The Berlin Institute of Critical Theory (InkriT) invites you to its XXV International Conference from May 18-21, 2023 at ver.di-Bildungs- und Begegnungszentrum Clara Sahlberg in Berlin-Wannsee.

 

The conference will be held in cooperation with the Institute for Critical Social Analysis at the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung and partly funded by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung).

The general theme of the conference is:

 

 

War and its logic, which has taken on a life of its own, is setting the course of history. Just as the world’s epicenter shifts from West-North to East-South, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moved Europe from the backwaters of a new Cold War — between a rising world power and one in decline? — center stage in a new hot war between post-Soviet nation-states. Between crumbling alliances of old and new ones yet unformed, the current state of conflict and geopolitical disruption signals Zeitenwende — a historic turning point: Europe’s sovereignty in foreign policy is dissipating, the will to reconcile conflicting interests is consumed in flames, the German vow born of ashes — >Nie wieder< (never again) — is going up in smoke. The global resources and cooperations needed to stem our most existential threats are being consumed in other battles.

>What Is to Be Done?< presents as nothing less than a question of human survival: As the major media are stirring up a bellicism that has all but turned diplomacy and critical reason into synonyms for betrayal, isn’t it high time to counter the frenzy with a defiant ^we^^: an alliance of social counterforces aiming to upend the >Zeitenwende< and - while respecting the right of defense of the attacked Ukraine - turn it in a progressive direction towards the true tasks of humanity?

Projected are lectures and contributions by Anna Saggioro Garcia (Rio de Janeiro), Wolfgang Fritz Haug (Esslingen), Shir Hever (Heidelberg), John Neelsen (Tübingen), Wolfgang Streeck (Köln), Peter Wahl (Berlin) and others.

 

 

Among others, the following workshops on HCDM article drafts are scheduled:

· Defeat (>Niederlage< by Victor Strazzeri, Geneva)

· Fantasy (>Phantasie< by Miguel Vedda, Buenos Aires, and Paul Reynolds, Lancashire)

· Network Theory (>Netzwerktheorie< by Sauli Havu, Tampere)

· New (>Neues< by Simon Maier, Constance)

· New Democracy (>Neue Demokratie< by Hauke Neddermann, Berlin)

· New Left (>Neue Linke< by Sean Forner, Michigan)

· New Music (>Neue Musik< by Roberto Fausti, Berlin, and Giovanni Zanotti, Brasilia)

· New Working Class (>Neue Arbeiterklasse< by Ricardo Antunes, São Paulo)

· New World Economic Order (>Neue Weltwirtschaftsordnung< by Patrick Neveling, Bournemouth)

· Nihilism (>Nihilismus< by Manfred Posani Löwenstein, Rome)

· North-South Conflict (>Nord-Süd-Konflikt< by Anna Saggioro García, Rio de Janeiro)

· Nuclear Winter (>Nuklearer Winter< by John Hallam, Sydney)

· Opium (>Opium< by Henrique Carneiro, São Paulo)

· Public Goods (>öffentliche Güter< by Tilman Reitz, Jena)

· Public Sphere (>Öffentlichkeit< by Cheryce v.Xylander, Königs Wusterhausen and Lüneburg)

· Secondary contradiction (>Nebenwiderspruch< by Frigga Haug, Esslingen and Los Quemados)

· Top/Bottom (>oben/unten< by Peter Jehle, Berlin)

Discussion group: Does Das Argument have a future?

On the evening of May 18, we invite you to a discussion on ways to ensure the continued existence of our journal. The invitation is addressed primarily to those who are willing to contribute practical forms of collaboration or other support.

Please submit your registration by Friday, March 24, 2023, at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Conference languages will be German and English.

A detailed program will be available before the conference: http://www.inkrit.de/neuinkrit/index.php/de/tagungen

 

The InkriT Fellows Assembly will take place on Sunday. The meeting of the feminist section will take place on Saturday from 11:00 to 12:30.

As in previous years, students may apply for fellowships at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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The Human World in the Climate Catastrophe – quo vadis?

May 20-22, 2022 at ver.di Educational Centre Clara Sahlberg in Berlin-Wannsee

 

Planned as per usual are:

Plenary sessions and keynote speeches on the general theme.

Workshops on draft HKWM articles (with a view, primarily, to volume 10).

More information in the coming weeks.

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