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CONFERENCE ?The Noumenal Republic: Author meets Critics?

On the occasion of the publication of Rainer Forst's latest book in English, the conference “The Noumenal Republic: Author meets Critics” took place at the London School of Economics on November 7 and 8, 2024. Forst discussed his new texts with Lea Ypi, Howard Williams and Andrea Sangiovanni, among others.

You can find the full program here.

WORKSHOP ?The Power of Justification: Thinking Reason and Politics with Rainer Forst?

On October 11, 2024, the workshop “The Power of Justification: Thinking Reason and Politics with Rainer Forst” took place at the Research Center Normative Orders on the occasion of Rainer Forst's 60th birthday. In the three panels “Challenges to Democracy”, “Justification as a Basic Concept of Critical Theory” and “The Foundation of Morality”, various aspects of Forst's theory were critically discussed.

You can find the full program here.

BOOK ?The Noumenal Republic: Critical Constructivism After Kant?

Rainer Forst's latest volume was recently published in English translation by Polity. It is entitled “The Noumenal Republic: Critical Constructivism After Kant” and is available for free download with Open Access. In this book, Forst develops a critical theory after Kant, based on the assumption that all people are born with equal dignity and equal rights. This statement appears to be both normatively irrefutable and empirically incorrect; reality disproves it anew every day - and thus confirms its significance. The truth of this principle can be clarified philosophically by referring back to Kant's idea of a “noumenal republic”, in which every person is subject to the general law, which they also co-construct as legislators. A critical analysis of society and politics must show the extent to which reality makes a mockery of this. Forst's critical theory aims to prevent these perspectives from falling apart into a distant ideal and a diagnosis of hopelessness.

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RESEARCH PAPER ?The rational critique of social unreason. On critical theory in the Frankfurt tradition?

A new article by Rainer Forst was recently published in Constellations. It is entitled "The rational critique of social unreason. On critical theory in the Frankfurt tradition" and deals with the concepts of reason and unreason in the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. Forst argues that the Frankfurt School is characterised by a reflexive, systematic rational critique of existing forms of social unreason, combining social scientific analysis with normative reflection. A convincing continuation of this critical project should thus relate to the practice of justification, and thus ultimately to the principle of critique itself.

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• ?The rational critique of social unreason. On critical theory in the Frankfurt tradition?