Prof. Dr. Deniz Göktürk: "Community beyond Fantasies of Closure" [EN]
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Research Factory B/ORDERS IN MOTION
01. Juli, 16:15 - 17:45 Uhr
Raum: GD 102
Prof. Dr. Deniz Göktürk (University of Berkeley, Department of German)
Research Factory-Vortrag: Community beyond Fantasies of Closure
In an age of fortified borders, detention regimes, and renewed calls for war in the name of “total security,” how might we rethink community beyond fantasies of closure? Drawing on Franz Kafka, Tadhg O’Sullivan, Eyal Weizman, Helmuth Plessner, and others, this lecture explores how communities are shaped not by seamless unity, but by distance, mediation, and partial perspectives. Bringing literature, film, philosophy, and border theory into dialogue, Deniz Göktürk asks how civic life can be sustained without exclusion, purification, or fear.