German Theory
Ein Nachwort
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24224919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B Korf (0000-0002-4836-9929, University of Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)), Eberhard Rothfuß (0000-0001-7944-9705) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 171-177 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-12 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Geographica Helvetica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-7312 • E-ISSN: 2194-8798 |
| Publisher | Copernicus GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.5194/gh-81-171-2026 |
| OpenAlex | W7135078922 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
In this afterword to the themed issue „German Theory“, we look back how „German Theory“ started off as a discussion circle at the lakeshores of Zürich and return to the different contributions of the themed issue to reflect on the meaning of German Theory. We propose to understand „German Theory“ as a constellation of German-Jewish thought that flourished in the cultural and intellectual life of the Weimar Republic but also encapsulated the contradictions and antagonisms of that age. Thinking in constellations means more than „thinking with“ – it requires a return to the original territories of thought, in which the questions and antagonisms of these thinkers were debated, and to identify if and how those questions and debates resonate with today's political conjuncture. We identify two constellations – Cassirer-Heidegger and Benjamin-Schmitt – as central intellectual meeting points where key antagonisms of Weimar and today are at stake, which makes them important theoretical resources for contemporary critical theory in and beyond human geography.
Carl Schmitt · Cassirer · Critical theory · German-Jewish thought · Human geography · Martin Heidegger · political antagonism · Walter Benjamin · Weimar Republic · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · Political Theology and Sovereignty · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation
Geographie als Postwachstumswissenschaft
Schicksalsstunden einer Demokratie
Heidegger, die Juden, die Shoah
Helmuth Plessner und Carl Schmitt. Eine historische Fallstudie zum Verhältnis von Anthropologie und Politik in der deutschen Philosophie der zwanziger Jahre
Just human“ – Eine phänomenologische und philosophisch-anthropologische Perspektive auf unser leibliches Mensch-Umwelt-Verhältnis
Sauerian phenomenology
Schwierigkeiten mit der kritischen Geographie
Tauchgänge zur German Theory
Anthropogeographie im Anthropozän, der Anthropos und darüber hinaus
Was sind kulturelle Gedächtnisräume? – Erinnern, Raum und das kulturelle Gedächtnis nach Aleida und Jan Assmann
German Theory als Geographie im Konjunktiv, oder
The open society and its life chances – from Karl Popper via Ralf Dahrendorf to a human geography of options and ligatures
Wissenschaftliche Episteme und Geltung. Von der Konstruktion zum Dialog
Globalizing geography before Anglophone hegemony
From Margin to Center? Theoretische Aufbrüche in der Geographie seit Kiel 1969
Pauline Geopolitics
Disziplinhistorische Tauchgänge zur German Theory
Critical critical posthumanism in human geography
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