Associate Member

Greta Wagner

  • Biografische Angaben

    Dr. Greta Wagner (1981) ist Professorin für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Kultursoziologie an der Uni Frankfurt. Zuvor war sie wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Arbeitsbereich allgemeine Soziologie der TU Darmstadt und vertrat die Professur für Soziologie an der Universität Luzern. Ihre Schwerpunkte liegen in der qualitativen empirischen Sozialforschung und der soziologischen Theorie. Sie arbeitet zu Problemen der Moralsoziologie, der Emotionssoziologie und der sozialen Ungleichheit. Greta Wagner war zu Forschungsaufenthalten an der New School for Social Research in New York und der Brown University, zuletzt war sie Member des Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
  • Publikationen

    Wagner, Greta (2022): “Helping Refugees in Rural Germany. Ambivalences of Compassion”, in: Didier Fassin und Axel Honneth (Hg.): Crises under Critique, New York: Columbia UP. Wagner, Greta (2021): „Status und Mitleid. Zur Affektökonomie der Einfühlung“, in: Sarah Lenz und Martina Hasenfratz (Hg.): Capitalism Unbound. Ökonomie, Ökologie, Kultur, Frankfurt am Main: Campus. Wagner, Greta (2020): „Helfen und Kritik. Das Verhältnis von Solidarität und Wohltätigkeit in der Hilfe für Geflüchtete“, WSI-Mitteilungen (5), S. 356-361. Wagner, Greta (2019): „Helfen und Reziprozität. Freiwilliges Engagement für Geflüchtete im ländlichen Raum“, Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 48(3), S. 226-241. Trommer, Isabell und Wagner, Greta (2019): „Mitleid und Krise. Zur Aufnahme von Flüchtlingen in der Bundesrepublik“, in: WestEnd. Neue Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung (1), Frankfurt am Main: Campus, S. 123-133.

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30.06.2025

Article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich published in EJPT

The article "Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?" by Amadeus Ulrich has just been published open access in the European Journal of Political Theory (EJPT). Ulrich brings the perspective of radical realism into a productive dialog with Adorno's critical theory.

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30.06.2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay awarded the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Prize 2025

Prof. Dr. Franziska Fay (Junior Professor of Ethnology with a focus on Political Anthropology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and former postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center Normative Orders at Goethe University) receives the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose University Award 2025 in the category Humanities and Social Sciences.

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Publication
25.06.2025 | Online article

Ideology and Suffering: What Is Realistic about Critical Theory?

Ulrich, Amadeus (2025): Ideology and suffering: What is realistic about critical theory? European Journal of Political Theory, 0(0).  https://doi.org/10.1177/14748851251351782

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24.06.2025

New series “Vertrauensfragen” in the Frankfurter Rundschau initiated by Hendrik Simon

Democracy thrives on debate - if it serves the joint search for solutions. There is often a problem with this cooperation. The new FR series “Vertrauensfragen”, initiated by Hendrik Simon (Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) Frankfurt location at Goethe University's Research Centre Normative Orders ), examines why this is the case and how we can do better.

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23.06.2025 | Working Paper

Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina

Moreno, Guadalupe (2025): “Untrustworthy Authorities and Complicit Bankers: Unraveling Monetary Distrust in Argentina”. Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Discussion Paper 25/3.

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22.05.2025

Does deliberative democracy have a future in the age of oligarchs, autocrats and patriarchs?

On June 3, Prof. Simone Chambers will give a lecture on the value of democracies and the future of the form of government.

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19.05.2025 | Anthology

Klimaethik. Ein Reader

Sparenborg, Lukas; Moellendorf, Darrel (Hrsg.) (2025) : Klimaethik. Ein Reader. Suhrkamp.

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19.05.2025

What can a baroque tapestry tell us about colonial iconography?

Lecture by Cécile Fromone on May 21. The professor at the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Harvard University, director of the Cooper Gallery at the Hutchins Center and author will talk about the long-forgotten African origins of iconography and its colonial dimension.

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05.05.2025

Normative Orders Newsletter 01/25 published

The newsletter from Research Centre Normative Orders collects information on current events, reports, news and publications several times a year. Read the first issue 2025 here.

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