Performing and Withstanding Contradictions or: an Uneasy Hunch

07/06/2023 4:15 pm 5:45 pm

U Bremen GRA 2 0030 & online

Carolin Zieringer (RTG Contradiction Studies)

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Dr. Rosine Kelz (U Bremen)

Dr. Brigitte Bargetz (U Kiel)

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coherence in thought

“The imperative of non-contradiction generally produces a coherence in thought that is often at odds with social complexities.”

Yan Suarsana
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
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
driver

“Contradictions are an important driver of scientific practice and knowledge.”

Norman Sieroka