Nächste Ausgabe
2/2026: Potenziale und Grenzen des Pazifismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart
The volume explores the potential and opportunities of pacifist approaches with a view to the past and present, particularly in light of the political situation worldwide. To this end, areas of discourse will be opened up by academics and peace practitioners who will jointly define the topic area.
›No more war!‹ - This pacifist demand can also be found time and again in the Christian discourse on war and peace. The question of the possibilities of pacifist convictions and non-violent conflict resolution strategies has taken on a new urgency, especially in view of the many and varied armed conflicts currently taking place; just think of Ukraine or the Middle East.
This volume on pacifism pursues a twofold goal: on the one hand, the field of pacifism is to be further explored ecumenically and interdisciplinarily, and on the other hand, the networking of academics and peace practitioners can be further strengthened. Pacifism offers the ideal subject area for this. After all, basic pacifist convictions can be one of the motivators for a corresponding commitment to peace work or civil conflict transformation.
The interdisciplinary conference therefore aims to analyse the origins of pacifism on the one hand and to examine the relevance of the concept for the present day on the other. In particular, the challenges, opportunities and limits of civil conflict transformation in the present will be analysed.
Editors: Benedikt Brunner, Gabriel Rolfes, Sarah Jäger.
1/2027: Commons
Commons are more than just public goods—they are an expression of the will of society. Whether it’s education, health care, or energy infrastructure: Because their creation, provision, or accessibility are the result of public commissioning and collective control, they break with a capitalist economy. This organization and management outside of competition-oriented production and distribution logics not only opens up scope for action and shaping in which people (re)experience themselves as effective (political) actors. As the outcomes of collective negotiation and decision-making processes, the commons also revitalize real-utopian energies by making concrete alternatives to a growth-oriented economy tangible, thereby motivating people—beyond the pursuit of subjective interests—to relate to their environment and fellow human beings in a spirit of solidarity and sustainability.
The emancipatory potential associated with this can, so to speak, only be activated in the long term if the social, structural, and normative conditions of public-interest economic activity—as well as its risks—are brought into focus, explored, and democratically negotiated.
A social ethics of the commons must accordingly keep the dimensions of justice in commons-based systems in view and also ask: How are they politically legitimized? What ultimate responsibilities can be identified, and who bears them? Who benefits from processes of socialization, and who is excluded? How can the commons balance out social inequalities rather than deepening them? And above all: How do they contribute to the urgently needed socio-ecological transformation?
In this issue, we examine the commons as a socio-ethical project. The articles discuss, through the lens of various commons, their opportunities, their limitations, and their role as a laboratory for a more solidarity-based society. For the commons are not merely goods; they are also an invitation to talk about the society in which we want to live.
Editors: Anna Karger-Kroll, Anne Konsek, Matthias Möhring-Hesse
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