THINKING NATURE

THINKING NATURE

University of Vienna, 2025–2026
Organized by Eva-Maria Aigner and Ralf Gisinger
Research Group “Poststructuralism, Gender Theory, Psychoanalysis”

Poststructuralism has long been accused of a general indifference to questions of materiality and natural philosophy. From this perspective, and in light of the urgent philosophical problem of the looming climate crisis, poststructuralist theory does not seem ideally suited to contribute to the question of nature. In recent years, however, numerous authors have shown how poststructuralist theories can be made fruitful in ecology, geo-philosophy or a philosophy of nature.

The lecture series, organized and curated by Eva-Maria Aigner and Ralf Gisinger, brings together some of the most intriguing contemporary theorists in this field who will be invited to the Department of Philosophy Vienna to give their philosophical perspectives on “Thinking Nature” in the Anthropocene.

Events 2025

Philippe Lynes (Durham University): "Anecological Dwelling: Derrida, Heidegger, Blanchot"
June 6, 18:00-20:00, online. Live-Streaming and Responses in Room 3A (NIG)

Didier Debaise (Université Libre Bruxelles)
October 16, Keynote, 18:30 (Lecture Room 3A (NIG), on-site/hybrid)
October 17, Workshop, 10:00–16:00 (Lecture Room 3A (NIG), on-site/hybrid)

Claire Colebrook (Penn State University)
November 21, 10:00-12:00, online. Live-Streaming and Responses in Room 3A (NIG)