Manifesto

Theory at the Limits of Science and Politics: The Challenges of Writing a Manifesto in Times of Climate Collapse

Authors

  • Carmen Dege Harvard University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21827/krisis.43.1.41014

Keywords:

Critical Naturalism, Critical Theory

Abstract

The prior issue of Krisis (42:1) published Critical Naturalism: A Manifesto, with the aim to instigate a debate of the issues raised in this manifesto – the necessary re-thinking of the role (and the concept) of nature in critical theory in relation to questions of ecology, health, and inequality. Since Krisis considers itself a place for philosophical debates that take contemporary struggles as starting point, it issued an open call and solicited responses to the manifesto. This is one of the sixteen selected responses, which augment, specify, or question the assumptions and arguments of the manifesto.

Author Biography

Carmen Dege, Harvard University

Carmen Lea Dege is a Visiting Scholar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University and a Polonsky Postdoctoral Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. She holds a Ph. D. in Political Theory from Yale University and a Master's degree in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. Her work is situated within critical theory, political epistemology, democratic theory, and environmental thought. It probes the role of myth and ignorance in the face of humanity’s inability to act despite the overwhelming scientific evidence about human-caused climate change.

Published

2023-09-08

How to Cite

Dege, Carmen. 2023. “Theory at the Limits of Science and Politics: The Challenges of Writing a Manifesto in Times of Climate Collapse”. Krisis | Journal for Contemporary Philosophy 43 (1):120-23. https://doi.org/10.21827/krisis.43.1.41014.

Issue

Vol. 43 No. 1 (2023): The Care Dossier II

Section

Manifesto

Copyright (c) 2023 Carmen Dege

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