Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi
Three scenes about the artificiality of nature
November 21, 2025
Artificiality is attributed to culture, which is considered malleable and historically changeable, and contrasted with nature, which is understood as immutable and necessary. But this distinction between nature and culture can no longer hold up when one considers technological, biomedical, digital, and epistemological revolutions. The lecture will illustrate this with three scenes from very different fields, adding confusion about the categories themselves to the general confusion about terms.
Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi at Korbinians Kolleg
Professor Armin Nassehi has taught general sociology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich since 1998. He covers the broad spectrum of sociology from empirical social research to social theory and the sociology of knowledge. His own methodological approach is influenced by Niklas Luhmann. Since 2012, he has been one of the editors of "Kursbuch", one of the most influential cultural journals in Germany since 1968. Nassehi takes a stand on many issues of social and political development, not only in Germany. His analyses are precise and relevant and therefore in demand. His academic oeuvre is extensive. Most recently published "Muster. Theorie der digitalen Gesellschaft" (2019) and "Das große Nein. Eigendynamik und Tragik des gesellschaftlichen Protests" (2020).
