Kolloquium Contradiction Studies
Text Discussion on the Topic Contradictions of Care Work: Capitalism, Governmental Precarization and Care Strikes
driver
“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”
Norman Sieroka
problem to be solved
“Contradiction is not primarily a problem to be solved but a motor we cannot do without.”
Martin Nonhoff
name contradiction
“Contradiction becomes real where someone names contradiction.”
Ingo H. Warnke
limits
“Resistance is a democratic right, sometimes a duty. With literature we can find models for this right and think about its limits.”
Gisela Febel
power and resistance
“Michel Foucault says: “Where there is power, there is resistance, and […] this resistance is never in a position of exteriority in relation to power” (History of Sexuality I, The Will to Knowledge, 1976, p. 95)”
Gisela Febel