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Organic Forms brand Figurative Thoughts

Organic Forms
and Figurative Thoughts

Workshop, 6 Jul 2026, 15:30 - 17:45

Through the discussion of selected readings the workshop investigates the generative capacity of organic metaphors — roots, degeneration, mutation, etc. — as critical and creative frameworks for thinking figurality. Why is this tendency so prevalent in literature but also political and philosophical writing? What are the limits and risks of applying organic metaphors to non-organic things?

With Christy Wampole and Federica Di Blasio

Organized by Federica Di Blasio

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Forms of Radicality

Forms of Radicality

Christy Wampole

Lecture, 6 Jul 2026, 19:00

This lecture explores the rich history and the variety of meanings of radicality, a term that connects roots and left-wing politics. Its etymology leads to the Latin radix or root, inviting associations with origins, anchoring, sustenance, and the subterranean.

Part of the event Organic Forms and Figurative Thoughts

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UPCOMING EVENT
 
KV Reaktionsmaschine

Reaktionsmaschine

Empörung und ästhetische Gegenwehr

Book Presentation & Discussion, 13 Jul 2026, 19:00

Soziale Medien verändern, wie Menschen urteilen und Sachverhalte bewerten. Sie beschleunigen Empörung und suggerieren einzelnen Personen eine unmittelbare Entscheidungsmacht, die zugleich verlockend und trügerisch ist. 

Rupert Gaderer und Fatima Naqvi diskutieren anhand literarischer Texte, Theaterarbeiten und essayistischer Interventionen über Tribunale sozialer Medien. 

Eine ICI Veranstaltung in Kooperation mit dem SFB 1567 Virtuelle Lebenswelten, dem Germanistischen Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum und dem Verlag Matthes & Seitz Berlin.

Auf Deutsch

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