The Society of Living Thinkers

Interesting new topical themes in the popular club!

Living Thinkers' Society is a discussion and debating club that has been running as part of Espoo City Theatre since 2003. Its guest speakers have included writers, poets, philosophers, politicians, agents, professors from different fields, artists and musicians. Topics have included everything from freedom to celebrity, crime to death, creativity to happiness...

Autumn events will see some hard talking about the economy, politics and energy consumption

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 Please check our web site www.espoonteatteri.fi for a full list of previous themes, chairpersons and guests.

Highly topical themes and interesting guests in autumn 2010

Mon 6.9 POLITICAL THEATRE - STAGE ECONOMICS

With guests scriptwriter and director Juha Jokela and theatre director and chief editor Susanna Kuparinen ---

Mon 27.9 THE GLOBAL ECONOMY - FINLAND

With guests Kimmo Sasi MP and Professor of History Markku Kuisma --- 

Mon 8.11 CAPITALISM - THE MARKET ECONOMY - POLITICS

With guests publisher and journalist Niklas Herlin and Sirpa Pietikäinen MEP ---

Mon 29.11 ENERGY - THE FUTURE

With guest writer Risto Isomäki  --- 

Themes and guests in spring 2010

February 22: LIMITS AND MORALS
The discussion will include e.g. otherness, legality, hiding and responsibility. The guest speakers will be Professor of adult pedagogy Juha Suoranta and Katja Tuominen, who will represent the Free Movement network. The evening will be chaired by Hanna Nikkanen editor of the web magazine Fifi.

March 22: RELIGION AND POLITICS
The good and bad aspects of mixing religion and politics, the conflict between the Christian west and political Islam, the differences between secular and religious worldviews. The guest speakers will be columnist and clergyman Jaakko Heinimäki and anthropologist and Islam researcher Susanne Dahlgren. The evening will be chaired by Voima magazine's Tuomas Rantanen.

April 19: GENDER AND FILM
The discussion will cover e.g. how changing gender roles can be seen in films and film-making. The guest speakers will be film directors Aleksi Salmenperä and Saara Cantell. The evening will be chaired by Voima magazine's Tuomas Rantanen.

May 10: HUMANITY AND TECHNOLOGY
Jonathan Glover's pamphlet about foetus diagnosis and human gene manipulation is based on the issue of how the development of technology is changing our idea of humanity and if we are prepared for these developments which are already under way. The guest speakers will be disabled people's activist Kalle Könkkölä and Mianna Meskus, a sociologist who recently defended her PhD thesis on the social impact of new ideas and technologies around genes. The evening will be chaired by Voima magazine's Tuomas Rantanen.

Changes are possible.