De universiteit van het leven, is de vijfenzestigste aflevering van het essayistische tijdschrift in boekvorm Nexus. Rob Riemen, die in 1991 het tijdschrift Nexus heeft opgericht en sinds 1994 oprichter-directeur van het Nexus Instituut is, sprak met negentien vrienden in Europa, Amerika en het Midden-Oosten die allemaal de vijfenzestig gepasseerd zijn. Het zijn uitgevers, musici, schrijvers, filosofen, wetenschappers en een vakbondsman; mensen met een intellectuele, politieke of artistieke passie, die met hun uitzonderlijke talenten faam hebben verworven. Zij hebben een lange en uitzonderlijke levensreis achter de rug en zijn bij uitstek in staat antwoord te geven op de belangrijke vraag die in elk gesprek centraal stond: wat heeft het leven je geleerd? De Griekse filosoof Socrates vroeg eens: 'Als je alle boeken hebt gelezen, maar je kent jezelf niet, wat weet je dan?' Welk soort kennis hebben de negentien levensreizigers onderweg opgedaan? Wat geven zij aan inzicht en ervaring door aan ons, de lezers, die in zekere zin allemaal hun erfgenamen zijn? De levensverhalen, zo verscheiden van kleur en toon, zijn een onvergetelijk zelfportret, vol melancholie, humor, verontwaardiging, bemoediging en troost. Een unieke groep mensen laat ons delen in de wijsheid die zij hebben opgedaan aan de: 'de universiteit van het leven'.

Aan het woord komen:
Jordi Savall, barokmusicus
Peter Mayer, uitgever van o.a. Rushdies The Satanic Verses
Louis Begley, schrijver en overlevende van de Holocaust
Frido Mann, kleinzoon van Thomas Mann
Bernard Haitink, dirigent
Philippe de Montebello, directeur van het Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Benedetta Craveri, letterkundige
Simon Schama, historicus
Avishai Margalit, filosoof
Prins El Hassan Bin Talal, wereldburger
Nuria Schoenberg-Nono, dochter van Arnold Sch�nberg
Todd Gitlin, Amerikaans activist
Antonio Damasio, neurowetenschapper
Russell Sherman, pianist
David Dubal, pianoleraar aan de Juilliard School of Music
Ismail Serageldin, directeur van de Bibliotheek van Alexandri�
Andreas Landshoff, uitgever
Toon Riemen, vakbondsman

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