Collectivity beyond Identity

Modes of collectivity play an important role in numerous social and everyday contexts. Collectives form the basis of political practice and engagement as well as of economic and labor relations. Collectivity appears to be a particularly important notion in areas like feminist theorizing; this is especially so once the notion of the subject has been submitted to critical examination, and no longer construed as sovereign and isolated. After all, how might we rethink the notion of community and how can we conceive of collectivity, when the seemingly crucial aspect of collectivization – identity – has become the object of critical study?

Registration deadline: 18th of June 2012 (reduced registration fee until 1st of June 2012)

Conference languages are English and German. 

Local Organisers:

Sophia Ermert (Law), Gabriele Jähnert (Gender-Studies), Ina Kerner (Social Sciences), Kirstin Mertlitsch (Gender-Studies), Mari Mikkola (Philosophy), Eva von Redecker (Philosophy)

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