Probleme des Antirassismus – Postkoloniale Studien, Critical Whiteness und Intersektionalitätsforschung in der Kritik

In the organizer's words:

The debate about racism has taken on a central role in academic discussions, and not just since the protests of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Positions influenced by academic movements such as "critical whiteness", post-colonialism or post-structuralism have been particularly influential in the social mainstream. Intersectionalism was once conceived as a critique of legal categories that lagged behind reality. In the meantime, it has become an empty formula into which anything that can be thought of as 'intersectional' can be inserted: Forms of discrimination, social 'systems of oppression', social struggles are to be thought of intersectionally. Instead of a theoretical examination of the social conditions under which racism arises, however, these approaches often involve attacks on universalism and reason or the leveling out of the specifics of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. The lecture will question why the claim to 'think together' different forms of oppression and struggles leads to the declaration of an enemy against Israel.

Jan Rickermann lives in Bremen and researches critical theory and the critique of political existentialism. He studied social sciences and philosophy and is working on a dissertation on Giorgio Agamben's political existentialism. His most recent publication: Von der Geschichtlichkeit zur Vernunft und Revolution. Herbert Marcuse's path from Heidegger to Hegel. In: Felix Brandner/Till Seidemann. Zwischenwelten der kritischen Theorie. Contributions to systematics and history. Baden-Baden: Karl Alber Verlag 2024.

Robin Forstenhäusler studied social sciences and philosophy. He lives and works in Bremen on topics such as psychoanalysis, racism, anti-Semitism and social movements. His co-edited volume "Klimawandel und Gesellschaftskritik" will be published shortly (Verbrecher Verlag).

An event by associazione delle talpe as part of the Action Weeks against Anti-Semitism 2024 in cooperation with Rosa Luxemburg Initiative - The Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in Bremen, Partnership for Democracy Bremen, Kukoon Cultural Center.