Contradiction Studies

Unpacking Coloniality. Towards a Critical Engagement with Modern Discourse

Prof. Lewis R. Gordon (U Connecticut)

06/20/2023 10:00 am 1:00 pm

U Bremen GRA 2

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

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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
decolonial scholarship

“Creating decentralizing and decolonizing scholarship on contradiction, contradictory phenomena, and contradicting processes is a challenging task.”

Kerstin Knopf
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
hierarchy of norms

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

Andreas Fischer-Lescano
articulate

“Contradictions need to be articulated in order to exist.”

Martin Nonhoff