Der dritte Workshop findet statt am Dienstag, den
10. Dezember, von 18:30 - 20:00 Uhr in der Leibnizstr. 1, Raum
106a, statt.
Vortragende wird dieses Mal Dr. Barbara Muraca sein, ihr Vortrag trägt den Titel "Does democracy need economic growth for its stabilization?".
Der Abstract zum Paper
"Modern democracy has established itself as an overlap of different traditions, social struggles, and systemic favorable conditions. This paper gives an overview of the complex historical allegiance between growth and democracy and will problematize the current crisis of this very allegiance due to immanent contradictions of the growth regime as well as to the undeniable ecological, economic, and social limits to growth. The improvement of the material and overall conditions of the majority of the people has been an important condition for democratic participation. Moreover, the modern welfare state (which reduced inequality, improved public education, general health care, and social security) relied so far on economic growth for its stabilization and legitimization. The contemporary multiple crisis is threatening this wicked allegiance by exacerbating the orientation towards growth as the sole goal and thus subordinating political processes to economic interests.
In the first part of the paper the ,wicked marriage‘ between degrowth and democracy is analyzed along three ideal-typical paths: indifference; degrowth as a danger to democracy; degrowth as an ally to democracy. In the last part some main challenges for a democratic path towards a degrowth or postgrowth-society are considered. The paper concludes by pointing out at some albeit attractive traps and possible opportunities paths embedded in the
,wicked marriage‘ between degrowth and democracy."
Dr. Barbara Muraca ist Mitarbeiterin am Forschungskolleg "Postwachstumsgesellschaften" der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Barbara Muraca promovierte 2008 zum Thema "Prozessphilosophische Grundlagen einer Theorie starker Nachhaltigkeit" an der Universität Greifswald. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in feministischer Philosophie sowie der Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung.
Im Anschluss an die Diskussion gibt es wie gewohnt die Möglichkeit zu einem informellen Austausch bei Snacks und Getränken.
Vortragende wird dieses Mal Dr. Barbara Muraca sein, ihr Vortrag trägt den Titel "Does democracy need economic growth for its stabilization?".
Der Abstract zum Paper
"Modern democracy has established itself as an overlap of different traditions, social struggles, and systemic favorable conditions. This paper gives an overview of the complex historical allegiance between growth and democracy and will problematize the current crisis of this very allegiance due to immanent contradictions of the growth regime as well as to the undeniable ecological, economic, and social limits to growth. The improvement of the material and overall conditions of the majority of the people has been an important condition for democratic participation. Moreover, the modern welfare state (which reduced inequality, improved public education, general health care, and social security) relied so far on economic growth for its stabilization and legitimization. The contemporary multiple crisis is threatening this wicked allegiance by exacerbating the orientation towards growth as the sole goal and thus subordinating political processes to economic interests.
In the first part of the paper the ,wicked marriage‘ between degrowth and democracy is analyzed along three ideal-typical paths: indifference; degrowth as a danger to democracy; degrowth as an ally to democracy. In the last part some main challenges for a democratic path towards a degrowth or postgrowth-society are considered. The paper concludes by pointing out at some albeit attractive traps and possible opportunities paths embedded in the
,wicked marriage‘ between degrowth and democracy."
Dr. Barbara Muraca ist Mitarbeiterin am Forschungskolleg "Postwachstumsgesellschaften" der Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Barbara Muraca promovierte 2008 zum Thema "Prozessphilosophische Grundlagen einer Theorie starker Nachhaltigkeit" an der Universität Greifswald. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen in feministischer Philosophie sowie der Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsforschung.
Im Anschluss an die Diskussion gibt es wie gewohnt die Möglichkeit zu einem informellen Austausch bei Snacks und Getränken.
Das Paper sowie das dazugehörige Passwort kann wie gewohnt bei Yogi Hendlin (hendlin@philsem.uni-kiel.de) angefragt werden
Der nächste Termin der Workshopreihe
14.01.2014
Und was da war, es nahm uns an - Why Beauty Matters (Angelika Krebs, Professorin für praktische Philosophie an der Universität Basel)
