Events
Past Events
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General Assembly
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Hoffnung in hoffnungslosen ZeitenProf. John Holloway is known for his influential writings on the renewal of Marxist theory, the relationship between the state and capitalism and forms of anti-capitalist struggle. These include the books Changing the World Without Taking Power (2002), which was well received internationally and has since been translated into eleven languages, and Breaking Capitalism (2010). Together with his latest book Hope in Hopeless Times (2022), these have now become a trilogy. With his latest book, John Holloway dedicates himself to formulating an understanding of hope against the seemingly unstoppable destruction of our world that we are hurtling towards. He sees this hope as rooted in our “wealth”; a wealth that cannot be reduced to money and profit, but should be understood as an “overflowing” creativity that can enable radical social change and is therefore a source of hope. “Wealth versus money: this battle will decide the future of humanity”. The lecture is jointly organized by the Institute of Anthropology and Cultural Studies, Worlds of Contradiction (WoC), the DFG Research Training Group ContradictionStudies and the Department 09 and takes place as part of the lecture series “Challenge Climate Change – Cultural Studies Perspectives on Life in a Threatened World” and as part of the colloquium for political theory “Wilde Theorie”. The lecture will be held in German, with Q&A in German and English.
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Zwischen Linguistik, Widersprüchen und Feminismus. Ein Werkstattbericht zum Promotionsprojekt Abtreibung – Diachronie eines GegendiskursesGuest lecture as part of the seminar “Sprache, Wissen, Macht in biomedizinischen Diskursen” (Prof. Dr. Constanze Spieß and Lesley-Ann Kern)
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Contradicting Contradiction. Knowledge Production and the Pluriversal Turn
In my presentation I will draw on different examples to show how contradiction is a plural noun and a polysemous word. I will argue that rejecting the pluralism of contradiction functions (i) as a strategy gatekeep knowledge and (ii) as a means by those who […]
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Faculty Meeting
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Memory and Morals in Transnational Constellations
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Board Meeting
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Widerspruchsresponsives Recht. Nachhaltige (Rechts-)TransformationenAs part of the Transformationswerkstatt Nachhaltigkeit 2024 at the University of Kassel.
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Das Klima des Sozialismus. Demokratische Planwirtschaft als Utopie heute
Debates about a democratic-socialist planned economy are currently being are being intensified again. The main focus is on the question of how social production should actually be organized after capitalism capitalism: What can a utopia outside of markets, wage labour and markets, wage labor and exploitative relationships? Many of the concepts discussed today refer to the debates that took place back in the 1920s debates on the future vision of a post-capitalist society. post-capitalist society. For January 11, we have invited Samia Mohammed, who in her lecture will explore the question of the extent to which to what extent previous ideas of democratic-socialist planning are fruitful for a progressive overcoming of capitalism and market-based exchange. can be. She traces which models exist for the organization of a organization of a socialist economy exist and what gaps they have. Particularly with regard to natural and gender relations in particular, it quickly becomes apparent that previous approaches to organizing often fail to include these in a sensible include them in a reasonable way. How can these gaps be filled?
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Beyond Contradiction