Former Fellow

Samuel F. Müller

PhD student at the New School for Social Science in New York

Research project:
Religion in Modern Societies as Challenge to Critical Theory

Events:
June 12, 2014
Paper Presentation
The Question of Transcendence in Jürgen Hambermas’s Early Critical Theory
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Dr. Matthias Lutz-Bachmann
Location: Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften, Bad Homburg

  • Biografische Angaben

    Samuel F. Müller is a doctoral student at the Department of Politics at the New School for Social Research in New York. His dissertation is entitled "'Judeo-Christian Mysticism' and 'Bourgeois Religion:' Reconstructing 'Religion' in Jürgen Habermas's Critical Social Theory, from The Absolute and History to The Theory of Communicative Action." He graduated with a Diplom in Social Sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin and received an M.A. as well as an M.Phil. degree in Politics from the New School for Social Research. Critical social and political theory, the works of Jürgen Habermas, philosophies of religion and secularism, global politics, Turkey and the Middle East
  • Publikationen

    “Peace, War, and Modernity in International Relations Theory.” Transcience Journal 1/1 (2010): 33-46. „Religion in Modern Societies as Challenge for Critical Theory: Remarks on Habermas’s Approach to Religion.” Canon Magazine (Fall 2009): http://www.canonmagazine.org/fall09/mueller.html. “Islamisierung oder Demokratisierung in der Türkei.” Berlin Risk Brief 1 (2008): 13-17. “Balanceakt zwischen den Extremen.” Review of Die Zukunft einer Provokation: Religion im liberalen Staat, by Karsten Fischer. E-politik.de: Onlinemagazin für Politik, Gesellschaft, und Politikwissenschaft (Aug. 19, 2011), Politisches Buch. Link “Islam auf allen Feldern.” Review of Der Islam in der Gegenwart: Entwicklung und Ausbreitung, Kultur und Religion, Staat, Politik und Recht, by Werner Ende and Udo Steinbach. Welt Trends, Zeitschrift für Internationale Politik und vergleichende Studien 54 (2007): 163-165. Religion, Secularism, and Ideology: Revitalizing an Old Controversy. Work-in-Progress presentation at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften) in Bad Homburg, date: TBA.

News from the research center

Event
13.11.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

When Design Gets Political

Exhibition, Conference, Panel Discussion, Lecture, Workshop

Der dritte Tag der Design Policy Days an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt richtet sich an alle, die Design als politische Kraft denken. Gemeinsam mit dem Deutschen Designtag und der World Design Capital 2026 widmet er sich in Roundtables, Projektpräsentationen, Workshops und Ausstellungen der institutionellen Politik: Wie lässt sich Design methodisch, strukturell und normativ in politische Entscheidungsprozesse integrieren – und wie kann Politik selbst als Gestaltungsfeld verstanden werden?

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Publication
21.09.2026 | Working Paper

Dimensionen wehrhafter Demokratie in unsicheren Zeiten

Abich, Leon; Adams, Cosima; Biebricher, Thomas; Britz, Gabriele; Daase, Christopher; Deitelhoff, Nicole; Dönges, Jan; Krause, Leon; Nitzschner, Patrick; Siebert, Hannes; Siefert, Julian; Stephanblome, Isabelle (2026): "Dimensionen wehrhafter Demokratie in unsicheren Zeiten". DemoReg Working Paper 3.1.

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Event
10.02.2027 | Frankfurt am Main

Shifting Visions of Peace and Security

Panel Discussion, Lecture Series

Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times” mit Lisbeth Zimmermann (Goethe University/Normative Orders), Antonia Witt (PRIF), Siddarth Tripathi (University of Erfurt). Moderation: Jonas Wolff (Goethe University/PRIF/Normative Orders).

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Event
03.02.2027 | Frankfurt am Main

AI, War, and Big Tech

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Ingvild Bode (University of Southern Denmark)im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
16.12.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

International arms control in a world of uncertainties

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Malte Göttsche (TU Darmstadt/PRIF) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
02.12.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Enabling Authoritarianism: UN Peacekeeping and the Politics of Authoritarianism

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Sarah von Billerbeck (University of Reading) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
25.11.2026 | Frankfurt

Deterrence in “Post-Liberal Times“

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Maria Mälksoo (Copenhagen University) (Goethe-Universität/PRIF/Normative Orders) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
18.11.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

The Case for (Neo)colonialism: Neotrusteeship in International Relations as the ‘Imperial Mind’ of the ‘Colonial Present’

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Nick Lemay-Hébert (Manchester University) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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Event
28.10.2026 | Frankfurt am Main

Postliberal vs. liberal Perspectives on Peace and Security and Crises

Lecture Series, Lecture

Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Christopher Daase (Goethe-Universität/PRIF/Normative Orders) im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung “Peace and Security in Post-Liberal Times”.

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