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Recording of the book presentation and discussion of *Die Wirksamkeit des Wissens*

The recording of the book presentation of Die Wirksamkeit des Wissens and its discussion with Ulrich Bröckling, Nadja Germann, Nicola Gess and Daniel Loick is now available on this page.

Two Interviews on Philosophy and Political Epistemology

For those who understand German, you can now listen to two podcast episodes on my new book and, more generally, on topics I am working on.

With the makers of Narabo, Lukas Kiemele and Roxana Rentsch, I chatted about my career path, philosophy, responsibility and political epistemology. Find all of that, and some video clips, in episode 23.

In Dialogue. Sciences and Their Audiences [in German]

A lecture series on the sciences and their different audiences.

Book Launch *Die Wirksamkeit des Wissens* in Frankfurt/Main

On 7^th November 2022, I will present my new book at Karl Marx Buchhandlung in Frankfurt am Main.

New Publication: *The Force of Knowledge* [in German]

“Political Epistemology begins with understanding that epistemology without political philosophy is idealistic whereas political philosophy without epistemolog is dogmatic.”

Today, my revised habilitation thesis has been published by Suhrkamp! In it, I develop a conception of knowledge that is able to grasp the truth and the force of knowledge at the same time. This conception of “effective knowledge” thus fulfils the demands of a political epistemology that intertwines epistemology with social and political philosophy.

New Publication: *The Force of Knowledge* [in German]

Video-Recording of my inaugural lecture at Freiburg

The recording of my inaugural lecture at the Faculty of Humanities of Albert-Ludwigs-University and University College Freiburg is now available.

Book Announcement: *Die Wirksamkeit des Wissens*

Next year, my revised habilitation thesis will be published by Suhrkamp! In it, I develop a conception of knowledge that is able to grasp the truth and the force of knowledge at the same time. This conception of “effective knowledge” thus fulfils the demands of a political epistemology that intertwines epistemology with social and political philosophy.

Book launch for Thomas Lemke: *The Government of Things* (NYU Press) [in German]

Thomas Lemkes new book The Government of Things. Foucault and the New Materialisms has just been published by NYU Press. On 29 October 2021, from 5-7pm, Thomas Lemke will present the book in a discussion with Ute Tellmann (Darmstadt) and Reiner Keller (Augsburg).

Interview on Horkheimers *Traditional and critical theory* [in German]

The agora⁴² team asked three questions about the new edition of Max Horkheimer’s essay, a new edition of which I have recently published. You can now read my answers on the agora⁴² blog.

Political Falsehoods: Diagnoses and Concepts [mostly in German] [Update]

A series of online-talks on the different concepts that we use to analyse untruths in politics, from ideology and lies to half-truths and conspiracy theories.