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Postcolonial Cologne In The Post-Roman 11th Century: The Theoretical Trajectory From Henri Pirenne to Michel Foucault (March 6)
Postcolonial Cologne In The Post-Roman 11th Century: The Theoretical Trajectory From Henri Pirenne to Michel Foucault (March 6), © „Bassenheimer Reiter“ (Photo Dr. Stefan Krabath, NIhK)
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Department of German at NYU present a talk by Anselm Haverkamp on “Postcolonial Cologne in the Post-Roman 11th Century. The Theoretical Trajectory from Henri Pirenne to Michel Foucault.”
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Department of German at NYU present a talk by Anselm Haverkamp on “Postcolonial Cologne in the Post-Roman 11th Century. The Theoretical Trajectory from Henri Pirenne to Michel Foucault.”
Colonies and colonization are the oldest means of cultural and economic trade and tradition. Their present state of perversion stems from the overarchin interest of the modern nation-state and its ideological demand of an exclusive cultural identity and heritage. Michel Foucault’s emphasis on the Roman imperial translation of power asks for an alterative type of politics, whose groundwork had been laid by his teacher Georges Dumézil and Henri Pirenne. The most prominent examples of such an alternative politics, again and again effaced under the sovereignty of rulers and nations, are the cities of Roman descent from Cologne to Paris and London, as well as finally, by global extension, in the rivalry between imperial Paris and London, New York.
Anselm Haverkamp is Emeritus Professor of English at NYU. After his retirement he teaches Philosophy at LMU Munich and is currently the Berent Goethe Chair at NYU.
Date and Time: Wednesday, March 6th, 2023 from 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Location: Deutsches Haus at NYU; 42 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003