Ateş Uslu
@atesuslu.bsky.social
Istanbul University Faculty of Political Science, professor |
Humboldt Uni. zu Berlin, Centre for Social Critique, guest researcher
global intellectual history | Marxism | Lukács
Will not follow back anonymous accounts.
https://atesuslu.com/en
Humboldt Uni. zu Berlin, Centre for Social Critique, guest researcher
global intellectual history | Marxism | Lukács
Will not follow back anonymous accounts.
https://atesuslu.com/en
Now it's funny to see it from that angle.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Now it's funny to see it from that angle.
My final academic talk of 2025 is the fourth session in an online seminar series on Lukács’s Aesthetics (held in Turkish). We have been reading the dense text of The Specificity of the Aesthetic paragraph by paragraph, and we have only just reached the end of the first section of the first chapter.
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
My final academic talk of 2025 is the fourth session in an online seminar series on Lukács’s Aesthetics (held in Turkish). We have been reading the dense text of The Specificity of the Aesthetic paragraph by paragraph, and we have only just reached the end of the first section of the first chapter.
Today and tomorrow: “Environmental Humanities Meets the History of Knowledge,” an interdisciplinary workshop organized at the University of Konstanz ( @uni-konstanz.de ). I will speak on “Reconsidering Nature: Lukács’s Ontological Turn and Its Contemporary Relevance,” alongside excellent colleagues.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today and tomorrow: “Environmental Humanities Meets the History of Knowledge,” an interdisciplinary workshop organized at the University of Konstanz ( @uni-konstanz.de ). I will speak on “Reconsidering Nature: Lukács’s Ontological Turn and Its Contemporary Relevance,” alongside excellent colleagues.
The 1981 Stuttgart Hegel Congress—where D. Henrich, R. Spaemann, J. Habermas, and O. Pöggeler were keynote speakers, and where philosophers from the Eastern Bloc (Oizerman, Buhr...) presented alongside Gadamer, Rorty, Labarrière, and D’Hondt...
We need to discuss more about the circulation of ideas.
We need to discuss more about the circulation of ideas.
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The 1981 Stuttgart Hegel Congress—where D. Henrich, R. Spaemann, J. Habermas, and O. Pöggeler were keynote speakers, and where philosophers from the Eastern Bloc (Oizerman, Buhr...) presented alongside Gadamer, Rorty, Labarrière, and D’Hondt...
We need to discuss more about the circulation of ideas.
We need to discuss more about the circulation of ideas.
I had the chance to attend one of his seminars at the EHESS (Paris) in 2005. He was 76 years old at the time, and I was mesmerized by his energy and enthusiasm - the seminar lasted more than five hours, and he spoke almost without interruption the entire time.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I had the chance to attend one of his seminars at the EHESS (Paris) in 2005. He was 76 years old at the time, and I was mesmerized by his energy and enthusiasm - the seminar lasted more than five hours, and he spoke almost without interruption the entire time.
Nicolas Tertulian was one of the foremost scholars of Lukács. The articles collected in this book are excellent examples of his ability to combine historical methods—marked by an erudite reading and contextualization of a variety of texts, especially those of Heidegger—with philosophical critique.
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Nicolas Tertulian was one of the foremost scholars of Lukács. The articles collected in this book are excellent examples of his ability to combine historical methods—marked by an erudite reading and contextualization of a variety of texts, especially those of Heidegger—with philosophical critique.
On board a Deutsche Bahn train heading to Berlin, in the midst of semi-insomnia, I check my itinerary and suddenly find myself transported to the late 19th- and early 20th-century history of German social democracy.
November 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
On board a Deutsche Bahn train heading to Berlin, in the midst of semi-insomnia, I check my itinerary and suddenly find myself transported to the late 19th- and early 20th-century history of German social democracy.
This evening: A conference organized by the Chair of the History of Knowledge (Prof. Anne Kwaschik) at the University of Konstanz — “Translating Hitler,” by Olivier Mannoni.
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This evening: A conference organized by the Chair of the History of Knowledge (Prof. Anne Kwaschik) at the University of Konstanz — “Translating Hitler,” by Olivier Mannoni.
Next Tuesday (5 November 2025, 17:00-18:30): A talk on "The Specificity of the Political: Georg Lukács’s Political Thought in the Post-Stalinist Ferment of Ideas (1956-1971)" @uni-konstanz.de Colloquium of Modern History.
October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Next Tuesday (5 November 2025, 17:00-18:30): A talk on "The Specificity of the Political: Georg Lukács’s Political Thought in the Post-Stalinist Ferment of Ideas (1956-1971)" @uni-konstanz.de Colloquium of Modern History.
Georg Lukács Commemoration Day in Heidelberg (Press Release)
October 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Georg Lukács Commemoration Day in Heidelberg (Press Release)
Try these:
-Túró Rudi
-Pogácsa (avoid the "tepertős" [pork fat] version, if vegetarian)
-Zserbó/Gerbeaud Slice (the classical version can be found in Budapest, but you can probably find a good one at a bakery in Debrecen)
-Túró Rudi
-Pogácsa (avoid the "tepertős" [pork fat] version, if vegetarian)
-Zserbó/Gerbeaud Slice (the classical version can be found in Budapest, but you can probably find a good one at a bakery in Debrecen)
October 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Try these:
-Túró Rudi
-Pogácsa (avoid the "tepertős" [pork fat] version, if vegetarian)
-Zserbó/Gerbeaud Slice (the classical version can be found in Budapest, but you can probably find a good one at a bakery in Debrecen)
-Túró Rudi
-Pogácsa (avoid the "tepertős" [pork fat] version, if vegetarian)
-Zserbó/Gerbeaud Slice (the classical version can be found in Budapest, but you can probably find a good one at a bakery in Debrecen)
The final event of the Lukács Day: roundtable.
