già autrice di Libera: in questo nuovo romanzo filosofico ha re-immaginato la vita di sua nonna, tra la Salonicco del 1918 e l'Albania di Enver Hoxha. Nella puntata sono menzionati questa critica spiritosa degli autografi di scrittrici e scrittori di Ludovica Lugli, Cuor contento il ciel l'aiuta di David Sedaris, e i libri di Carrère Limonov, L'avversario, Yoga, La vita come un romanzo russo, Vite che non sono la mia e Il regno. Questo e gli altri podcast gratuiti del Post sono possibili grazie a chi si abbona al Post e ne sostiene il lavoro. Se vuoi fare la tua parte, ⁠⁠⁠abbonati al Post. Leggi o ascolta anche:-Limonov-Un problema con Yoga, di Emmanuel Carrère-la recensione di Kolchoz di Marie Darrieussecq sul Times Literary Supplement (in inglese e con paywall)-una puntata del podcast Past Present Future sul concetto di dignità in filosofia con Lea Ypi (in inglese) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Une jeune femme exceptionnelle est l'invitée de Pierre-Édouard Deldique dans ce nouveau numéro d'Idées. Née en Albanie, professeure de théorie politique à la London School of Economics, Lea Ypi est en effet considérée comme une des figures montantes de la vie intellectuelle en Europe. Dans le magazine qui interroge celles et ceux qui pensent le monde, cette intellectuelle de haut-vol parle à la fois de son travail de philosophe, de ses cours au Collège de France et de son roman intitulé Indignité, publié chez Calmann-Levy. Ce roman est à la fois une enquête familiale, une traversée du XXe siècle dans les Balkans, une réflexion sur l'identité, et une méditation sur la dignité humaine face aux régimes politiques. Le livre s'ouvre sur la diffusion sur les réseaux sociaux, d'une photographie de 1941 montrant la grand‑mère de l'auteure, Léman, souriante en lune de miel dans les Dolomites, alors que l'Albanie subissait l'occupation fasciste. Cette image, devenue virale, a provoqué un flot d'accusations et de jugements moraux. À tel point que Lea Ypi a entrepris de comprendre qui était réellement cette grand-mère au caractère bien trempé. Le roman est à la fois une reconstitution de la vie de Léman (où l'imaginaire joue son rôle, souligne-t-elle dans l'émission) née en 1918 à Salonique, issue d'une famille albanaise de l'aristocratie ottomane. Sa vie traverse la chute de l'Empire ottoman, la monarchie du roi Zog, le fascisme, le nazisme, la dictature communiste d'Enver Hoxha, la transition post‑communiste. Quel parcours ! Sa vie reflète pour le moins les profondes transformations politiques qui ont façonné l'Europe du Sud‑Est. Cette véritable saga s'avère aussi une enquête dans les archives d'État, où Lea Ypi a découvert rapports d'informateurs, dossiers de surveillance et documents incomplets. Ces archives, politisées et parfois trompeuses, révèlent autant qu'elles dissimulent. Elles démontrent en tout cas à quel point la surveillance policière sévissait sous l'ère communiste. Le roman montre ainsi la difficulté de reconstruire une vérité historique, celle qui est au cœur de la réflexion de Lea Ypi, dans un pays où l'amnésie a longtemps prévalu. Le titre de cette belle histoire renvoie à un thème central : la dignité humaine comme valeur menacée par les systèmes politiques. Léman est tour à tour considérée comme aristocrate ottomane, suspecte sous le communisme, puis traîtresse supposée dans l'Albanie contemporaine.  « Elle personnifie la responsabilité morale », dit notre invitée ce dimanche. Selon elle, ce récit romancé évoque la responsabilité morale dans des situations exceptionnelles, où les choix individuels sont en quelque sorte dictés par la violence des faits historiques. Dans Indignité et au cours de ce numéro d'Idées, notre spécialiste de philosophie politique montre que la vérité historique est fragile. Ne se construit-elle pas entre documents, souvenirs et interprétations ? De plus, l'auteure s'interroge au micro : « qui a le droit de raconter une vie ? ». Cette question donne au roman une dimension philosophique. Dans son « autre vie » , Lea Ypi, spécialiste de Kant, mène une réflexion sur « l'idée de socialisme moral ». Elle la détaille dans une série de leçons au Collège de France que je vous recommande.   Voici la page de Lea Ypi au Collège de France si vous souhaitez écouter ses leçons dans le cadre de la chaire intitulée : « L'invention de l'Europe par la langue et la culture ». Programmation musicale :             - ‎‎Marinella  - Thessaloniki mou   - ‎‎Eli Fara - Sonat​ - ‎‎Gjurmët - Era. 

