The lecture and discussion will be held in English. Based on Christian’s lecture titled “Poetics of Theory. Contradictory Narrations and Activist Theory Production” we will approach the question of contradiction/contradicting and its (reflexive) relation to the practice of theory.
Dr. Christian Leonhardt | InIIs
Samia Mohammed | InIIS & RTG Contradiction Studies
Carolin Zieringer | InIIS & RTG Contradiction Studies
“Resistance is a democratic right, sometimes a duty. With literature we can find models for this right and think about its limits.”
Gisela Febel
“Contradiction is not primarily a problem to be solved but a motor we cannot do without.”
Martin Nonhoff
“Living in contradictions is what we experience every day. Why do we know so little about it?”
Gisela Febel
“The imperative of non-contradiction generally produces a coherence in thought that is often at odds with social complexities.”
Yan Suarsana
“If social contradictions are reflected in law, law cannot form a hierarchy of norms free of contradictions.”
Andreas Fischer-Lescano