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The Ring: it is a symbol of limitless power and riches, corrupting the mighty and keeping the masses in servitude. In Der Ring des Nibelungen – Wagner’s four-part opera masterpiece – this old, corrupt world goes up in flames to make way for a new world of brotherhood, beauty and love. But what will guide us when the old gods, values and traditions have been destroyed? What will a new world order look like?
The Ring: it is a symbol of limitless power and riches, corrupting the mighty and keeping the masses in servitude. In Der Ring des Nibelungen – Wagner’s four-part opera masterpiece – this old, corrupt world goes up in flames to make way for a new world of brotherhood, beauty and love. But what will guide us when the old gods, values and traditions have been destroyed? What will a new world order look like?
Keynote lecture with Michael Ignatieff
Roundtable conversation with Michael Ignatieff, Michael Mullen, Mitchell Cohen, Sima Samar, Peter Frankopan, Eric Li, José Manuel Barroso, Alexander Schimmelbusch
moderated by Rob Riemen
Roundtable conversation with Deborah Voigt, Ben Goertzel, Karol Berger, Lila Azam Zanganeh, Pierre Audi, Leon Wieseltier
moderated by Rob Riemen
When he started working on his Ring des Nibelungen in 1848, the year of revolution, Wagner was convinced that a new civilization, a new world order can only come about if the old world is first destroyed, if a true Götterdämmerung takes place.