Une jeune femme exceptionnelle est l'invitée de Pierre-Édouard Deldique dans ce nouveau numéro d'Idées. Née en Albanie, professeure de théorie politique à la London School of Economics, Lea Ypi est en effet considérée comme une des figures montantes de la vie intellectuelle en Europe. Dans le magazine qui interroge celles et ceux qui pensent le monde, cette intellectuelle de haut-vol parle à la fois de son travail de philosophe, de ses cours au Collège de France et de son roman intitulé Indignité, publié chez Calmann-Levy. Ce roman est à la fois une enquête familiale, une traversée du XXe siècle dans les Balkans, une réflexion sur l'identité, et une méditation sur la dignité humaine face aux régimes politiques. Le livre s'ouvre sur la diffusion sur les réseaux sociaux, d'une photographie de 1941 montrant la grand‑mère de l'auteure, Léman, souriante en lune de miel dans les Dolomites, alors que l'Albanie subissait l'occupation fasciste. Cette image, devenue virale, a provoqué un flot d'accusations et de jugements moraux. À tel point que Lea Ypi a entrepris de comprendre qui était réellement cette grand-mère au caractère bien trempé. Le roman est à la fois une reconstitution de la vie de Léman (où l'imaginaire joue son rôle, souligne-t-elle dans l'émission) née en 1918 à Salonique, issue d'une famille albanaise de l'aristocratie ottomane. Sa vie traverse la chute de l'Empire ottoman, la monarchie du roi Zog, le fascisme, le nazisme, la dictature communiste d'Enver Hoxha, la transition post‑communiste. Quel parcours ! Sa vie reflète pour le moins les profondes transformations politiques qui ont façonné l'Europe du Sud‑Est. Cette véritable saga s'avère aussi une enquête dans les archives d'État, où Lea Ypi a découvert rapports d'informateurs, dossiers de surveillance et documents incomplets. Ces archives, politisées et parfois trompeuses, révèlent autant qu'elles dissimulent. Elles démontrent en tout cas à quel point la surveillance policière sévissait sous l'ère communiste. Le roman montre ainsi la difficulté de reconstruire une vérité historique, celle qui est au cœur de la réflexion de Lea Ypi, dans un pays où l'amnésie a longtemps prévalu. Le titre de cette belle histoire renvoie à un thème central : la dignité humaine comme valeur menacée par les systèmes politiques. Léman est tour à tour considérée comme aristocrate ottomane, suspecte sous le communisme, puis traîtresse supposée dans l'Albanie contemporaine.  « Elle personnifie la responsabilité morale », dit notre invitée ce dimanche. Selon elle, ce récit romancé évoque la responsabilité morale dans des situations exceptionnelles, où les choix individuels sont en quelque sorte dictés par la violence des faits historiques. Dans Indignité et au cours de ce numéro d'Idées, notre spécialiste de philosophie politique montre que la vérité historique est fragile. Ne se construit-elle pas entre documents, souvenirs et interprétations ? De plus, l'auteure s'interroge au micro : « qui a le droit de raconter une vie ? ». Cette question donne au roman une dimension philosophique. Dans son « autre vie » , Lea Ypi, spécialiste de Kant, mène une réflexion sur « l'idée de socialisme moral ». Elle la détaille dans une série de leçons au Collège de France que je vous recommande.   Voici la page de Lea Ypi au Collège de France si vous souhaitez écouter ses leçons dans le cadre de la chaire intitulée : « L'invention de l'Europe par la langue et la culture ». Programmation musicale :             - ‎‎Marinella  - Thessaloniki mou   - ‎‎Eli Fara - Sonat​ - ‎‎Gjurmët - Era. 

Profesoară de teorie politică la London School of Economics și scriitoare tradusă în peste 30 de limbi, Lea Ypi este considerată una dintre cele mai importante voci ale gîndirii politice de azi. Născută în 1979 în Albania, a studiat literatura și filosofia la Universitatea Sapienza din Roma și are un doctorat în filosofie la Institutul Universitar European din Florența. Scrie o literatură în care se uită la istorie din propria viață și se uită la propria viață din perspectiva evenimentelor istorice dramatice prin care au trecut Albania și Europa de Est. A publicat pînă acum volumele „Liberă. Un copil și o țară la sfârșitul istoriei” și „Dezonoare. O viață reconstituită”. Ambele au apărut în limba română în imprintul ANANSI al editurii TREI, în traducerea Berthei Savu. Lea Ypi a fost la București pentru a-și lansa cea mai recentă carte și pentru a participa la conferințele „The Power of Storytelling”. Cu această ocazie, am înregistrat un interviu cu Lea Ypi, în care am vorbit despre cea mai recentă carte a sa, despre împletirea în literatura ei a celor două dimensiuni ale istoriei - cea din manuale, documente și arhive și cea personală -, despre trecutul recent al Europei de Est și tradiția literaturii care spune poveștile acestui spațiu. Interviul a fost tradus de Iulia Negru.„Dezonoare. O viață reconstituită” pornește de la descoperirea de către autoarea-naratoare a unei fotografii cu bunicii săi, Leman și Asllan Ypi, în luna de miere, în Alpii Italieni, în 1941, cînd Europa era în plin Război Mondial. Fotografia apare pe contul unui necunoscut pe rețelele sociale. Publicarea ei și comentariile agresive - despre bunica Leman dar și despre ea însăși, Lea Ypi - declanșează un demers de reconstituire a unei povești de familie, precum și a istoriei Albaniei, a Europei din secolele trecute. Cum să citim această carte, ca pe un volum de memorii, ca pe un eseu împletit cu o poveste de familie?Lea Ypi: „Ca pe un hibrid. Este parțial un roman bazat pe o poveste de familie, parțial o investigație filosofică despre semnificația morală și politică a demnității și parțial o istorie politică a Europei de la căderea Imperiului Otoman până la ascensiunea comunismului. (...) Intenția mea inițială fost să reflectez asupra problemei nedreptății istorice de după comunism și asupra moștenirii traumelor deschise de perioada comunistă în țările postcomuniste, pornind de la istoria bunicii mele. După ce am descoperit fotografia pe contul de social media al unui necunoscut, am fost curioasă să încep o anchetă, am săpat în arhivele fostei Securități a Albaniei comuniste. În Albania, ca și, probabil, în multe alte țări foste comuniste, există această credință că, dacă revenim la sursa acestor documente, la locul unde sînt arhivate și aflăm adevărul cu privire la ce s-a întîmplat cu membrii familiei, asta ne va ajuta să ne împăcăm cu nedreptățile trecutului și să ajungem la un fel de închidere a rănilor și traumelor trecutului. Dar călătoria mea în arhive s-a dovedit a fi mult mai complicată. Cartea a devenit și o meta-investigație despre care e cel mai bun mod de a te gîndi la adevărul trecutului și ce ajutor îți poate oferi literatura pentru a reconstitui asta.”Unde se înscrie această carte în tradiția est-europeană, postcomunistă a literaturii de investigație despre trecutul recent – Peter Esterhazy, Herta Muller etc.?Lea Ypi: „Cartea mea cred că vine, în multe privințe, în continuitatea acestei tradiții, dar există și o perspectivă generațională. Eu sînt mai tânără decât autorii aceștia. Eram un copil cînd a căzut comunismul și simt că viața mea a fost mult mai mult modelată de experiența tranziției și de brutalitatea acestei tranziții spre lumea postcomunistă.”Apasă PLAY pentru a asculta întreaga discuție!O emisiune de Adela Greceanu și Matei MartinUn produs Radio România Cultural

