DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies –

Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory

DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies –

Constellations, Heuristics, and Concepts of the Contradictory

The Power of the Powerless

Internal, Talk

Prof. Dr. Susanne Schattenberg (RTG Contradiction Studies)

11/1/2022
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm

U Bremen GRA2 0030

Readings

Havel, Václav. 1985. The Power of the powerless. In Havel, Václav, John Keane & Steven Lukes (eds.), The Power of the Powerless: Citizens against the state in central-eastern Europe, 23–96. London: Routledge.

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