Dipesh Chakrabarty

—Lecture
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Laureate of the European Essay Prize 2024

—Presentation Speech
Jacques Zwahlen
Member of the jury of the European Essay Prize

—Introduction
Christelle Fourlon-Kouayep
Editor at Gallimard Publishing

—Welcome speech
Cyril Veillon
President of the jury of the European Essay Prize and of the Charles Veillon Foundation

—Photos
© Sylvain Chabloz
© Solène Hoffmann
28/08/2024
Lausanne Palace

Dipesh Chakrabarty, laureate of the European Essay Prize, discusses with Valérie Boisvert (Institute of Geography and Sustainability, University of Lausanne), Rahel Kunz (Institute of Political Studies, University of Lausanne), Ola Söderström (Institute of Geography, University of Neuchâtel).
Moderator: Francesco Panese (member of the jury of the European Essay Prize, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne).
Welcome by Vincent Baudriller, Director of the Théâtre Vidy-Lausanne and Cyril Veillon, President of the Charles Veillon Foundation.

In partnership with Université de Lausanne and Théâtre de Vidy.

”Can Homo sapiens learn to be Homo prudens, whatever the political battles that divide us? I should clarify that a project that seeks to understand human loss of reverence for the world they found themselves in is not a project of renouncing the moral courage that humans have always needed in their struggles against various form of domination and exploitation, including those that have been made possible by modern human’s profligate use of fossil fuels. Indeed, such moral courage can easily coexist with the spirit of reverence.”

Dipesh Chakrabarty