Esta semana, Fuensanta Marín ha presentado una selección de lecturas que abordan la complejidad del mundo actual y la importancia de la identidad. Entre las obras destacadas figura Un mundo falaz, donde el coronel Ángel Gómez de Agreda invita a reflexionar sobre la ciberseguridad, el manejo de los algoritmos y la lucha contra la desinformación para defender nuestra autonomía personal. Asimismo, se han recomendado las novelas Indignidad de Lea Ypi y Koljós de Emmanuel Carrère, las cuales profundizan en la reconstrucción de la memoria familiar y el honor de los antepasados frente al peso de los grandes conflictos del siglo XX, como el estalinismo, el auge del fascismo y la caída de imperios. La selección concluye con un enfoque pedagógico para los más pequeños mediante el libro Parchís, una historia que resalta el valor de la amistad y el placer de compartir momentos alrededor de juegos tradicionales.

Political philosopher Lea Ypi reflects on dignity, archives, and the manipulation of history in Indignity. Then Eleanor Shearer brings us into the world of the Jamaican Maroons exiled to Nova Scotia in Fireflies in Winter — a novel about freedom, queer love, and the moral cost of survival.

It was a simple honeymoon photo from 1941. A stranger posted it online and the commentary was vicious. The woman in that picture was Albanian author Lea Ypi's grandmother. In the midst of the Second World War and the violent end times of Mussolini's government, Ypi's grandmother must have been a fascist, a collaborator, a traitor to Albania. In her book, Indignity: A Life Reimagined, Ypi attempts to find the truth of her grandmother's life, in a journey that mixes philosophy, fantasy, history, and family narrative.

Albanske Lea Ypi har en egen evne til å flette sammen personlig og politisk historie, og utforske hvordan vi mennesker formes av samfunnet og ideologiene rundt oss. Det gjorde hun på mesterlig vis i memoarboka Fri. En oppvekst ved historiens ende (2021). Her skildrer hun sin egen oppvekst under Enver Hoxhas sosialistiske regime siste halvdel av 1900-tallet, etterfulgt av statens sammenbrudd og borgerkrig.Enkeltmennesket og den store historien er temaet også i den nye boka hennes Uverdighet. Overlevelse i en ekstrem tidsalder (til norsk ved Inger Sverreson Holmes). Et ukjent bilde av bestemoren på bryllupsreise i Mussolinis Italia, dukker plutselig opp på sosiale medier og kaster om på det Lea Ypi trodde hun visste om familien. Var bestemoren fascist-kollaboratør? Eller kanskje en kommunistisk spion?Det blir startskuddet for en undersøkelse av bestemorens liv, som tar Ypi med tilbake til det ottomanske riket, til Hellas og etter hvert et Albania under skiftende styrer og okkupasjonsmakter.Lea Ypi er professor i politisk teori og filosofi ved London School of Economics. Fri ble varmt mottatt både av kritikere og lesere, og er oversatt til 30 språk.Forfatter og journalist Simen Ekern har gitt ut flere bøker om europeisk og italiensk politikk og historie. Nå møter han Ypi til samtale om enkeltmennesket og den store historien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Albanian Lea Ypi has a talent for combining the personal and the political in history, exploring how we are all shaped by the societies and ideologies surrounding us. In her memoir Free. A Child and a Country at the End of History, she skillfully portrays her own childhood during the socialist regime of Enver Hoxha in the latter half of the 20th century, followed by the state's collapse and civil war.Ordinary humans in the midst of history is also the focus in her new book, Indignity: A Life Reimagined. An unknown photopgrah of her grandmother honeymooning in Mussolini's Italy pops up on social media, making Ypi question everything she thought she knew about her family. Was her grandmother a Nazi collaborator? Or perhaps a Communist spy?This is the beginning of a thorough examination of her grandmothers life, one that takes Ypi back to the Ottoman empire, to Greece and then Albania through alternating regimes and occupants.Lea Ypi is a professor of political theory and philosophy at the London School of Economics. Her book Free was warmly received by both critics and readers, and is so far translated into 30 languages.Writer and journalist Simen Ekern has published several books about European and Italian politics and history. He joins Ypi for a conversation about ordinary humans in the midst of history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

