Was ist Kritik? Lecture by Jean-Luc Nancy: Unser Zeitalter ist nicht mehr das eigentliche Zeitalter der Kritik

Was ist Kritik?
International Symposium.
Lecture by Jean-Luc Nancy.

What is Critique? Touching on the legacy of the Enlightenment, that always needs to be updated and critically analyzed, this question will be discussed in relation to its central role for civil society. A critical attitude towards all assertions and realities can put us in a position to reflect on them, instead of simply believing them to be true. At the same time we have to acknowledge that a critical attitude includes affirmative traits, thus implies and presupposes affirmations that limit its critical access. Jean-Luc Nancy’s lecture "Unser Zeitalter ist nicht mehr das eigentliche Zeitalter der Kritik" (Our age is no longer the actual age of critique) marks the start of the symposium on philosophy "Was ist Kritik?" (What is Critique?), which takes place on January 28th, 2016 at HAU Hebbel am Ufer and on February 6th and 7th at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, as well as on April 1st and 2nd at the Zurich University of the Arts. The symposium seeks to debate the relationship of critique and affirmation from various perspectives and to discuss new theories and findings of the interdisciplinary and civil society-related question of “critique” as a prerequisite of our social order.

Concept by: Marius Babias, Christoph Schenker, Marcus Steinweg
In collaboration with: Allianz Kulturstiftung

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Thursday, January 28, 2016, 7pm
Was ist Kritik?

Lecture by Jean-Luc Nancy:
Unser Zeitalter ist nicht mehr das eigentliche Zeitalter der Kritik (Our age is no longer the actual age of critique)
moderated by Marcus Steinweg

In German Language
Venue: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Stresemannstr. 29 / 10963 Berlin
Admission: 8€ / 5€ (reduced)
www.hebbel-am-ufer.de

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Saturday, February 6, 2016 – Sunday, February 7, 2016
Was ist Kritik?
International Symposium
with Maxim Biller, Sabeth Buchmann, Ann Cotten, Elena Esposito, Thomas Hirschhorn, Eva Illouz, Claudius Seidl, Marcus Steinweg, Rosemarie Trockel, Alenka Zupančič

Venue: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Chauseestraße 128/129, 10115 Berlin
Admission free
www.nbk.org

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Friday, April 1, 2016 – Saturday, April 2, 2016
Was ist Kritik?
International Symposium.

Venue: Institute for Contemporary Art Research IFCAR,
Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8031 Zurich
www.zhdk.ch