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Critical Theory in Context
Center for Humanities and Social Change in Berlin
13 episodes
4 months ago
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.
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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.
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Critical Theory in Context
“The Focus on Black People Really Helps”
In this episode, the Centre Directors Rahel Jaeggi and Robin Celikates speak with this year’s Benjamin Chair, Tommie Shelby, about his beginnings as a philosopher, his particular approach to philosophy, Marxism, the Black Radical Tradition, about solidarity and his plans for the Benjamin Lectures on „The Polictical Ethics of the Oppressed“. Tommie Shelby is Lee Simpkins Family Professor of Arts and Sciences and the Caldwell Titcomb Professor in the Department of African and African American Studies and the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University. Tommie Shelby holds the Benjamin Chair 2025 at the Centre for Social Critique. Shelby will deliver the Walter Benjamin Lectures entitled “Political Ethics of the Oppressed – On Freedom, Solidarity, and Self-Respect” at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) on the 18th, 19th and 20th of June 2025. With special thanks to: Isette Schuhmacher (Co-Moderation, Editorial Processing) und Marvin Ester (Mixing, Audio-Editing, Cut).
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8 months ago
44 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
Solidarische Stadt: Soziale Kämpfe und ein Masterplan gegen Armut
In dieser Folge spricht Isette Schuhmacher mit Katja Kipping, der ehemaligen Berliner Senatorin für Integration, Arbeit und Soziales, dem Stadtforscher und Aktivisten Andrej Holm und Susanne Hinneberg, die für querstadtein e.V. Stadtrundgänge zum Thema Obdachlosigkeit anbietet, über das Thema „Solidarische Stadt: Soziale Kämpfe und ein Masterplan gegen Armut“. Armut meint dabei nicht nur das Leben am Existenzminimum. Sie betrifft die gesellschaftliche Teilhabe und bedeutet den Ausschluss von den Qualitäten und Infrastrukturen der Stadt. Die augenscheinlichste Form von Armut ist Obdach- und Wohnungslosigkeit, die Berlin bis 2030 mit einem „Masterplan“ abschaffen will. Wir diskutieren in dieser Folge, was dieser Masterplan vorsieht, was es braucht um Obdachlosigkeit abzuschaffen und welche strukturellen Hindernisse einem solidarischen Miteinander im Wege stehen.
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1 year ago
1 hour

Critical Theory in Context
„A Precarious Happiness“ – Peter E. Gordon on the Sources of Normativity in Adorno
In this episode, Marvin Ester interviews Peter E. Gordon about his new book, 'Precarious Happiness: Adorno and the Sources of Normativity.' Gordon is the Amabel B. James Professor of History and a faculty affiliate in the Departments of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Government, and Philosophy at Harvard University. In 'Precarious Happiness,' Gordon argues that Theodor W. Adorno's social critique—contrary to what is often assumed—is, in all its ruthlessness, still grounded in the however fragile experience of happiness that hints at an unfulfilled potential for human flourishing. Peter E. Gordon, A Precarious Happiness: Adorno and the Sources of Normativity, The University of Chicago Press, 320 pages, 2023. Peter E. Gordon, Prekäres Glück: Adorno und die Quellen der Normativität, 470 pages, Suhrkamp, 2023.
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1 year ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
Vergesellschaftung
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 stehen grundlegende Transformationen bevor. Vergesellschaftung beansprucht diese Transformation aktiv und basisdemokratisch zu gestalten: Gemeineigentum und Demokratie sollen als nachhaltige Krisenlösung für lang vernachlässigte Probleme gelten. In dieser Folge diskutieren Justus Henze, Selana Tzschiesche und Jacob Blumenfeld mit Isette Schuhmacher über die Notwendigkeit von Vergesellschaftung, die historischen Ziele und Mechanismen von Vergesellschaftungskämpfen, sowie die Bedingungen gelungener Vergesellschaftungsprozesse und werfen einen besonderen Blick auf Vergesellschaftungsbestrebungen im Energiesektor.