durée : 00:38:12 - L'Invité(e) des Matins - par : Guillaume Erner, Yoann Duval - Lea Ypi, professeure de théorie politique à London School of Economics, donne ce soir sa leçon inaugurale au collège de France sur "l'idée de socialisme moral". Conversation avec une grande philosophe européenne, qui cherche à redonner à la gauche sa place dans le débat. - réalisation : Félicie Faugère - invités : Léa Ypi Professeure de théorie politique à London School of Economics, invitée à la chaire annuelle "L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures" au Collège de France

durée : 02:29:36 - Les Matins - par : Guillaume Erner, Yoann Duval - Ce matin sur France Culture, à 7h40 et à 8h20, Guillaume Erner reçoit la grande chercheuse albanaise Léa Ypi pour sa leçon inaugurale au Collège de France : "L'invention de l'Europe par les langues et les cultures". A 7h17, Charza Shahabuddin nous parle des tensions pré-électorales au Bangladesh. - réalisation : Félicie Faugère

durée : 00:13:33 - L'invité du 13/14 - Aujourd'hui, la philosophe Léa Ypi est notre invitée. Elle est l'une des autrices les plus en vue sur la crise de l'Union européenne. Avec son dernier roman, "Indignité", elle cherche à réhabiliter sa grand-mère dans un récit mêlant la grande Histoire et l'histoire intime. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

durée : 00:59:54 - Le 13/14 - par : Bruno Duvic - Aujourd'hui, la philosophe Léa Ypi est notre invitée. Elle est l'une des autrices les plus en vue sur la crise de l'Union européenne. Avec son dernier roman, "Indignité", elle cherche à réhabiliter sa grand-mère dans un récit mêlant la grande Histoire et l'histoire intime. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

L'émission 28 minutes du 11/02/2026 À travers l'histoire de sa grand-mère, elle raconte les soubresauts du continent européen Une photo jaunie par le temps est le point de départ d'une enquête littéraire et familiale, écrite par Lea Ypi. Sur ce cliché en noir et blanc, l'auteure albanaise y découvre un jeune couple dans une station de ski italienne en 1941… ses grands-parents, Leman et Asllan Ypi. À partir de cette photo, elle décide alors d'enquêter sur la vie de sa grand-mère, qui a traversé le fascisme et le stalinisme en Albanie. Elle publie "Indignité" aux éditions Calmann-Levy. Sophie Adenot prête à décoller : nos astronautes sont-ils bien placés dans la course aux étoiles ? Vendredi 13 février, Sophie Adenot deviendra la deuxième astronaute française de l'histoire à s'envoler pour l'immensité de l'espace. À bord du lanceur Falcon 9 de SpaceX, la future astronaute sera accompagnée de deux Américains et d'un Russe. Destination l'ISS, la Station internationale spatiale, pour une mission de huit à neuf mois. Intitulée "Crew-12" et "Epsilon", elle a pour objectif la réalisation de 200 expériences dont, notamment, des recherches sur la santé. Sophie Adenot profitera de la forte médiatisation de son prédécesseur Thomas Pesquet, dont la communication avait contribué à remettre la France sur le devant de la scène spatiale internationale. Pourtant, ni la France ni l'Europe ne semblent prioriser l'exploration spatiale. Malgré l'augmentation du budget de l'Agence spatiale européenne, certains experts alertent sur un risque d'exclusion future des grandes missions lunaires et martiennes, d'autant plus avec la fin annoncée de l'ISS. Alors que la France et l'Europe font face à une surproduction de patates, Xavier Mauduit nous raconte l'histoire du père Jean-Baptiste Labat et de la patate douce. Marie Bonnisseau nous présente "Relooted", un jeu vidéo africain où l'objectif est de "repiller" les œuvres volées durant la colonisation. 28 minutes est le magazine d'actualité d'ARTE, présenté par Élisabeth Quin du lundi au jeudi à 20h05. Renaud Dély est aux commandes de l'émission le vendredi et le samedi. Ce podcast est coproduit par KM et ARTE Radio. Enregistrement 11 février 2026 Présentation Élisabeth Quin Production KM, ARTE Radio

'The strong do what they will, the weak suffer what they must'. So claimed the powerful Athenians, according to the Ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Plato tried to demonstrate that might does not make right, and thinkers ever since, from Hobbes and Rousseau to Kant and Carl Schmitt, have placed the idea that might is right at the centre of their political philosophies, for better or worse. Matthew Sweet traces the intellectual history of the idea, with Angie Hobbs, Margaret MacMillan, Lea Ypi, and Hugo Drochon. Angie Hobbs' book Why Plato Matters Now, and Lea Ypi's book Indignity, are both out now, Hugo Drochon's book Elites And Democracy is published in March Producer: Luke Mulhall

La filósofa y escritora albanesa Lea Ypi reflexiona en su último libro sobre las ideas de dignidad, libertad, identidad y legado, y traza paralelismos entre el periodo convulso del primer tercio del siglo XX y el mundo de hoy.

