Lea Ypi on Indignity and The Fragility of Truth

Following the international success of her memoir Free: Coming of Age at the End of History (2021), Indignity is a powerful call to think differently about memory, survival, and solidarity in an age of crisis. Drawing on philosophy and autobiographical reflection, the book offers a sweeping reimagining of Europe’s past—from the world of Ottoman aristocracy to the making of modern Greece and Albania, through war, the dawn of communism, and the global financial crisis.

This evening with Lea Ypi explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes and reveals the fragility of truth—both personal and political. Moving between present and past, archive and imagination, fact and fiction, Indignity raises difficult questions: What do we really know about the people closest to us? And with what moral authority do we judge the acts of previous generations?