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1 year ago
1 hour 1 minute

Critical Theory in Context
Special Issue: New Revolutionary Subjects
A multitude of social and political crises concerning, among others, public health, environmental justice, poverty, border struggles, and the rise of nationalist forces have brought the question of radical change – and its subject – back on the table. Herbert Marcuse, whose birthday was celebrated for the 125th time this July, prominently questioned the role of the proletariat as the sole and determined driving force of social revolutions. Not only did he analyze the fact that the proletariat had failed to fulfill its intended role in the 1930s, but he was also among the first of his peers to recognize a previously underappreciated candidate for the role of “catalyst” of revolutions to come: the groups and social movements formed by and around the socially marginalized. Much has changed since Marcuse’s famous “Essay on Liberation”, and thus the search for revolutionary subjects is, once again, on. In this special issue of “Critical Theory in Context”, we invited some of the most interesting contemporary theorists of revolution and social movements to discuss in Marcuse’s spirit the pressing questions raised by the persisting crises we face today: Who are the collective agents that have both the will and the ability to profoundly transform societies? Does it make sense to think about future revolutions as driven by a definable subject? And can the revolution be predicted? We present the full recording of the public roundtable that took place at Vierte Welt Berlin and was part of our Critical Theory Summer School: Radical Social Change. You can find more information about our annual Summer School on criticaltheoryinberlin.de. Participants of the debate, hosted by Robin Celikates, were Gianfranco Casuso, Alex Demirović, Verónica Gago, Sally Haslanger, Rahel Jaeggi, and Eva von Redecker. With special thanks to Vierte Welt Berlin Amin Wagner (Audio-Recording) Lane Hots (Mixing, Mastering and Audio-Restauration) Josefine Berkholz (Audio-Editing and Postproduction)
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2 years ago
1 hour 37 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
On the Relationship between Philosophy and Activism
What is the relationship between social theoretical reflection and practical struggles? What contribution can theory make when it is in conversation with social movements? And what are the major challenges that social movements are facing today? In this episode, this year's Benjamin Chair Sally Haslanger speaks about her activist trajectory and understanding of the relationship between philosophy and activism.
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2 years ago
55 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
Kritik der Polizei
Durch die Black Lives Matter Proteste, aber auch Nachrichten über rechtsextreme Zellen in der Polizei und die Thematisierung von racial profiling, ist in den letzten Jahren die Kritik der Polizei wieder verstärkt in den Fokus öffentlicher Debatten und linker Praxis gerückt. Wie aber verstehen wir die gesellschaftliche Funktion der Polizei? Wie und wo sollte eine Kritik der Polizei ansetzen? Welche Möglichkeiten gibt es, die Polizei zu demokratisieren? Und welche Alternativen sind möglich, wenn wir die Polizei abschaffen wollten? Rahel Jaeggi im Gespräch mit Christina Clemm, Tobias Singelnstein und Daniel Loick zu Perspektiven und Möglichkeiten einer Kritik der Polizei.
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2 years ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
Structural Racism in Practice
Talking and thinking about race and racism has once again become a contested terrain of social, political and also symbolic struggles. The concept of structural racism lies at the center of these debates. Anti-racist struggles and social movements as well as a new wave of critical theorizing about race and racism have focused our attention on this concept, emphasizing the structural nature of racism. But there is also a massive public backlash against (largely imaginary constructions of) critical race theory which focuses on this term, attacking its presumably unscientific and ideological character. Where are we in the debates and conceptual struggles about racism today? What is structural racism? What are the practical and theoretical advantages and disadvantages of different concepts of racism? What are the practical and theoretical advantages and disadvantages of different concepts of racism? And how do they allow us to fight racism effectively? These are the question Robin Celikates discusses with Magali Bessone and César Cabezas in this episode.
