Critical Theory in Context
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What are the crucial conflicts of our time? What hopes and wishes for a better future are expressed within these conflicts? The podcast Critical Theory in Context combines analysis of the present with perspectives on societal transformation. We host conversations with theorists and activists about social crises and the possibilities of their emancipatory overcoming.
Critical Theory in Context
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Vergesellschaftung erlebt gegenwärtig in der öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Debatte ein Revival. Es ist vor allem der Kampagne Deutsche Wohnen und Co enteignen zu verdanken, dass das Konzept heute erneut aufs Tableau gebracht wurde und, auch über den Bereich des Wohnens hinaus, als politische Alternative und Strategie sozialer Veränderung zurück ist. Vergesellschaftung ist nicht zuletzt eine erfolgreiche soziale Bewegung von unten, die mit ihren Kämpfen auf die Krisen der gegenwärtigen Zeit reagiert. Zentralen Lebensbereichen wie dem Wohnen, der Energie, Mobilität, Bildung oder Gesundheit ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
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A roundtable in memoriam of Herbert Marcuse
Speakers:
**Gianfranco Casuso **is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Humanities at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, and director of the Research Group on Critical Theory at the same university. His teaching and research areas are political and social philosophy, the philosophy of economics, as well as theories of democracy, critical theory of society and modern philosophy with special emphasis on the philosophy of German idealism. He is currently working on the links between classical and contemporary critical theory and Latin ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
2y ago
Magali Bessone and César Cabezas in conversation with Robin Celikates
Magali Bessone is Professor for Philosophy at Sorbonne University, Paris.
Her research focuses on contemporary theories of justice in relation to critical theories of race and racism. For many years her work has been devoted to developing a philosophical perspective on anti-racism, anti-discrimination, and the responsibility for colonialism and slavery. She is the author of numerous books in French on these topics, including a book for the general public: Magali Bessone (2018) Les races, ça existe ou pas ?, Paris, Gallimard ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
2y ago
Magali Bessone and César Cabezas in conversation with Robin Celikates
Magali Bessone is Professor for Philosophy at Sorbonne University, Paris.
Her research focuses on contemporary theories of justice in relation to critical theories of race and racism. For many years her work has been devoted to developing a philosophical perspective on anti-racism, anti-discrimination, and the responsibility for colonialism and slavery. She is the author of numerous books in French on these topics, including a book for the general public: Magali Bessone (2018) Les races, ça existe ou pas ?, Paris, Gallimard ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
2y ago
Mit einer Einführung von Rahel Jaeggi. Dirk Quadflieg, Kolja Möller und Titus Stahl im Gespräch mit Christian Schmidt.
Weitere Informationen zum Inhalt und Programm des Workshops finden sich in der Veranstaltungsbeschreibung auf unserer Website.
Iris Marion Young (1994) “Gender as Seriality: Thinking about Women as a Social Collective.” Signs, vol. 19, no. 3, University of Chicago Press, pp. 713–38, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3174775
In der nächsten Folge spricht Robin Celikates mit Kristina Lepold und Marina Martinez Mateo, über den von ihnen eingeleiteten und herausgegebenen Reader zu Criti ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
2y ago
Nancy Fraser in conversation with Rahel Jaeggi
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Rahel Jaeggi is Professor of Practical Philosophy with an emphasis on Social and Political Philosophy and director of the Center for Humanities and Social Change Berlin at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Nancy Fraser is the Henry and Louise A. Loeb Professor of Philosophy and Politics at the New School for Social Research. She works on social and political theory, feminist theory, and contemporary French and German thought.
In her work, Nancy Fraser has developed a theoretical framework that focuses on th ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
2y ago
Robin Celikates in conversation with Greg Yudin
Greg is professor of political philosophy at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences and a regular contributor to the online platform open democracy as well as to independent Russian media platforms such as Projekt (which has already been banned) and Republic (that has come under increasing pressure by the state apparatus). Two days before the invasion, on 22 February 2022, Greg predicted that Putin was "about to start the most senseless war in our history ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
2y ago
Robin Celikates im Gespräch mit Kristina Lepold und Marina Martinez Mateo
Kristina Lepold ist Juniorprofessorin für Sozialphilosophie/Kritische Theorie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Marina Martinez Mateo ist Juniorprofessorin für Medien- und Technikphilosophie an der Akademie der bildenden Künste München.
Im Dezember 2021 ist von ihnen bei Suhrkamp erschienen Critical Philosophy of Race. Ein Reader
Weitere Publikationen:
Lepold, Kristina und Mateo, Marina Martinez. "Schwerpunkt: Critical Philosophy of Race" Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, vol. 67, no. 4, 2019, pp. 572-588. https ..read more
Critical Theory in Context
2y ago
Andreas Malm and Lise Benoist (Zetkin-Collective) in conversation with Christian Schmidt
Guests are Andreas Malm and Lise Benoist from the Zetkin Collective.
We are talking about their recently published book “White Skin, Black Fuel: On the Danger of Fossil Fascism”, which came out with Verso in 2021.
The history of fossil capital has been one of the central concerns of Andreas Malm’s work. In his book entitled “Fossil Capital: The Rise of Steam Power and the Roots of Global Warming”, which was published in 2016, Andreas Malm traces the historical rise of steam power and shows that the develop ..read more