Critical Theory in Context - The nascent anti-war movement in Russia

The nascent anti-war movement in Russia

03/01/22 • 43 min

Robin Celikates in conversation with Greg Yudin

Greg is professor of political philosophy at the Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences and a regular contributor to the online platform open democracy as well as to independent Russian media platforms such as Projekt (which has already been banned) and Republic (that has come under increasing pressure by the state apparatus). Two days before the invasion, on 22 February 2022, Greg predicted that Putin was "about to start the most senseless war in our history".

Robin Celikates in conversation with Greg Yudin

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Critical Philosophy of Race

Robin Celikates im Gespräch mit Kristina Lepold und Marina Martinez Mateo

Kristina Lepold ist Juniorprofessorin für Sozialphilosophie/Kritische Theorie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Marina Martinez Mateo ist Juniorprofessorin für Medien- und Technikphilosophie an der Akademie der bildenden Künste München.

Im Dezember 2021 ist von ihnen bei Suhrkamp erschienen Critical Philosophy of Race. Ein Reader

Weitere Publikationen:

Lepold, Kristina und Mateo, Marina Martinez. "Schwerpunkt: Critical Philosophy of Race" Deutsche Zeitschrift für Philosophie, vol. 67, no. 4, 2019, pp. 572-588. https://doi.org/10.1515/dzph-2019-0044

Lepold, Kristina, Ambivalente Anerkennung (Frankfurter Beiträge zur Soziologie und Sozialphilosophie, 33), 2021, Frankfurt a.M., Campus.

Mateo, Marina Martinez: Politik der Repräsentation. Zwischen Formierung und Abbildung, 2018, Wiesbaden: Springer.

Weitere Veranstaltungen:

Die Konvergenz der sozialen Kämpfe (In Context) mit Amna Akbar, Silke van Dyk, Manon Garcia und Romin Khan, moderiert von Robin Celikates und Rahel Jaeggi.

Benjamin Lectures 2022 mit Nancy Fraser zum Thema: “Three Faces of Capitalist Labor: Uncovering the Hidden Ties among Gender Race and Class.”

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Structural Racism in Practice

Magali Bessone and César Cabezas in conversation with Robin Celikates

Magali Bessone is Professor for Philosophy at Sorbonne University, Paris.

Her research focuses on contemporary theories of justice in relation to critical theories of race and racism. For many years her work has been devoted to developing a philosophical perspective on anti-racism, anti-discrimination, and the responsibility for colonialism and slavery. She is the author of numerous books in French on these topics, including a book for the general public: Magali Bessone (2018) Les races, ça existe ou pas ?, Paris, Gallimard, collection “Philophile”.

One of her most recent publications in English is an article entitled: Magali Bessone (2021) Race and Europe. Does a European philosophy of race mean anything ? », in Europe and Philosophy, D. Meacham et N. de Warren (eds.), Routledge, p. 310-322.

César Cabezas is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Temple University in Philadelphia. César did his PhD at Columbia on the notion of structural racism, in which he argues that the concept of structural racism is vital to anti-racist theory and practice because it helps us explain the durability of racial inequality and to ultimately challenge it.

His current work is primarily focussed on the philosophy of race, social philosophy, and Latin American Thought – addressing core questions related to the concept of racism. One of his most recent articles is: César Cabezas (2021) “Racism: a Moral or Explanatory Concept?”, in: Ethical Theory and Moral Practice volume 24, pages 651–659

Our next public and in-person event will be on May 13th, 2022 a debate between Nancy Fraser, Klaus Dörre and Raul Zelik on the question: “How green is socialism?”.

On May 30 we will host a public roundtable with Nancy Fraser, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Manuela Bojadzijev und Bafta Sarbo on racial capitalism – stay tuned for details coming up on our website: https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/home/

Nancy Fraser’s Benjamin Lectures have the title: “Three Faces of Capitalist Labor: Uncovering the Hidden Ties among Gender, Race and Class”, three consecutive lectures that will take place from 14th to 16th of June 2022.