Çdo mëngjes zgjohuni me “Wake Up”, programi i njëkohshëm radio-televiziv i “Top Channel” e “Top Albania Radio”, në thelb ka përcjelljen e informacionit më të nevojshëm për mëngjesin. Në “Wake Up” gjeni leximin e gazetave, analiza të ndryshme, informacione utilitare, këmbimin valuator, parashikimin e motit, biseda me të ftuarit në studio për tema të aktualitetit, nga jeta e përditshme urbane e deri tek arti dhe spektakli si dhe personazhe interesantë. Zgjimi në “Wake Up” është ritmik dhe me buzëqeshje. Gjatë tri orëve të transmetimit, na shoqëron edhe muzika më e mirë, e huaj dhe shqiptare. 

Today's episode in our season of live recordings from the Regent Street Cinema looks at the biopic of a revolutionary: Margaretha von Trotta's Rosa Luxemburg (1986), which explores the deeply unstable relationship between the personal and the political. David talks to writer and philosopher Lea Ypi (Free, Indignity) about where biography ends and philosophy begins and whether revolutionary politics requires the leading of a revolutionary life. What was Rosa Luxemburg's true cause? Who or what betrayed her and her ideas? And how does her legacy live on? Out now on PPF+: a bonus episode to accompany this series in which David and film historian Harrison Whitaker discuss the greatest Christmas film of ideas: Frank Capra's It's A Wonderful Life, which is much more than just a seasonal tearjerker. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up to PPF+ https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Next time: Wittgenstein w/Nikhil Krishnan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Die Philosophin weiß, was es bedeutet, wenn Gewissheiten verschwinden. Als Jugendliche erlebte sie in Albanien das Ende des Kommunismus und den Zusammenbruch staatlicher Strukturen. Ihr literarisches Debüt „Frei“ wurde ein Bestseller und gerade ist ihr neues Buch „Aufrecht“ erschienen. Als Professorin für politische Theorie an der London School of Economics denkt Lea Ypi größer und grundsätzlicher als andere nach über die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Sie beklagt die Ungleichheit, die der Neoliberalismus erzeugt und was das für unsere Gesellschaften bedeutet. Sie wünscht sich ein neues politisches Projekt, das nicht auf die Stärke des einzelnen Staates setzt, sondern auf Zusammenarbeit und gleiche Rechte für alle. Bei FREIHEIT DELUXE diskutieren Jagoda Marinić und Lea Ypi darüber, warum Menschen an der Demokratie zweifeln, welche Anziehungskraft eine von Krisen geschwächte EU noch hat, dass Grenzen nur für bestimmte Menschen gelten und warum Angst beim Schreiben von Literatur ein wichtiger Faktor ist. Hier hört ihr… was die wahre Bedeutung von Freiheit ist (5:17) warum viele Ostdeutsche nicht an die Demokratie glauben (12:06) warum die Vorstellung vom Nationalstaat ein Mythos ist (23:57) dass die EU ein neues politisches Projekt braucht (44:42) was die Berliner Mauer und die Grenze zwischen Mexiko und den USA unterscheidet (51:51) dass die Erzählung vom kriminellen Migranten die wahren Probleme ausblendet (1:00:29) warum Literatur zu schreiben so schwer ist und warum sie es trotzdem tut (1:08:49) Liebe Freiheit-Deluxe-Community, uns gibt es jetzt schon eine ganze Weile: 100 Folgen von Freiheit Deluxe werden es bald sein. Danke dafür! Und es sollen noch mehr werden. Nach dieser gemeinsamen Zeit wüssten die Redaktion und ich gerne ein bisschen mehr über Euch. Wer Ihr seid, was Euch beschäftigt und bewegt und was Euch an Freiheit Deluxe besonders gut gefällt. Deshalb ein Aufruf in eigener Sache: Hier der Link zu einer kleinen Umfrage. https://response.questback.com/www/avumtfb1mr Sie dauert nur 10 Minuten und wir würden uns freuen, wenn ihr euch die Zeit nehmt! FREIHEIT DELUXE mit Jagoda Marinić ist eine Produktion des Hessischen Rundfunks in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Börsenverein des deutschen Buchhandels. Redaktionsteam: Andrea Geißler, Juliane Orth und Christoph Scheffer Ihr erreicht uns per Mail: freiheitdeluxe@hr.de Wollt Ihr noch mehr hören und erfahren? Hier unser Podcast-Tipp: https://1.ard.de/urban-pop

The philosopher knows what it means when certainties disappear. As a teenager in Albania, she experienced the end of communism and the collapse of state structures. Her literary debut, “Free“, became a bestseller, and her new book, “Indignity“ has just been published. As a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics, Lea Ypi thinks more broadly and fundamentally than others about the challenges of our time. She laments the inequality created by neoliberalism and what that means for our societies. She wants to see a new political project that does not rely on the strength of individual states, but on cooperation and equal rights for all. At FREIHEIT DELUXE Jagoda Marinić and Lea Ypi discuss why people doubt democracy, what appeal an EU weakened by crises still has, why borders only apply to certain people and why fear is an important factor in writing literature. Here you will hear... what the true meaning of freedom is (4:50) why many East Germans do not believe in democracy (10:48) why the idea of the nation state is a myth (23:37) that the EU needs a new political project (41:34) what distinguishes the Berlin Wall from the border between Mexico and the US (48:35) that the narrative of the criminal migrant obscures the real problems (56:46) why writing literature is so difficult and why she does it anyway (1:04:27) FREEDOM DELUXE with Jagoda Marinić is a Hessischer Rundfunk production in cooperation with the German Publishers and Booksellers Association. Editorial team: Andrea Geißler, Juliane Orth, and Christoph Scheffer. You can reach us by email: freiheitdeluxe@hr.de . Want to hear and learn more? Here's our tip: https://1.ard.de/urban-pop

