Prof. Dr. Sighard Neckel, Professor Emeritus of Social Analysis and Social Change at the University of Hamburg, will be giving a lecture at Paderborn University on Tuesday, 1 July, entitled "The Decay of Democratic Orders – Postdemocracy, Refeudalisation and the Axis of Autocracies". In it, he addresses the widespread perception that central social orders are currently faltering. Much of what has supported the stability of states, democracies and international law since the 1950s appears to be disintegrating. The lecture is part of the seminar "Sociological Diagnoses of the Times", in which participants deal with current analyses and interpretations of social theory. Interested citizens are cordially invited to attend the lecture and the subsequent discussion from 9 to 11 a.m. in room P1.1.01 at Paderborn University. Registration is not required.

"The gradual erosion of institutions, political alliances and even economic guidelines that many have long believed in is a key factor in the feeling of disintegration," explains Dr. Sarah Lenz, who is leading the seminar at Paderborn University. In his lecture, Prof. Neckel also addresses the fact that the disintegration of democratic structures does not only affect the political system, but is particularly evident there. He explores the question of what the stability of modern social systems is based on – and under what conditions they can be democratically organised.

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