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Isette Schuhmacher serves as a Researcher at the Chair of Practical Philosophy and Social Philosophy within the Institute of Philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin since March 2025, following prior research associate work at the Centre for Social Critique from 2018. Her academic foundation spans philosophy and German studies across University of Potsdam, Humboldt University, and Columbia University.
Her educational milestones include:
- Master's thesis examining 'progress after Adorno'
- Doctoral dissertation 'Social Crises: A Social-Philosophical Conception of Crisis', revised into the forthcoming book 'Crisis Society' with expanded analysis of multiple crises
Research centers on social ontology, critical theory, and crisis frameworks, with current focus on climate crisis dynamics and social transformation pathways. Her work systematically interrogates normative assumptions in crisis concepts while exploring emancipatory potentials within capitalist structures.
Publications reveal evolving engagement from aesthetic critique (2014-2015) toward comprehensive crisis theory development, culminating in her Oxford Handbook contribution (2024) and upcoming Handbook of Critical Theory chapter. Recent outputs emphasize interdisciplinary crisis analysis spanning social pathology, historical materialism, and contemporary capitalism critiques.
No scientific awards or fellowships are documented in available sources.
Teaching activities demonstrate substantive advising through course leadership on Durkheim, Benjamin, and crisis theory, though formal student advisement isn't specified. Grant involvement remains unreported, but her role includes organizing critical theory conferences and podcast collaborations.
Active within Humboldt's Centre for Social Critique ecosystem, she co-organizes events like the 'Crises' Crisis' panel at International Critical Theory Conferences and contributes to the 'Critical theory in context' podcast series, fostering public-facing academic discourse on social transformation.
