Lezing & workshop | Rahel Jaeggi: Progress and Regression
| Veranstaltung des Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam |
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| Datum: | Montag 13 April 2026 um 18:00 Uhr bis 14 April 2026 um 18:00 Uhr |
| Ort: | Universiteit van Amsterdam, Universiteitstheater, Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18, Amsterdam |
| Information: | Voertaal: Engels. Meer informatie op de event poster |
| Zugang: | Gratis; geen registratie nodig |
In haar boek Progress and Regression betoogt de Zwitserse filosoof Rahel Jaeggi dat we een gedeeld begrip van vooruitgang nodig hebben. Vooruitgang is volgens haar geen automatisch proces, maar een kompas in de voortdurende strijd voor emancipatie, dat alleen te begrijpen is in samenhang met actuele vormen van regressie zoals ongelijkheid, ecologische verwoesting en aanvallen op onderwijs en kritisch denken. Op 13 en 14 april is Jaeggi voor een lezing en workshop te gast in Amsterdam.
De voertaal van dit evenement is Engels.
Despite widespread technological innovation, scientific and medical breakthroughs, and strides toward gender and racial equity, few believe that humanity is on the road of progress. Indeed, many are increasingly skeptical of the very notion of progress, seeing it as the stuff of hollow political speeches. Nevertheless, in her new book Progress and Regression (Harvard UP 2025), Rahel Jaeggi argues that we are lost without a shared idea of progress. In the tradition of critical theory, she defends a vision of progress that avoids Eurocentric and teleological distortions. Progress here is not an inevitable developmental trend but a kind of compass directing society’s never-ending journey toward emancipation. A nimble practitioner of dialectical reasoning, Jaeggi revitalizes progress by confronting its opposite: regression. Her analysis reckons with the myriad signs of regression today, including growing inequality, ecological destruction, and above all the assault on educational institutions, critical thinking, and reason itself.
Rahel Jaeggi is Professor of Practical Philosophy with an emphasis on Social and Political Philosophy and Director of the Center for Humanities and Social Change at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. She is the author of Critique of Forms of Life, Alienation, and, with Nancy Fraser, Capitalism: A Conversation in Critical Theory.
No registration required.
Organized by the Capacity Group Philosophy & Public Affairs and the Duitsland Instituut, Sponsored by the Philosophy Department and ASCA.