Rethinking
courage in the modern age requires breaking down its purpose as a heroic overcoming of fear in the face of death. The question
is no longer: "What is a person prepared to die for?" It is: "What desire does he or she refuse to renounce?" What guides
these divergent reflections on Adorno, Benjamin, Hegel, Hölderlin, Kleist and Lacan is the link between courage and the willingness
to take risks. It is no longer the confrontation with death that defines this courage, but the negation of its omnipotence
in favour of an unpredictability made possible by the relationship to truth.
Mut ohne Heldentum is the
255th volume in the series
Fröhliche Wissenschaft.
Antonia Birnbaum, Department of Philosophy,
University of Applied Arts Vienna, and University of Paris 8
BOOK
PRESENTATION
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 – 6 p.m.
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Mensa guest area, Ferstel wing, ground floor
Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2
1010 Vienna
Talk
Antonia Birnbaum, author, Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Applied Arts Vienna, and University of Paris
8
with
Helmut Draxler, art historian, former Head of the Department of Art Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna
and
Alexander García-Düttmann, Professor of Philosophical Aesthetics, Philosophy of Art, Cultural Theory, and Art Theory
at the Berlin University of the Arts
Moderation
Philipp Nolz, Department of Philosophy, University
of Applied Arts Vienna
Mut ohne Heldentum
Antonia Birnbaum
Matthes & Seitz
Berlin, 2025
ISBN: 978-3-7518-3045-4
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