theorieblog.de | Critical Theory Roundtable (Berlin)

16. Juni 2017, Huber

In Berlin findet am 22. Juni (18 bis 21 Uhr) zum dritten Mal der vom Lehrstuhl Jaeggi organisierte Critical Theory Roundtable statt. Prof Maeve Cooke (University College Dublin) trägt zum Thema „Forever Resisitant? Adorno and Political Protest“ vor, Arnd Pollmann kommentiert. Um Anmeldung (bei workshops.sozialphilosophie@hu-berlin.de) bis 20. Juni wird gebeten.

Hier ein Abstract des Vortrages (der im Voraus unter den TeilnehmerInnen zirkuliert wird):

While Max Horkheimer defined Critical Theory as the intellectual side of political struggles, Theodor Adorno is notorious for his skepticism vis-a-vis political action, most pronounced in his uneasy relation to the ’68 students movement. Maeve Cooke traces this back to a problematic conception of the (dis-)connection between theory and practice in Adorno’s philosophy. Against what she calls Adornos „negative politics“, Cooke promotes Horkheimer’s insight that Critical Theory is not a placeholder for, but a disclosive agent of social transformation. Aiming to overcome the quietist and elitist aspects inherent to Adorno’s approach, Cooke nevertheless seeks recourse to one key Adornian motif, the role he assigns to language-transcending ethical experiences. She thus opposes postures of defeatist withdrawal and carves out a model of Critical Theory especially attuned to constructive forms of political protest, dissidence and disobedience.


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