Srećko Horvat: After the Apocalypse: Melancholia is a Luxury!

In the framework of the Refleks program by Drugo more association, philosopher Srećko Horvat will give a lecture on Friday, February 9, at 7 p.m. in the large hall of Filodrammatica (Korzo 28/1, Rijeka) titled “After the Apocalypse: Melancholia is a Luxury!” Admission is free.
Recently, there was news that a startup from Greenland is starting to pack and send “Arctic ice” from thawed glaciers to be used in cocktail bars in Dubai, purportedly contributing to the “green transition.” Instead of a fundamental change of the system leading to the climate crisis and war, we find ourselves again in a “transition.” Widespread war, the climate crisis, nuclear threat, microplastics, and daily violence make it challenging to find news that is not apocalyptic. However, what if our reality is already post-apocalyptic? What if we don’t understand “apocalypse” literally as the “end of the world” but as a “revelation”: what is the current apocalypse revealing? The lecture will explore our contemporary post-apocalyptic Zeitgeist, various reactions to the end (denial, melancholy, depression), concepts such as “supraliminal,” “apocalyptic blindness,” commodification, and fetishism of the Apocalypse.