Author Daniel Schreiber will be reading from his book "Liebe! An appeal". The book is a personal appeal by the bestselling author for active resistance against a culture of hate.
He says: "Powerlessness has become the basic political feeling of our time. A rhetoric of hatred and contempt for humanity has hijacked the political discourse. Our coexistence is once again characterized by more violence. No wonder more and more people are abandoning their belief in political action and retreating into the private sphere." Many people are well aware that active resistance and collective action are needed right now. Schreiber poses the question: "But how can we succeed in finding a political stance that is able to counter the spreading climate of hatred?" In his new book, the author points out a radical path: A return to an idea of love as a political force. Using political, philosophical and socio-historical examples, he shows that this idea has triggered the greatest political revolutions.
A book about resistance and consolation - and finding one's own political voice again.
The author
Daniel Schreiber, born in 1977, is a writer. With his texts, he has shaped a new form of literary essay. His books - "Nüchtern" (2014), "Zuhause" (2017), "Allein" (2021) and "Die Zeit der Verluste" (2023) - were enthusiastically received by the feature pages and some were on the SPIEGEL bestseller and non-fiction bestseller lists for months.
Daniel Schreiber, who lived in New York for six years in the past and during this time wrote the highly acclaimed biography "Susan Sontag. Geist und Glamour", writes for national and international publications such as "DIE ZEIT" and "MOUSSE". He regularly translates from English, including the authors Mary Gaitskill and Garth Greenwell. In his monthly column "Was mich berührt" (What touches me), the bestselling author presents artists who move him personally in "WELTKUNST". Daniel Schreiber now lives in Berlin. His new collection of essays "Liebe! Ein Aufruf" (Hanser Berlin) was published in November 2025.
Admission tickets
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Advance booking offices: Buchhandlung im Ärztehaus in Lebenstedt and Buchhandlung Lesezeichen in Salzgitter-Bad.
Tickets cost 12 euros in advance and 14 euros at the box office.
