Description
How can universality be addressed after the necessary epistemic and ethical critique of Western universalism? Building on such concepts as materiality and reparation, narration and translation, the series Beyond Universalism | Partager l'universel seeks to understand how contemporary cultural and social practices are producing a new consciousness of universality - experiences, reflections, and agencies of a shared humanity.
How can coexistence succeed in difference? This comparatist study examines how literature and art from the modern period to today can expand our political imagination. Their visions of an open, inclusive "we" challenge homogeneous notions of community and exclusionary universalism. Especially in times of polarization, they open up new spaces for coexistence and compassion.
Agnieszka Helena Hudzik, Saarland University, Germany.
