Institute of Philosophy and Art History

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The institute consists of two departments: philosophy and art history.

Main research areas

Since the winter semester 2016/17, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has established a DFG Research Training Group, "Cultures of Critique. Forms, Media, Effects", in which the IPK is significantly involved (speaker: Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen).

The Institute is also represented at the Leuphana Institute of Advanced Studies for Culture and Society (co-director: Prof. Dr. Susanne Leeb) and is significantly involved in the Center for Critical Studies (speaker: Dr. Ben Trott).

With the Lichtenberg Professorship (Prof. Dr. Lynn Rother), funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, Leuphana University has the first permanent full professorship dedicated entirely to questions of provenance research, looted art, and restitution.

The Kunstraum, which is connected to the Institute of Philosophy and Art History, offers a close practical connection to contemporary art and its actors.

  1. Published

    "Wahrheit für die Phantasie": der junge Hegel und Herder

    Jamme, C., 2010, Zwischen Bild und Begriff. Gaier, U. & Simon, R. (eds.). Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, p. 237-250 14 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  2. Published

    Walter Benjamin: a New Positive Concept of Destruction

    Costa, M. T., 2011, In: Philosophy Study. 1, 2(2011), p. 150-158

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

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    Walter Benjamin, Il compito del traduttore, edizione critica e nuova traduzione

    Costa, M. T., 2023, Milano-Udine: Mimesis Edizioni.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook

  4. Published

    Warum Diderot? Eine Projektskizze

    Söntgen, B., 2013, In: Texte zur Kunst. 90, June, p. 61-70 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsTransfer

  5. Published

    Was gibt der Generativität Sinn? Über Geburt, Zeit und Narrativität

    Schües, C., 2012, In statu nascendi: Geborensein und intergenerative Dimension des menschlichen Miteinanderseins. Shchyttsova, T. (ed.). Nordhausen: Verlag Traugott Bautz GmbH, p. 89 - 107 19 p. (Libri nigri; vol. 13).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  6. Published

    Was heißt eigentlich Nachbarschaft? Flüchtlingslager – Orte und Nicht-Orte, Nachbarn und Nicht-Nachbarn

    Schües, C., 2015, In: weiter denken. Journal für Philosophie. 26, p. 4-10 7 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

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    Was ist Kunst? Antworten aus soziologischer Perspektive

    Wuggenig, U., 1994, Was ist Kunst?. Fein, M. & Freis, M. (eds.). Lüneburg: Universität Lüneburg, p. 5-13 9 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  8. Published

    "Was ist tragisch"? Nietzsches und Heideggers Erfindungen der griechischen Tragödie im Widerstreit

    Därmann, I., 2005, Heidegger und Nietzsche. Denker, A., Zaborowski, H., Heinz, M., Sallis, J. & Vedder, B. (eds.). Freiburg, Breisgau: Verlag Karl Alber, p. 206-221 16 p. (Heidegger-Jahrbuch; vol. 2).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  9. Published

    Wassily Kandinsky - Biografie

    Vietmeier, M., 2008, Kandinsky: Das druckgrafische Werk ; [anlässlich der Ausstellung Kandinsky - Das Druckgrafische Werk, Lenbachhaus München, 25.10.2008 - 22.2.2009 ; Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2.4.2009 - 12.7.2009]. Friedel, H. & Hoberg, A. (eds.). Köln: Wienand Verlag, p. 67-74 8 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContribution of Exihibition cataloguesTransfer

  10. Published

    Wasting Billions of Dollars for the Arts?

    Behnke, C., 2015, Art in the Periphery of the Center. Behnke, C., Kastelan, C., V. K. & Wuggenig, U. (eds.). Berlin, New York: Sternberg Press, p. 440-456 17 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesTransfer