Rahel Jaeggi
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Rahel Jaeggi
Rahel Jaeggi is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin where she has been directing the Centre for Social Critique since 2018.
Rahel Jaeggi is Professor of Practical Philosophy at the Humboldt University of Berlin where she has been directing the Centre for Social Critique since 2018.
PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2023
Rahel JaeggiYear of Publication: 2023
Progress and Regression
The abolition of slavery, the introduction of social security systems, and the criminalisation of rape within marriage are commonly regarded as instances of social progress – of change for...
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English world rights (Harvard UP), Spanish world rights (Katz), Chinese simplex rights (Shanghai People’s Publishing House), Italy (Lit/Castelvecchi), Korea (Saemulgyul)
Year of Publication: 2013
Rahel JaeggiYear of Publication: 2013
Critique of Forms of Life
Can forms of life be subject to critique? Is it possible to say that a given form of life is good, successful, or even rational?
The political order of the liberal state conceives of itself as...
The political order of the liberal state conceives of itself as...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Harvard UP), Spanish world rights (Katz), Chinese simplex rights (Beijing Normal UP), France (Vrin), Italy (Mimesis)
Year of Publication: 2009
Rahel Jaeggi, Tilo WescheYear of Publication: 2009
What is Criticism?
What is and why do we offer criticism? The question about the conditions and the possibility of criticism arises every time conditions are analysed and evaluated, whether it be societal conditions and institutions, self-relations or objects of art. Therefore, criticism is a constitutive component of human practice: Action is based on normative differentiations and thus on the possibility of...