New release: Zur Epistemologie der Natur/Kultur-Grenze und zu ihren disziplinären Folgen. By Albrecht Koschorke
20. March 2009
In: Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift 83,1 (2009), S. 9-25
The paper treats an old topic: the distinction between nature and
culture. Since both terms have become autonomous in modern age (culturebeing used without a specifying attribute, nature without reference to God), the unity of their distinction can only be secured by creating an asymmetry between them. However, it is open to discussion whether Nature or Culture figures as the larger and embracing term and whether the borderline between the terms itself is ›natural‹ or ›cultural‹. The paper analyzes expansionist and defensive moves, takeovers and
transgressions, but also the exchange and traveling of concepts on this
epistemological as well as disciplinary battleground.
Prof. Dr. Albrecht Koschorke is member of the executive board. He is responsible for the Center's regional and international cooperations.