“We must not allow ourselves to be defenseless and speechless,” said the new peace prize winner of the German book trade, Carolin Emcke on Sunday in the Frankfurt St. Paul’s Church, where she accepted the award. Emcke called for resistance of civil society against hatred and violence. Alone this is not possible, she admitted. “It takes everyone in the civil society. Democratic history is made by all.”
The 49-year-old Berliner was awarded the peace prize, one of the most important social awards of the Federal Republic of Germany, for their contribution to the social dialogue. The prize, awarded since 1950 and is endowed with 25,000 Euro. Among the approximately 1000 guests, the Ceremony, German President Joachim Gauck. The laudatory speech was held by the philosopher Seyla Benhabib.
“freedom is not something that one possesses, but something that you do,” said Richter. Therefore, responses to the current climate of fanaticism and violence in Europe are not expected to be delegated to the policy. “For all of the everyday forms of disrespect and humiliation (…), and we are all responsible,” she said.
Emcke appealed to anyone in the world. To do this, it also needs the role models, and on Offices and authorities, as well as in the theatre and in films.
“human rights setting are pre-batch”
The “populists and fanatics,” who called for a “homogeneous people” or a “true Religion”, to Emcke, the “ambiguous” and the “individually Unique”. “Diversity is not a sufficient reason for exclusion,” said they, “Similarity is not a necessary condition for fundamental rights.” The “social pathology” of our time is to sort the people, “according to terms and skin colors, according to their origin and Faith, sexuality and Body issues”. This will then be justified exclusion and violence.
“human rights are presuppositionless. You can and do not need to be earned. There are no conditions that must be met for someone to be recognized as a human being and will be protected,” stressed Richter. To designs by “liking or disliking, approval or disgust individual lives, social practices or religious Beliefs should not play a role,” she said. “This is the core of a liberal, open, secular society.”
Carolin Emcke in the Interview
Sober Chronicler of a “world in turmoil”
In her speech, Benhabib Emckes narrative art raised in the center. In a unique blend of Reportage, philosophical Reflection and literary composition you bring down the walls of silence and suffering.
exchange club, the head of Heinrich Riethmüller praised Emcke as a sober Chronicler of a “world in turmoil”. “She writes what others tell you and what they themselves feel, and often fear, anger and helplessness.” Emcke make clear, “that there is a connection between violence and language and violence and lack of voice”.
human diversity
Richter is one of the most distinguished journalists and Intellectuals of the Republic. Has made a name for themselves especially with their Reports from war and crisis zones. In her new book, “Against hatred”, she writes against the religious and nationalist fanaticism, and opposes to him a human picture of the diversity.
the previous peace prize intellectuals and authors such as Amos Oz, Vaclav Havel, Jürgen Habermas, Susan Sontag, David Grossman, Liao Yiwu, and Svetlana Alexievich. In the past year, the writer and Orientalist Navid Kermani had received the award.
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