Contradiction Studies

Insights into the Work of U Bremen Contradiction Studies

Prof. Ingo H. Warnke (RTG Contradiction Studies) & Lara Herford

06/24/2023 2:00 pm 3:30 pm

TU Dresden

DeMarg 5 International Conference »Tracing Forms of De/Marginalization« – Research Window: Insights into Current DeMarg-relevant Projects

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l’illusion d’une unité

“Foucault speaks of contradiction as l’illusion d’une unité.”

Ingo H. Warnke
paradox

“The basis of law is not an idea as a systematic unified principle but a paradox.”

Andreas Fischer-Lescano
idea of democratic critique

“If you think that acts of contradicting someone always need to point to better solutions, you haven’t really understood the idea of democratic critique.”

Martin Nonhoff
Is contradiction eurocentric?

“Is contradiction a eurocentric concept, operational phenomenon, and instrument of power?”

Kerstin Knopf
space

“According to Niklas Luhmann, space is a ‘special facility to negate contradictions’”.

Julia Lossau