Crossroads of Critique
AXEL HONNETH AND THE FRANKFURT SCHOOL PROJECT
The Sciences Po Graduate Conference in Political Theory 2019 is dedicated to the thought of Axel Honneth and the 'Frankfurt School Project' of critical theory.
Over the last three decades, Axel Honneth has played a crucial role in giving new life to the post-Kantian tradition. As the leading voice of the Frankfurt School after Habermas, his work has been responsible for renewed interest in critical theory. His early engagement with Foucault, his turn to Hegel's notion of recognition for a new social theory as well as, more recently, Honneth's work on the institutional conditions of a 'democratic ethical life,' and, finally, his reappraisal of 'social freedom' as the normative idea of the socialist tradition represent only some of the most remarkable contributions he has made to contemporary theorizing. |
Keynote and Plenary Speakers
KEYNOTE
Axel Honneth Jack C. Weinstein Professor for the Humanities, Department of Philosophy at Columbia University; Director of the Institute for Social Research, Goethe University Frankfurt
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Katia Genel Co-Director of the Centre Marc Bloch Berlin, Assistant Professor (MCF), Department of Philosophy at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Daniel Loick Visiting Professor of Practical Philosophy, University Lucerne Fellow at the Center for Humanities & Social Change, Humboldt University Berlin |
Debating the Frankfurt School
From Thursday, June 6 to Saturday, June 8, 2019
This year's Graduate Conference brings together young theorists from around the world whose research touches upon the themes of critical theory. Conference presentations will reflect on the 'Frankfurt School Project' as central to contemporary modes of theory that aim to be "not merely an expression of the concrete historical situation but also a force within it to stimulate change." (Horkheimer, "Traditional and Critical Theory," 1937). |
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