The end of the end of history

A conversation between Sergey Lebedev and Kathrine Tschemerinsky

The 20th century seems to be back – with devastating wars, confrontations between East and West, autocrats and dictators challenging the world order and new radicals seeking power. Which lessons from the past have we skipped or misinterpreted? Or didn't even recognise it? And what can we learn now?

Sergey Lebedev is the author of several novels, three of which have been published in Danish (Ved glemslens rand, Augustmennesker, En perfekt gift). He is also an internationally known essayist, who frequently comments on political and cultural developments in Russia. Lebedev is from Moscow but currently lives in Potsdam. A German translation of his latest book is forthcoming: an edited volume of texts by Russian writers protesting the war against Ukraine. 

Kathrine Tschemerinsky is a cultural editor at Weekendavisen. She is a trained anthropologist from the University of Copenhagen and Columbia University, New York. For several years she has been having an ongoing conversation with Sergey Lebedev about the times we live in.