Contradiction Studies

Widerspruchsresponsives Recht. Nachhaltige (Rechts-)Transformationen

Nils Kohlmeier (RTG Contradiction Studies)

01/13/2024 9:00 am 11:00 am

U Kassel

As part of the Transformationswerkstatt Nachhaltigkeit 2024 at the University of Kassel.

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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
Is contradiction eurocentric?

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

Kerstin Knopf
city

“The city is a laboratory not only of modernity, but also of contradiction.”

Julia Lossau
space

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

Julia Lossau
earthing

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

Julia Lossau