Berlin Institute for Critical Theory
The Berlin Institute for Critical Theory (InkriT) was a scientific institution at the Free University of Berlin . InkriT is now recognized as a non-profit organization. The scientific director is Wolfgang Fritz Haug , the first chairman is Hansjörg Tuguntke, the honorary chairman is the long-time chairwoman Frigga Haug .
The institute describes its activities as follows:
- “The InkriT sees its task in promoting critical theory as it unfolded in various forms and in interaction with social movements in the 19th and 20th centuries. Under the conditions of advanced globalization, it conducts critical-theoretical studies and research in international scientific cooperation. Its most important task is the publication of the historical-critical dictionary of Marxism . "
The institute was founded in 1996 by Wolfgang Fritz Haug and others. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of Antonio Gramsci's death, the institute's founding conference took place from April 18-20, 1997. The venue was the Glienicke hunting lodge in Berlin . More than 70 scientists were involved. Participants included a. also Frank Deppe and Harald Neubert . Some results were published in 1998 in the book Gramsci-Perspektiven , edited by Argument Verlag . Since then, a conference has been held every year at a selected location in Germany.
In addition to the publication of the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism (HKWM), the publications of Antonio Gramsci's prison notebooks and letters, as well as the collected writings of Klaus Holzkamp, are in the foreground of the activities. In 2005 InkriT took over the publication of the magazine Das Argument . In addition, the series Berlin Contributions to Critical Theory appears in loose succession , of which twelve volumes have been published so far. In 2009 Domenico Losurdo's two-volume work on Nietzsche was published in German. In 2011, the Feminist Section of InkriT was launched, which accompanies the development process of the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism and also publishes the multi-volume Historical-Critical Dictionary of Feminism (HKWF), of which 3 volumes have so far been published.
Numerous fellows belong to the institute , including personalities such as Alex Demirović , Elmar Altvater and Étienne Balibar .
Tasks and projects
- Social theoretical conferences
- Events for the communication of research results
- Public HKWM workshop meetings
- Publication of a newsletter for members of the institute and sponsors