Guest lecture by Stephan Lessenich: IRRATIONAL RATIONALITY today - The politics of the as-if-Ob

With regard to climate change, we are currently experiencing a social climate change: pushed far down the political agenda, citizens are either dismissive, overwhelmed or disinterested when it comes to the question of effective policies to combat global warming. This collective-individual act of distancing oneself from an existential problem of late modern socialization is representative of the prevailing mode of social problem-solving. It is governed, in different and interacting variations, by a politics of "as-if", which itself proves to be a central problem of social reproduction. The irrational rationality of the democratic-capitalist social formation thus climbs to a new level that points decidedly in the direction of fascization and the increasing violence of social relations.

On January 29, 2026 6:30 pm Stephan Lessenich will visit us for a guest lecture as part of the colloquium at the Institute of Sociology TU Dresden.
The event will take place at August-Bebel-Straße 30, 01219 Dresden in ABS 01-001.

Registration is requested by 20.01.2026!

All information can also be found in the following PDF: Guest_lecture_Lessenich.pdf