Unpacking Coloniality. Towards a Critical Engagement with Modern Discourse
Moderated by Prof. Rozena Maart (U Kwa-Zulu Natal, RTG Contradiction Studies)
Please register for the Workshop by E-Mail: shk.grk2686@uni-bremen.de
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
prison of difference
“‘Contradiction is the prison of difference‘ writes the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze. Worlds of Contradiction asks: how can we explain and describe the world without making it more coherent and systematic than it is?”
Michi Knecht
every day
“Living in contradictions is what we experience every day. Why do we know so little about it?”
Gisela Febel
articulate
“Contradictions need to be articulated in order to exist.”
Martin Nonhoff