Lecture at the 8th Conference on Environment and Law (ProKUR) for doctoral candidates in public law with an environmental focus in Cologne.
problem to be solved
“Contradiction is not primarily a problem to be solved but a motor we cannot do without.”
Martin Nonhoff
decolonial scholarship
“Creating decentralizing and decolonizing scholarship on contradiction, contradictory phenomena, and contradicting processes is a challenging task.”
Kerstin Knopf
every day
“Living in contradictions is what we experience every day. Why do we know so little about it?”
Gisela Febel
driver
“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka
Is contradiction eurocentric?
“Is contradiction a eurocentric concept, operational phenomenon, and instrument of power?”
Kerstin Knopf