Contradiction Studies

Profit et rien d’autre | Profit and nothing but! (Film and Discussion)

Prof. Gisela Febel (RTG Contradiction Studies)

06/20/2024 3:15 pm 5:45 pm

U Bremen GRA 2 0030 & online

Documentary about the effects of market economy and globalization on director Raoul Peck’s homeland, Haiti.

Profit et rien d’autre!
(2001, 57 Min, French with German subtitles)
The English version can be seen here

Introduction to the work of Roaul Peck and moderation of the discussion by Gisela Febel.

View more Information on the Documentary (in German) here.

Back to overview
every day

“Living in contradictions is what we experience every day. Why do we know so little about it?”

Gisela Febel
relational

“At first I thought contradiction was always a relational thing; but the more I ponder it, the more I think contradiction creates relation.”

Ingo H. Warnke
earthing

“Geography as a discipline stands for a certain worlding, if not earthing, of contradiction, in both theoretical and pracitcal respect.”

Julia Lossau
hierarchy of norms

“If social contradictions are reflected in law, law cannot form a hierarchy of norms free of contradictions.”

Andreas Fischer-Lescano
sustained engagement

“The history of Western philosophy can be understood as a sustained engagement with contradiction.”

Norman Sieroka