October 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The final event of the Lukács Day: roundtable.
‘Lukács Day’ has begun in Heidelberg. First stop: Keplerstr. 28, one of his residences in the city during the 1910s.
October 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
‘Lukács Day’ has begun in Heidelberg. First stop: Keplerstr. 28, one of his residences in the city during the 1910s.
October 21, 2025 at 4:55 AM
28. Tisini's book on the conceptions of matter in Islamic thought is far better executed than Bloch's "Aristotelian Left." Yet the former remains almost entirely forgotten, while the latter is well read and widely translated. More translations of Tisini's works from Arabic are much needed.
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
28. Tisini's book on the conceptions of matter in Islamic thought is far better executed than Bloch's "Aristotelian Left." Yet the former remains almost entirely forgotten, while the latter is well read and widely translated. More translations of Tisini's works from Arabic are much needed.
And trustee Gürsel Tekin, who -like a conquistador- is now trying to enter the office, which is defended by barricades. Notably, he was a long-serving member of the same party he is now attempting to conquer with the help of police forces.
September 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
And trustee Gürsel Tekin, who -like a conquistador- is now trying to enter the office, which is defended by barricades. Notably, he was a long-serving member of the same party he is now attempting to conquer with the help of police forces.
I couldn’t help posting this (and sorry, I don’t have time to provide a translation and context for people unfamiliar with the Turkish high school curriculum 😀 )
August 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I couldn’t help posting this (and sorry, I don’t have time to provide a translation and context for people unfamiliar with the Turkish high school curriculum 😀 )
20. There is a book on the history of philosophy that consists entirely of poems. It is sometimes brilliant, sometimes hilarious.
August 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
20. There is a book on the history of philosophy that consists entirely of poems. It is sometimes brilliant, sometimes hilarious.
Meanwhile, the entirety of Eastern European philosophy before 1989 is criticized for its rejection of idealism in favor of materialism.
I'm not sure whether such a title would have been acceptable in a philosophy journal of the Eastern Bloc.
I'm not sure whether such a title would have been acceptable in a philosophy journal of the Eastern Bloc.
July 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Meanwhile, the entirety of Eastern European philosophy before 1989 is criticized for its rejection of idealism in favor of materialism.
I'm not sure whether such a title would have been acceptable in a philosophy journal of the Eastern Bloc.
I'm not sure whether such a title would have been acceptable in a philosophy journal of the Eastern Bloc.
I'm not really into collector's items or original editions, but it was quite an experience to actually touch the very first edition of Lukács's History and Class Consciousness.
July 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I'm not really into collector's items or original editions, but it was quite an experience to actually touch the very first edition of Lukács's History and Class Consciousness.
The third lecture, on ‘Self-Respect and the Value of Protest,’ just started @ktbberlin.bsky.social
P.S. I was a little late, as bus services were suspended due to an anti-fascist protest, held also in solidarity with non-binary people. Practice meets theory, somehow.
P.S. I was a little late, as bus services were suspended due to an anti-fascist protest, held also in solidarity with non-binary people. Practice meets theory, somehow.
June 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The third lecture, on ‘Self-Respect and the Value of Protest,’ just started @ktbberlin.bsky.social
P.S. I was a little late, as bus services were suspended due to an anti-fascist protest, held also in solidarity with non-binary people. Practice meets theory, somehow.
P.S. I was a little late, as bus services were suspended due to an anti-fascist protest, held also in solidarity with non-binary people. Practice meets theory, somehow.
Tommie Shelby on solidarity, politics, and intellectual life.
What a fitting coincidence to have this lecture on race, class, and the political ethics of the oppressed, on Juneteenth.
What a fitting coincidence to have this lecture on race, class, and the political ethics of the oppressed, on Juneteenth.
June 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Tommie Shelby on solidarity, politics, and intellectual life.
What a fitting coincidence to have this lecture on race, class, and the political ethics of the oppressed, on Juneteenth.
What a fitting coincidence to have this lecture on race, class, and the political ethics of the oppressed, on Juneteenth.
Rahel Jaeggi and Robin Celikates @robin-c.bsky.social introduce today's Benjamin Lecture, delivered by Tommie Shelby.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rahel Jaeggi and Robin Celikates @robin-c.bsky.social introduce today's Benjamin Lecture, delivered by Tommie Shelby.
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
@ktbberlin.bsky.social
By the way, we'd have a much clearer understanding of Early Modern intellectual history if specialists placed more importance on 'minor thinkers,' rather than straining to read between the lines of the 'great books' in an effort to rescue canonical thinkers from charges of colonialism and racism.
June 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
By the way, we'd have a much clearer understanding of Early Modern intellectual history if specialists placed more importance on 'minor thinkers,' rather than straining to read between the lines of the 'great books' in an effort to rescue canonical thinkers from charges of colonialism and racism.