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3 years ago
1 hour 35 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
The nascent anti-war movement in Russia
In this special episode of Critical Theory in Context, Robin Celikates is joined by Greg Yudin, a prominent voice of the Russian anti-war protests. With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the focus is rightly on what is happening on the ground, in Ukraine, and on the international reaction to the war. At the same time, Russians around the world and in Russia itself have come out to protest against the war and the Putin government. In the conversation, Robin and Greg discuss the reactions of the Russian population to the war in Ukraine, possible fractures within the Russian elite, the prospects for resistance, and the responses of the Western left to this war.
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3 years ago
43 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
Critical Philosophy of Race
In dieser Folge spricht Robin Celikates mit Kristina Lepold und Marina Martinez Mateo über Anspruch und Zielsetzung des von ihnen herausgegebenen Readers zum Thema „Critical Philosophy of Race.“ Neben einer umfassenden und instruktiven Einleitung der Herausgeberinnen versammelt der Band eine Auswahl einschlägiger Texte dieser noch jungen Disziplin, um sie - zum Teil in deutscher Erstübersetzung – einem deutschsprachigen Publikum zugänglich zu machen. In dem Gespräch geht es unter anderem um die Fragen, welchen Beitrag die Philosophie zur begrifflichen Erfassung des Rassismus leisten kann; welche Schwierigkeiten und Herausforderungen sich für die Übertragung der US-amerikanischen Diskussion und ihrer Kategorien auf den europäischen und den deutschen Kontext ergeben; und welche Implikationen die Critical Philosophy of Race spezifisch für die Kritische Theorie haben kann – und haben sollte
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3 years ago
1 hour 11 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
Welche Gesellschaftstheorie braucht eine Kritische Theorie heute?
Die Folge bietet einen Einblick in die Diskussionen eines internen Workshops zu der Frage: „Welche Gesellschaftstheorie braucht eine Kritische Theorie heute?“, der im Rahmen des At-Work Formats des Centers for Humanities and Social Change in Berlin im Dezember 2021 veranstaltet wurde. Das Anliegen des Workshops war es, verschiedene Ansätze zu diskutieren, an die heutige Versuche, eine umfassende Gesellschaftstheorie zu entwerfen, wieder anknüpfen könnten. Beteiligt am Workshop waren Lillian Cicerchia, Victor Kempf, Kristina Lepold, Kolja Möller, Dirk Quadflieg, Hartmut Rosa, Martin Saar und Titus Stahl. Christian Schmidt spricht mit Dirk Quadflieg, Kolja Möller und Titus Stahl, um einige Einblicke in die Diskussion unseres Workshops zu ermöglichen und einige der vorgestellten Thesen zu vertiefen. Rahel Jaeggi präsentiert vorab die einleitenden Thesen, die zur Vorbereitung des Workshops im Rahmen der Diskussionen des Centers for Humanities and Social Change entwickelt wurden.
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3 years ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
On the Danger of Fossil Fascism
In this episode we discuss what "fossil fascism" is and how dangerous it can become. What are the positions of the far right on the ecological crisis – and how have they evolved historically? How does right-wing ideology operate on issues of ecology? What are the current trends that may enable a “fossil fascism”? And what lessons can we draw from these analyses to counter this danger more effectively?
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4 years ago
1 hour 4 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
Climates of Capital
The blind dynamic of capital accumulation decides many of the most fundamental social questions behind our backs. Now, it is high time to put them on the political agenda. In our first episode Nancy Fraser debates her recent analysis of capitalism’s ecological contradictions and crises tendencies with Rahel Jaeggi. What does the acute threat of climate catastrophe mean for our relation to nature? What kind of crisis is it that we are facing and why is capitalism unable to solve it? How are the manifold struggles over ecology, anti-racism, care-work and democracy interconnected? Join us for answers in this first episode of Critical Theory in Context with Nancy Fraser and Rahel Jaeggi.
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4 years ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Critical Theory in Context
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.