Rahel Jaeggi (Humboldt University of Berlin)
How to derive ought from is: Re-Thinking Critical Theory

2024 | 2025

ISSUE NO. 3 | VOLUME CXXV

MONDAY, 02 june 2025

17.30 - 19.15 Woburn Suite, Senate House

Rahel-Jaeggi-1

about

Rahel Jaeggi is Professor of Social and Political Philosophy and director of the Centre for Social Critique at the Humboldt University of Berlin. As a visiting professor, she has taught at Yale University, at Fudan University in Shanghai, and at the New School for Social Research in New York and was a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University. Her research focuses on the concepts of alienation, commodification or reification, ideology, forms of life, and solidarity. Her most recently published monograph “Fortschritt und Regression” (2023) addresses the problem of social progress. She is also the author of “Alienation” (2014), “Critique of Forms of Life” (2018), and the co-author of “Capitalism – A Conversation in Critical Theory” (2018) with Nancy Fraser.

Meeting Address

Senate House, University of London, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU.

meeting time

The Society’s philosophy talks take place every fortnight on Mondays throughout the academic year. Each talk starts at 17:30 and lasts for approximately an hour. The remainder of the time is dedicated to discussion, which ends at 19.15.

Catering

All of the Society’s philosophy talks are catered with fairtrade teas, coffees, and biscuits.

Admission

In line with the Society’s mission to make philosophy readily available to the general public, all talks are free and membership is not required.

Draft Papers

Following over a century of tradition, draft papers for all the talks are available in advance. Please note that draft papers can only be cited with the authors permission (see below for final publication and subscription details). The draft paper for a talk is available approximately one week prior to its schedule delivery.

Final Papers

For the past 142 years, the Proceedings has featured widely respected papers delivered by a range of prominent philosophers, such as Alfred North Whitehead, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, A.J. Ayer, P.F. Strawson, Karl Popper, Elizabeth Anscombe, Bernard Williams, Hubert Dreyfus, Alexander Nehamas, and Onora O’Neill. Final drafts of the papers – including discussion notes and exemplary graduate papers – are published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society.

Accessibility

The venue at Senate House is wheelchair accessible and there are disabled toilet facilities on the ground floor. If you require a disabled parking space, or a hearing loop, please contact hdelascasas@aristoteliansociety.org.uk in advance, so that we can reserve these for you. Service animals are also welcome.