ECTS: 1
Course leader: Christian Olaf Christiansen
Language: English
Graduate school: Faculty of Arts
Course fee: 0.00 DKK
Status: Course is finished
Semester: Spring 2024
Application deadline: 06/05/2024
Cancellation deadline: 06/05/2024
Course type: Classroom teaching
Start date: 06/06/2024
Administrator: Anders Gade Jensen
NB
All applicants will be placed on a waiting list until application deadline
NB
Please attach a short CV (max 2 pages) and a brief description of your field of study and your motivation (max ½ page), when applying for the course
This Ph.d.-masterclass with Axel Honneth (Columbia) will offer participants a chance of discussing texts by Honneth, to present their own work, and reflect upon how their own research may gain from engaging with Honneth’s work. The overarching disciplines for which this masterclass is relevant are those working within the areas of the history of ideas, history, philosophy, sociology, and related disciplines. In particular, the masterclass is intended for Ph.D. students whose work relates thematically to that of Axel Honneth, including (but not limited) to the theme of recognition. Students are required to read about 100 pages of different readings by Honneth, and to send a 3-5 page project description or case study or other short text of their own choosing (Ph.D. students should submit their own, short research some weeks prior to the class, i.e. no later than Wednesday, May 22nd). The three hour masterclass is thus comprised of two, main sections: a) discussion of Honneth’s work and b) discussion and feedback on minor texts by Ph.D.-students. In addition, Ph.D. students shall participate in the honorary lecture given by Axel Honneth taking place the following day (Friday, June 7th).
Professor Honneth is Jack C. Weinstein Professor for the Humanities in the Department of Philosophy at Columbia University. He is the former Director of the Institute for Social Research, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (2001-2019) and a former Professor of Social Philosophy, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. From 1992 to 1996, Professor Honneth was C4-Professor of Political Philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin; from 1991 to 1992 he was C3-Professor of Philosophy, University of Konstanz. From 1983 to 1989 he was „Hochschulassistent“ (scientific assistant) to Prof. Dr. Jürgen Habermas, Dept. of Philosophy, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.; from 1982 to 1983 he had a Research Grant with Prof. Dr. Jürgen Habermas, Max-Planck-Institute for Social Sciences, Starnberg. From 1977 to 1982 he was Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (scientific assistant), Institute of Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin. Axel Honneth has written numerous books and articles, and has recieved a number of prices and awards for his long-lasting contributions to the fields of sociology, philosophy, and critical theory. (source: https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/axel-honneth)
Reading List for University of Aarhus Seminar
Axel Honneth:
From The Poverty of our Concept of Freedom (Polity Press, 2023):
“Hegel and Marx”
“Economy or Society”
“Three, not Two, Concepts of Liberty”
From Recognition: A Chapter in the History of European Ideas / Anerkennung: Eine europäische Ideengeschichte (Cambridge U.P., 2021; Suhrkamp, 2018):
Chapters 4 and 5
Target group
Ph.D.-students, all stages of their Ph.D., working in the fields of intellectual history, philosophy, and sociology
Course organiser
Christian Olaf Christiansen (idecoc@cas.au.dk) (please direct all questions concerning academic content here)
Venue
Day 1: Nobelparken, Aarhus University, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7, Building 1467, Room 616
Day 2: Nobel Auditorium (Possibly subject to change)
Course dates:
- 06 June 2024 17:00 - 20:00
- 07 June 2024 13:00 - 15:00