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit wisdomofcrowds.liveA few years ago, Lea Ypi was scrolling through Facebook when she came across a family photo she had never seen before. Someone had discovered a photograph of Ypi's grandparents on their honeymoon and posted it on a public Facebook group. Ypi — a philosophy professor from Albania who teaches at the London School of Economics — was dismayed by the comments on the photograph, which ranged from inaccurate to judgmental to just plain mean. Were the husband and wife in this photo Albanian aristocrats? Fascist collaborators? Victims of Communism? Responding to the trolls — as well as, as she puts it, “taking the trolls seriously” — Ypi decided to write a book reconstructing her grandparents' story. The result is Indignity: A Life Reimagined, a book which asks, among other things, what does human dignity really mean? What makes this book even more interesting is that Ypi's grandparents lived through some of the most dramatic moments in the twentieth century: the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the rise of Fascism, and World War II. Ypi joins Damir and Santiago, who want to understand Ypi's own philosophical priors. Damir wants to know where moral responsibility ends and and the structural forces of history begin. Santiago asks whether dignity, as a concept, has a metaphysical foundation. The result is a wide-ranging conversation that covers history, literature, philosophy and more.In our bonus section for paid subscribers, Santiago asks Ypi about the difference between Fascist and Communist decision-making; Damir presses Ypi on the question of free will; Ypi discusses her two-point prescription for a better Europe; Santiago asks Ypi whether it's hard to write about one's country in a foreign language; and finally, Ypi's hot take on Zohran Mamdani.Required Reading:* Lea Ypi, Indignity: A Life Reimagined (Amazon). * Lea Ypi, Free: Coming of Age at the End of History (Amazon). * Immanuel Kant, Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (Amazon). * Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man (Amazon). Free preview video:Full video for paid subscribers below:

Book critic Bill Hastings reviews: Lea Ypi, Indignity: A Life Reimagined (Allen Lane Penguin, 2025), Daniel Kalderimis, Zest: Climbing from Depression to Philosophy (Ugly Hill Press, 2024).

Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our episodes. Danny and Derek speak with political theorist and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined, which explores how personal memory intersects with imperial collapse, nationalism, and the surveillance state. They discuss her grandmother's journey from Ottoman Salonika to Albania amid the rise of competing political projects; archives and the stories they erase; the challenge for universalist ideals in a capitalist world; the parallels between the 1930s and today's anti-migrant politics; and whether collective political action remains possible as we're shaped by platforms, algorithms, and anonymous economic power.

Danny and Derek speak with political theorist and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined, which explores how personal memory intersects with imperial collapse, nationalism, and the surveillance state. They discuss her grandmother's journey from Ottoman Salonika to Albania amid the rise of competing political projects; archives and the stories they erase; the challenge for universalist ideals in a capitalist world; the parallels between the 1930s and today's anti-migrant politics; and whether collective political action remains possible as we're shaped by platforms, algorithms, and anonymous economic power.Our Sponsors:* Check out Avocado Green Mattress: https://avocadogreenmattress.com* Check out BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/THENATIONAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Lea Ypi, a professor of political theory at the London School of Economics, grew up in Albania under communism, when it was the last Stalinist outpost in Europe.She was 10 years old when the Berlin Wall fell, and a year later she saw the collapse of communism in Albania. Statues of Stalin and Enver Hoxha, the country's leader for 40 years, were toppled. Democratic elections followed - but so did civil unrest.Lea wrote about these turbulent years in her book Free, which won prizes and widespread acclaim: 'essential - just as much for Britons as Albanians' according to one critic.She has delved further into her family history, looking into the past of her grandmother, in her book Indignity.Lea's musical choices include Beethoven, Wagner, Dizdari and Bach.

Gabriel Hetland, author of a [recent article](https://jacobin.com/2025/11/mamdani-chavez-torres-municipal-democracy-socialism) for Jacobin, looks to Venezuela for a model of municipal socialism. Lea Ypi, author of [Indignity](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374614096/indignity/), looks into her grandmother's story and unfolds a rich history of Albania and its environment. Read “Mamdani Can Learn From Latin American Municipal Socialism” here: [https://jacobin.com/2025/11/mamdani-chavez-torres-municipal-democracy-socialism](https://jacobin.com/2025/11/mamdani-chavez-torres-municipal-democracy-socialism) [Behind the News](https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/radio.html), hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

"Stories 2": Neues von der Meisterin der Kurzgeschichte Joy Williams / "Ohnmacht des Völkerrechts": Der Professor für Völkerrecht Christoph Safferling im Gespräch über die Entstehung und den Status Quo des Völkerrechts / Meisterwerk lateinamerikanischer Erzählkunst: Gustavo Faverón Patriaus "Unten leben" / "Aufrecht": Das neue Buch zwischen Lebensgeschichte und politischer Philosophie von Lea Ypi / "So war die Welt": Louise Erdrich kehrt zurück ins Red River Valley

Behind the News, 11/6/25 - guests: Gabriel Hetland on municipal socialism • Lea Ypi investigates her grandmother's past, and Albania's - Doug Henwood

Gabriel Hetland, author of this article, looks to Venezuela for a model of municipal socialism • Lea Ypi, author of Indignity, looks into her grandmother's story and unfolds a rich history of Albania and its environment The post Models of municipal socialism • Albania, a personal view of history appeared first on KPFA.

