Cambridge Forum is pleased to partner with Harvard Book Store for the launch of Naomi Klein’s latest book, Doppelganger. The event will be recorded live in First Parish Church, on Mass. Avenue in Harvard Square for later CF broadcast with the support of GBH Forum Network.
Award-winning author and Guardian columnist, Klein has departed from her usual topics with this newest book which enters more personal territory. Doppelganger uses the fact that Klein has often been mistaken for author Naomi Wolf, as a jumping-off point to explore conspiracy theories and what Klein calls the “Mirror World”. Klein looks at how “far-right movements feign solidarity with the working class, AI-generated content blurs the line between genuine and spurious, and new-age wellness entrepreneurs turned anti-vaxxers further scramble our familiar political alliances.” Doppelganger explores “what it feels like to watch one’s identity slip away in the digital ether, an experience many more of us will have in the age of AI”.
Naomi Klein is the award-winning author of international bestsellers including This Changes Everything, The Shock Doctrine, No Logo, and On Fire, which have been published in more than thirty-five languages. She is an associate professor in the department of geography at the University of British Columbia, the founding co-director of UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice.
Support our mission to provide free an open discussions about the pertinent issues and ideas confronting us, in the world today. Express your appreciation for our work – just hit the button below.