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"Was ist Kritik?" (What is Critique?)
International symposium

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
Chausseestraße 128/129
10115 Berlin
Germany
Hours: Tuesday-Sunday 12-6pm,
Thursday 12-8pm

<http://www.nbk.org/en/>www.nbk.org

What is Critique? Touching on the legacy of the 
Enlightenment, that always needs to be updated 
and critically analyzed, this question will be 
discussed in relation to its central role for 
civil society. A critical attitude towards all 
assertions and realities can put us in a position 
to reflect on them, instead of simply believing 
them to be true. At the same time we have to 
acknowledge that a critical attitude includes 
affirmative traits, thus implies and presupposes 
affirmations that limit its critical access. 
Jean-Luc Nancy's lecture "Unser Zeitalter ist 
nicht mehr das eigentliche Zeitalter der 
Kritik" (Our age is no longer the actual age of 
critique) marks the start of the symposium "Was 
ist Kritik?" (What is Critique?), which takes 
place on January 28, 2016 at HAU Hebbel am Ufer 
and on February 6 and 7 at Neuer Berliner 
Kunstverein, as well as on April 1 and 2 at the 
Zurich University of the Arts. The symposium 
seeks to debate the relationship of critique and 
affirmation from various perspectives and to 
discuss new theories and findings of the 
interdisciplinary and civil society-related 
question of "critique" as a prerequisite of our 
social order.

Concept by: Marius Babias, Christoph Schenker, Marcus Steinweg

Thursday, January 28, 7pm
Lecture by Jean-Luc Nancy (Prof. emer. of 
Philosophy, Marc Bloch University of Strasbourg, 
lives in Strasbourg): "Unser Zeitalter ist nicht 
mehr das eigentliche Zeitalter der Kritik" (Our 
age is no longer the actual age of critique)

Moderated by Marcus Steinweg (Philosopher, lives in Berlin)
In German

Venue: HAU Hebbel am Ufer, HAU 1, Stresemannstr. 29, 10963 Berlin
<http://english.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programme/schedule/2016-01/jean-luc-nancy-what-is-critique/2249/>www.hebbel-am-ufer.de


Saturday, February 6, 3-7pm
Introduction by Marius Babias (Director Neuer Berliner Kunstverein)

Marcus Steinweg (Philosopher, lives in Berlin)
In German

Alenka Zupanãiã (Professor of Philosophy, 
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, 
Ljubljana, lives in Ljubljana)
In English

Thomas Hirschhorn (artist, lives in Paris)
In German

Eva Illouz (Professor of Sociology, Hebrew 
University of Jerusalem, lives in Jerusalem)
In English

Venue: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Chauseestraße 128/129, 10115 Berlin
Admission free
<http://www.nbk.org/en/>www.nbk.org



Sunday, February 7, 2-6pm
Elena Esposito (Professor of Sociology of 
Communication, University Modena e Reggio Emilia, 
lives in Modena)
In German

Sabeth Buchmann (Professor of History of Art, 
Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, lives in Vienna)
In German

Ann Cotten (Writer, lives in Berlin)
In German

Maxim Biller (Writer, lives in Berlin) / Claudius 
Seidl (Publicist, lives in Berlin and Munich)
In German

Venue: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Chauseestraße 128/129, 10115 Berlin
Admission free
<http://www.nbk.org/en/>www.nbk.org