Lea Ypi's new book about her Greek-Albanian grandmother is a philosophical meditation on dignity, a history of Ottoman collapse and Balkan nationalism, and a warning about our own indignant age of manufactured identities and resurgent tribalism.Back in January 2022, Lea Ypi came on the show to discuss Free, her brilliant account of growing up in communist Albania. Now Ypi, who teaches political philosophy at LSE, is back with her follow-up, Indignity, an equally compelling biography of Leman Ypi, her maternal grandmother. “A Life Reimagined” is its subtitle, but it's not just her grandmother whose life Ypi is reimagining. The book is a retelling of the modern stories of Greece, Turkey and Albania as well as a sly backwards glance on the court politics of the late Ottomans. Indignity is a Balkan story, in the grand tradition of Rebecca West. And like West, Ypi shows us that Balkan history is never quite dead - instead, it's prophecy for our own age of resurgent nationalism and manufactured identities. Things don't die in South Eastern Europe, Ypi suggests, they just fester, creating more and more indignity. No wonder the Dracula myth is a Balkan creation. 1. Dignity is what we chase, indignity is what we photograph. Bob Dylan wrote that “dignity never been photographed,” and Ypi iterates an entire philosophical framework around this insight. A 1941 photo of her glamorous grandmother in the Italian Alps sparked the book—but also online accusations that she was a spy. For Ypi, following Kant, dignity is an immaterial ideal we pursue; indignity is the empirical reality we live in. The book oscillates between the two, asking: how do we think about the dignity of the dead when all we have left are degraded facts and hostile interpretations?2. Salonique the Magnificent died in 1912—and took cosmopolitan possibility with it. Leman Ypi was born in 1917 in Salonica, an Ottoman melting pot that was, for a time, considered a potential homeland for European Jews. When it became Greek in 1912, the Hellenization project began dismantling centuries of multicultural coexistence. By the time the Ottoman Empire collapsed after WWI, rising nationalism had replaced cosmopolitan possibility. Leman, an “Albanian” who'd never been to Albania, was told her identity must align with the new nation-state project. The book is a lament for this lost time—not a lost place, but a lost way of being.3. Nationalism is a zero-sum game for dignity. In the world of nation-states that emerged from Ottoman collapse, individual dignity became inseparable from collective identity. To be Albanian meant dignity only as part of the Albanian nation-state project. This homogenizing, exclusionary logic forced people into boxes they'd never inhabited before. Ypi shows how this nationalist manipulation of dignity—promising it while destroying it—ran from the 1920s through fascism and communism. And it's back now, in our age of deportations, border walls, and politicians demanding: “What are you? Where do you really belong?”4. The stoic suicide versus the Kantian fighter—two philosophies of dignity. Leman's aunt Selma, forced into marriage with a German businessman, killed herself on her wedding day—the ultimate stoic assertion of control. “If you see a room full of smoke, do you wait for help or just leave?” Throughout her life, especially during her husband's 15-year imprisonment under Albanian communism, Leman wrestled with this question. Her answer was Kantian: suicide is a betrayal of our moral responsibilities to others. Dignity means staying and fighting, even when the struggle seems futile. But Ypi doesn't romanticize this—Leman's principled decisions often brought tragic consequences.5. Identity is always more complicated than politics pretends. Writing the book forced Ypi to confront how constructed and contingent identity really is. Her “Albanian” grandmother was born in Greece, had never been to Albania, grew up in an Ottoman cosmopolitan elite, and only became Albanian through the accidents of collapsing empires and rising nationalisms. This complexity matters now, Ypi argues, when contemporary politics—from migration to deportation to calls for deglobalization—depends on simplistic, homogeneous notions of identity and belonging. The archive lies; borders shift; people contain multitudes. Any politics built on forcing people to “belong in one place and nowhere else” is both a scam and historically illiterate.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Die albanische Starautorin Lea Ypi rekonstruiert in ihrer literarischen Biografie „Aufrecht. Überleben im Zeitalter der Extreme“ die abenteuerliche Lebensgeschichte ihrer aus Griechenland stammenden Großmutter. Ein faszinierendes und erschütterndes Buch. Rezension von Holger Heimann

