JVF Conference 24
The Legacies of Others. Dealing with Historic Cityshapes in Soviet Lviv and Communist Wroclaw
In this presentation I would like address one issue and relate it to two cases. The issue
is how a new image and city’s identity is created after a radical change of authorities and
population and what is the relation with built environment in such project. Two cases
are both similar and different. Lwów/Lviv and Breslau/Wroc?aw changed its state
affiliation due to the war and their population almost completely changed, because of
Holocaust and post-war deportations. At the same time, Lviv cityscape survived
extraordinary well. The material fabric had suffered little damage, while the population
has changed dramatically.
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On the Possibility of International Theory:
A Cosmopolitan Critique of Communitarian Conceptions
This is an essay, in the formal sense of a foray, into the possibility of a transnational morality of states. Just as morality is defined by action in accordance with a principle beyond self-interest, “international theory” is conventionally understood as international moral theory—adherence to a principle higher than national interest. In this context, theory, to …
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Cosmopolitanism without Agents?
Engaging the Statist Critique
This paper addresses the debate on global economic distributive justice through the lens of contemporary international relations theory, reviewing works by three renowned cosmopolitan theorists: Charles Beitz, Martha Nussbaum and Thomas Pogge. The paper maps the moral principles that have been proposed by these authors for a discussion of the present international economic order, and …
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Saving the Third Rome. “Fall of the Empire”, Byzantium and Putin’s Russia
This article examines some of the symbolic political and cultural implications of “Fall of the Empire: Byzantium’s Lesson” ( Gibel’ Imperii, Vi z antiiskii Urok ), a film that aired on the Russian Federation government-controlled television station Rossiia (RTR) on January 31, 2008. The film was produced and directed for RTR by Father Tikhon Shevkunov, …
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Rights and the Politics of Normalization [1]
From a queer theorists’ perspective, equal rights politics present several structural limitations for sexual minorities. As sexuality is generally considered as belonging to the realm of the private, only certain issues can gain access to the hegemonic public. However, due to wide-ranging processes of neoliberal economical and social transformation, new modes of recognition are offered …
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Reconciling the Irreconcilable – Preface
On June 12 th, 2008, the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen continued the venerable tradition of hosting a day-long conference organized by the Junior Fellows in residence at the Institute, at which the young scholars had the opportunity to present their work to the Institute’s community, benefiting from the input of more experienced …
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