Podcast of the Panel Discussion “Widersprechen gegen das Vergessen. Tschechoslowakische Zwangsarbeiter*innen in der Region Bremen”

The panel discussion “Widersprechen gegen das Vergessen. Tschechoslowakische Zwangsarbeiter*innen in der Region Bremen”, that took place in April, with Dr. Šárka Jarská (historian, Živá paměť), Marieke Wist (journalist and historian) and Ksenja Holzmann (historian, Denkort Bunker Valentin), moderated by Klaas Anders (DFG Research Training Group 2686: Contradiction Studies / Bremer Bündnis für deutsch-tschechische Zusammenarbeit e.V.), can be listened to here.

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hierarchy of norms

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

Andreas Fischer-Lescano
coherence in thought

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

Yan Suarsana
diversity and plurality

“Join us to create more diversity and plurality in knowledge production.”

Gisela Febel
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
sustained engagement

“The history of Western philosophy can be understood as a sustained engagement with contradiction.”

Norman Sieroka