In today's episode David talks to Alan Renwick from UCL's Constitution Unit about the pros and cons of referendums. When does a democratic question need to be put direct to the people? Do some countries do it better than others? How can referendums be used to open up political debate? And how can we avoid a rerun of the pitfalls of the Brexit referendum? There are just a few tickets left for the 3rd film in our autumn film season at the Regent Street cinema on Thursday 9th October: a screening of Rosa Luxemburg, followed by a live recording of PPF with philosopher and writer Lea Ypi. We'd love to see you there https://bit.ly/4nDuKoY Next Up in Fixing Democracy: Compulsory Voting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hugh interviews Albanian academic and author Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined. The book is an exploration of political, historical and philosophical themes through the story of Ypi's grandmother, Leman Ypi, who experienced Albania's tumultuous 20th century, from the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, through fascism, Nazism, communism and its fall.Lea talks about how literature helps us hear silenced histories - particularly those of women. She also discusses nation formation, the role of archives, and the analogies between historical and current political crises.Lea Ypi is Professor in Political Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Indignity: A Life Reimagined is published by Penguin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In today's episode on how to fix democracy David talks to political scientist Nic Cheeseman about how to stop governments rigging elections around the world, from Africa to the United States. How widespread is the problem? Has digital technology made it worse? What makes an election free and fair? And what are the chances that the next US presidential election will be a free and fair one? Tickets are available for the 3rd film in our PPF Films of Ideas season at the Regent Street Cinema in London on Thursday 9th October: join us for a screening of the biopic Rosa Luxemburg followed by a live recording of the podcast with Lea Ypi https://bit.ly/4mNzNCT Next Time: Now & Then with Robert Saunders on Neil Kinnock, Labour and Militant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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David talks to Lea Ypi about her new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined, which tells the story of her grandmother's extraordinary life and in doing so uncovers the hidden history of mid-twentieth-century Europe. But it is also a book about the different philosophies of dignity and how those ideas can shape, make and break individual human lives. A conversation about death and displacement, identity and betrayal, secrecy and salvation.  Indignity: A Life Reimagined by Lea Ypi is out now – get it wherever you get your books. ⁠https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930/indignity-by-ypi-lea/9780241661925⁠ The 2nd film in our autumn season of Films of Ideas at the Regent Street cinema is coming up on Thursday 25th September: a screening of My Dinner with Andre, followed by a live recording of PPF with playwright and screenwriter Lee Hall, creator of Billy Elliot. Tickets are available now ⁠https://bit.ly/4fWDa7V⁠ Next up, the start of a new series: Fixing Democracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What can the collapse of the Ottoman Empire teach us about the danger of the current discourse around migration? ‘Re-migration' is not a new concept conjured up by the far-right, but rather something that would be familiar to many Europeans of a century ago. What would those involved in these tragedies think of the direction […]

The Booker prize winning novelist Arundhati Roy looks back at her foremost influences in her memoir, Mother Mary Comes To Me. While her writing and activism are shaped by early circumstances – both financial and political – at the centre is her relationship with her mother, who she describes as ‘my shelter and my storm'.The poet Sarah Howe won the TS Eliot prize for poetry for her debut collection, Loop of Jade. In her new work, Foretokens, she returns to the complex inheritance of family and language, as she tries to piece together the fragmentary, often mythical, early life of her Chinese mother, given away at birth. The academic Lea Ypi travels through the history of Ottoman aristocracy to the making of modern Albania and the early days of communism as she attempts to retrace the life of her beloved grandmother. In her new book, Indignity: A Life Reimagined, she reveals the fragility of truth, as her own memories collide with secret police reports and newly discovered photographs.Producer: Katy Hickman Assistant Producer: Natalia Fernandez

Today's episode is the first in a three-part conversation with philosopher and writer Lea Ypi about the idea of dignity and its role in the history of ideas and in the story of our lives. What is the difference between dignity and dignitas? How does our conception of dignity shape the ways that we think about death? And why is Kant so important for showing what the idea of dignity is capable of? Out tomorrow on PPF+: Part 2 of this conversation, in which David and Lea explore the role of dignity in human rights and in identity politics and ask how much it matters that our politics has become so undignified. To get this and all our bonus episodes plus ad-free listening sign up now to PPF+ https://www.ppfideas.com/join-ppf-plus Lea Ypi's new book is Indignity: A Life Reimagined – get it wherever you get your books. ⁠https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/458930/indignity-by-ypi-lea/9780241661925⁠ Tickets are available now for a special recording of PPF Live at the Cheltenham Literature Festival on Wednesday 15th October: Who Rules The World? Trump, Tech and the Fight for the Future. David will be talking to writer, philosopher and ex-politician Bruno Macaes plus a special guest to be announced about where the power really lies. Get your tickets now ⁠https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/who-rules-the-world-trump-tech-and-the-fight-for-the-future⁠ Next time: Lea Ypi talks about her remarkable new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the Albanian-born political philosopher Lea Ypi, whose new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined reconstructs the story of her grandmother's early life amid the turbulence of the early and mid twentieth century. She talks to me about using the techniques of fiction to supply the gaps in the archive, about Albania's troubling position as a tiny power among great ones, why the fight between Kant and Nietzsche remains a live one — and how online trolls sparked her quest for a restorative account of her beloved grandmother's life.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gideon talks to Albanian academic Lea Ypi about her book Indignity. In the book, she describes how living first under the Ottoman empire, then as part of fascist Italy and later in a post-war communist state affected the lives of her grandparents. They discuss possible parallels between the first half of the 20th century and the times we are living in today and ask what lessons can be drawn from this history to avoid making the same mistakes. Clip: AQSHFFree links to read more on this topic:Kant and the case for peaceAlbania's ‘old sheriff' on course to win fourth term as prime ministerWhy the EU's migration dilemma is pushing the bloc further rightSubscribe to The Rachman Review wherever you get your podcasts - please listen, rate and subscribe.Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner and the executive producer is Flo Phillips.Follow Gideon on Bluesky or X @gideonrachman.bsky.social, @gideonrachmanRead a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest in this week's Book Club podcast is the Albanian-born political philosopher Lea Ypi, whose new book Indignity: A Life Reimagined reconstructs the story of her grandmother's early life amid the turbulence of the early and mid twentieth century. She talks to me about using the techniques of fiction to supply the gaps in the archive, about Albania's troubling position as a tiny power among great ones, why the fight between Kant and Nietzsche remains a live one — and how online trolls sparked her quest for a restorative account of her beloved grandmother's life. Become a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find out more.For more Spectator podcasts, go to spectator.co.uk/podcastsContact us: podcast@spectator.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.