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Culture and Critique (Seminar)

Dozent/in: Kevin Hart, Beate Söntgen

Inhalt: Critique counts as instrument of individual and collective self-conception of democratic societies. The modern subject constitutes itself through differentiation, assessment and evaluation. It is this ability of differentiation, that creates a democratic society. Or at least this is how the critical project of the Enlightenment was conceived. The extent to which this notion is still valid today is a particularly pressing question. Can claims of universality - or at least of the validity of categories, norms and values as they are negotiated in critical processes - still be made at all - regarding the manifold perspectives and positions present under the conditions of globalization? Is critique, a Western invention, itself a hegemonic and dominating practice which considers itself to be just and justified? Does the value of critique lie in the paying attention to and reflection upon urgent questions? Or can these questions be transformed into operative models for action, as called for by political, social and cultural practice? Each judgement requires critique, however, if it claims to be generalizable (which does not mean that everyone has to agree, but that everyone can understand the arguments). And critique does not in each case mean being against something. Although rejection can be an effect of critique, critique in terms of its roots means something else. It means differentiation, the observation and description of an object or situation from various perspectives. Critique also means taking into account the conditions surrounding the emergence of a situation, its history, its participants and their interests. And, last not least, critique is capable of designing or imagining different worlds. The seminar explores different takes on critique, a variety of critical practices with a focus on the arts and different ways of critical writing and arguing. There are two further smaller parts (you choose one of them!): Kevin Hart: Science fiction (online: 21.-22.4., each day 9.00 - 13.00) Beate Söntgen: Writing a review (in presence, study tour to Hamburg, 25.5., 15.30 - 20.00). Each part has introductory sessions (Kevin: 19.4., 9.00 online; Beate: 24.5., 14.15, in presence) Please find the syllabi under "Material"! Please register for a part under "Gruppen" .

Leuphana Bachelor - Major Studium Individuale - Culture and Critique