We are glad to give notice of the International Workshop Kant and Universalism from a Global Perspective, which will take place on 25th October, 2024 (h 09:00), at the Academy building at Gendarmenmarkt (Einstein Hall, Jägerstr. 22/23, 10117 Berlin).
The event is part of the biennial theme 2023|24 “Project: Enlightenment!” of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, supported by the Federal Minister for Culture and Media

Please find below the description and the program.

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The philosophy of Immanuel Kant was not only received globally, but, in many respects, also is itself a global philosophy. Kant often formulated his political and social considerations in a way, which explicitly transcends or defies national borders. His universalistic approach led him to the concept of a worldwide peace order, to precursors to the right of political asylum, to a theory of globalized trade, as well as to a critique of colonialism. At the same time, some aspects of his philosophy, such as his definitions of Enlightenment, of progress, and of a universally valid morality, had global implications, which seem to contradict the aforementioned ideas. So, is Kant’s universalism Eurocentric? How can or should it be further developed with regard to different expectations in different parts of the world today?

09:00 – Welcome address
09:30 – Nikita Dhawan (Technische Universität Dresden), Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans
10:30 – Rainer Forst (Member of BBAW, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main), Constructing Universalism from Below 
11:30 – Coffee break
11:45 – Herlinde Pauer-Studer (Universität Wien), Kant’s Rationalism: Who is Part of the “Community of Rational Beings”? 
12:45 – Lunch break
14:15 – Lucy Allais (John Hopkins University, Baltimore), Universalism and Decoloniality – remote
15:30 – Macarena Marey (CONICET, Buenos Aires), Situated Universals – remote
16:30 – Coffee break16:45 – Omri Boehm (The New School for Social Research, New York) – remote and Marcus Willaschek (Member of BBAW, Spokesperson of the biennial theme 2023|24, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main), How Universal is Kant‘s Universalism?

17:45h Synopsis and concluding discussion

Chair: Marcus Willaschek (Member of BBAW, Spokesperson of the biennial theme 2023|24, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)