Blaise Pascal once wrote that all of man’s unhappiness comes from not sitting still in his room. But you could also say the opposite: traveling is part of the human condition. But why - and what do we learn when we are on the road? How do we move - and with what? A conversation about traveling, wandering ideas, the joy of the unknown and the fear of it.
About the person
Elmar Schenkel, born in 1953, professor emeritus of English literature, author, translator, painter, lives in Leipzig. He has written books about his travels, for example about Japan, India, Russia, Romania and America. In the essay collections “Vom Rausch der Reise” (2012) and “Unterwegs nach Xanadu” (2021), he has reflected on travel as such and travelers between East and West.
