Towards a New Enlightenment - The Case for Future-Oriented Humanities

Markus Gabriel · Christoph Horn · Anna Katsman · Wilhelm Krull · Anna Luisa Lippold · Corine Pelluchon · Ingo Venzke

Sep 2022 · THE NEW INSTITUTE.Interventions Book 1 · transcript Verlag

About this ebook

What role can the humanities play in shaping our common future? What are the values that guide us in the 21st century? How can we unleash the potential the humanities offer in a time of multiple crises? This volume tackles some of these fundamental questions, acknowledging and developing the changing role of academic discourse in a turbulent world. This timely book argues that the humanities engender conceptual tools that are capable of reconciling theory and practice. In a bold move, we call for the humanities to reach beyond the confines of universities and engage in the most urgent debates facing humanity today - in a multidisciplinary, transformative, and constructive way. This is a blueprint for how societal change can be inclusive and equitable for the good of humans and non-humans alike.

About the author

Markus Gabriel is academic director at THE NEW INSTITUTE and interim chair of its programme »The Foundations of Value and Values«. He holds the chair for epistemology, modern and contemporary philosophy at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Christoph Horn is a professor at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and holds the chair for practical philosophy and ancient philosophy. He was a fellow at THE NEW INSTITUTE in 2021/22. Anna Katsman (Dr.) is academic director at THE NEW INSTITUTE. Wilhelm Krull is the founding director of THE NEW INSTITUTE and was general secretary of the Volkswagen Foundation for more than 20 years. He holds numerous leading positions in national and international supervisory and advisory bodies. Anna Luisa Lippold is the manager of the programme »The Foundations of Value and Values« at THE NEW INSTITUTE. She holds a PhD in applied ethics from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Corine Pelluchon is a professor of philosophy at the Université Gustave Eiffel, a statutory member of the Hannah Arendt Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Political Studies, and a fellow at THE NEW INSTITUTE in 2021/22 and 2022/23. Ingo Venzke is a professor of international law and social justice at Universiteit van Amsterdam and Director of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL). He is a fellow at THE NEW INSTITUTE in 2021/22 and 2022/23.