Event
On stuckness. Historical standstill and modes of production of suspended time
Thursday 12 January 2023
Lecture delivered by Professor Frank Ruda - Chair of Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
We all know what it feels like when things do not seem to move. In the public discourse of modern societies, on all sides of the political spectrum, stuckness is often observed. The recent pandemic presents one such example of this mode of experience.
This talk will address stuckness for the philosophical comprehension of the concept of history. It will bring together views on the inability of market-driven-societies to change the ways in which they transform themselves and their environment. And it will draw on three historically distinct, systematically linked, strands of theorizing historical standstill: Marxian thought, critical theory, contemporary philosophy.