Titel:	Intensität | Intensity in Walter Benjamin’s Philosophy
Beginn:	13.04.2018 09:45
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Beschreibung:	Öffentliche Fachtagung in englischer Sprache Freitag, 13.04., 9:45 Uhr, bis Samstag, 14.04.2018, 17:30 Uhr The concept of ‘intensity’ (Intensität) plays a decisive – albeit often almost imperceptible – role in Walter Benjamin’s writings. This is perhaps most evident in his early writings on language, where Benjamin speaks of the ‘intensive totality’ of language and of the ‘intensive, that is, anticipating, intimating realisation’ which characterises the relation between languages. But the significance of the concept is not limited to these famous references. In the notes for the Habilitationsschrift, the concept of intentio returns again and again in Benjamin’s epistemological reflections and their confrontation with phenomenology. These notes pivot around the concept of ‘objective intention’ and a doctrine of different ‘stages of intention’ (Intentionsstufen) that provide the basis for his famous definition of truth as the ‘death of intention’. During our two-day workshop – the fifth in a series of events that deal directly or indirectly with Benjamin’s concept of Aktualität – we will draw on these questions in our discussion of the concept of intensity in Benjamin’s work. The workshop will be organised around a close reading of small passages that touch on the concept of intensity in one way or another and allow to draw connections between Benjamin’s reflections on language, perception, history and the political. Since the workshop revolves around intensive reading sessions, a precise knowledge of the relevant texts is expected. In order to facilitate the discussion, the number of participants for this workshop is limited. If you are interested to participate, please send a message and a brief biographical note to Dr. Nassima Sahraoui sahraoui@fiph.de before 1 April 2018. Organisation: Stefano Marchesoni (Milan), Nassima Sahraoui (Frankfurt/Hannover), Tom Vandeputte (Berlin/Amsterdam) In collaboration with the Forschungsinstitut für Philosophie Hannover, Philosophical Colloquium/ Frankfurt Benjamin Lectures (Dr. Thomas Regehly), and the Walter Benjamin Archive, Academy of Arts, Berlin.
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