Out Now: Anthology on Gongsheng

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This latest Publication sheds light on the term gongsheng/kyōsei, which is used in Chinese and Japanese to not only translate “symbiosis” in biology but also broadly deployed in philosophical, social and political contexts.

Interview with Frank Adloff at GSIS Talks “UTOPIA(S) RELOADED”

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In October 2023 the Institute for a Global Sustainable Information Society (GSIS) organized its first major event: “Utopia(s) reloaded: Science, activism and the techno-eco-social transformation.” For three days scientists and activists alike discussed the role of utopian/dystopian imaginaries of the future in transforming global risks. In intensive debates visions of how a sustainable living could be possible took shape.

Scholar-Activism and Transformative Knowledge

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On May 22 and 23, 2023, a workshop on “Scholar-Activism and Transformative Knowledge” was held at the Hamburg based Centre on “Futures of Sustainability.” It was organized by Frank Adloff (Director of the Centre) in collaboration with Madhulika Banerjee and Tobias Müller, who are Fellows at The New Institute (Hamburg).

“Politics of the Gift”: A Convivial Evening

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In fall 2022, the English translation of Frank Adloff’s 2018 book “Politik der Gabe ” was published with a new preface by Bristol University Press as “Politics of the Gift: Towards a Convivial Society.” The book is part of the series “Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century” edited by Lara Monticelli and Torsten Geelan. The Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability” invited to a book launch and a convivial evening on 15 Feb 2023 in Hamburg. It was attended by around 50 people, some of them via Zoom.

New Article by Frédéric Vandenberghe about Alain Caillé’s Anti-Utilitarian Sociology

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New Article by Frédéric Vandenberghe about Alain Caillé’s Anti-Utilitarian Sociology Frédéric Vandenberghe’s new article “Sociology as political philosophy: Alain Caillé’s […]