Thomasius Club: Mirjam Schaub – Radikalität zwischen Theorie und Praxis

In the organizer's words:

What is radicalism? The cultural philosopher Mirjam Schaub has devoted a major study to radicality in two volumes, tracing it from its beginnings in antiquity to the present day. She argues that radicality expresses the promise of bridging the gap between theory and practice - because the radical interrupts the normal. We ask her what this has to do with the suicide of Socrates and the lifestyle of Diogenes and why the radical is later to be found in carnival, monasticism and art.

Mirjam Schaub studied philosophy, political science and psychology in Münster, Munich, Paris and Berlin and has been Professor of Aesthetics and Cultural Philosophy in Hamburg since 2012. From 2017 to 2022, she was Professor of Philosophy at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle.

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The talk will be led by Uta Karstein and Christian Lamp. Free admission.

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The Thomasius Club is an open discussion group that invites academics to talk about current topics in their research. The Thomasius Club's program is carefully selected and decided by a small group of active members and is named in memory of the Leipzig philosopher and legal scholar Christian Thomasius, who began publishing his Monatsgespräche in 1688. The Thomasius Club follows on from the idea of this journal to convey scientific content in German. The approximately one-hour discussions are made available as podcasts for anyone interested(http://www.thomasius-club.de).

Supported by L.I.S.A. - Das Wissenschaftsportal der Gerda Henkel Stiftung, the Leipzig University Library and the Institute for Cultural Studies Leipzig.