{"id":1474,"date":"2024-11-10T22:44:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T21:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/?p=1474"},"modified":"2025-01-30T15:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T14:22:18","slug":"dr-karsten-schubert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/dr-karsten-schubert\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Karsten Schubert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Schubert-Karsten.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Karsten Schubert\" class=\"wp-image-1475 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Schubert-Karsten.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uni-freiburg.de\/frias\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/Schubert-Karsten-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>University of Freiburg<br>Political Theory<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internal Junior Fellow<br>October 2022 &#8211; July 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-ufr-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ufr-button\"> \n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politik.uni-freiburg.de\/professuren\/politische-theorie\/karsten_schubert\"\n\t\t\t\taria-label=\"\"\n\t\tclass=\"\n\t\tbl-text-[1.125rem] bl-leading-[1.5625rem] bl-px-[26px] bl-py-[7px] bl-border-[2px] bl-gap-[8px] !bl-decoration-2 !bl-underline-offset-[5px] focus-visible:bl-outline-offset-[6px]\t\tbl-no-underline hover:bl-underline bl-font-medium\n\t\t\n\t\tfocus-visible:bl-outline-dotted focus-visible:bl-outline-2 bl-border-identity-black bl-text-identity-black\n\t   hover:bl-bg-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-border-identity-blue-80 hover:bl-text-pure-white\n\t   active:bl-bg-identity-blue active:bl-text-pure-white active:bl-border-identity-blue\n\t   !bl-outline-identity-black dark:bl-text-pure-white dark:!bl-border-pure-white\n\t\tdark:hover:bl-text-identity-black dark:hover:bl-bg-identity-yellow-40 dark:hover:!bl-border-identity-yellow-40\n\t\tdark:active:bl-text-identity-black dark:active:bl-bg-identity-yellow dark:active:!bl-border-identity-yellow\n\t\tdark:!bl-outline-pure-white\t\tbl-inline-flex bl-flex-row bl-items-center motion-safe:bl-transition-colors\n\t\tmotion-safe:bl-duration-[400ms] justify-center bl-hyphens-auto\n\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"bl-inline-block\">\n\t\t\tWebsite\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>E-Mail: <a href=\"mailto:muster@email.com\">Karsten.schubert@politik.uni-freiburg.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute\n\t\t\t[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip\n\t\t\t[.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible\n\t\t\tbl-bg-identity-lightblue bl-text-identity-black dark:bl-bg-identity-lightblue dark:bl-text-identity-black bl-py-[24px]  align wp-block-ufr-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-ufr-section-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\n\n<p>Last Update: 08.11.2024<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Karsten Schubert is Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg. His work focuses on contemporary critical political theory and social philosophy: Radical democracy, legal critique, Michel Foucault, biopolitics, queer and gay theory, and intersectionality. Currently, he researches at the intersection of radical democratic thought and identity politics. He received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Leipzig. His first book &#8220;Freedom as Critique. Social Philosophy after Foucault&#8221; (2018, in German) was published with transcript. Texts, videos, and current information at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karstenschubert.net\">www.karstenschubert.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bl-w-full wp-block-ufr-accordion\">\n\n\n<article class=\"ufr-accordion-container-wrapper\" data-accordion=\"animationDuration: 400; direction: vertical; collapsible: true; \">\n\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-container-flex-wrapper \">\n\t\t\n\n<section\n\tid=\"Selected-Publications\"\n\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-section\n\tufr-accordion-item-section--vertical\">\n\t<div class=\"bl-group\/accordion-header ufr-accordion-item-header\n\t\t\t\"\n\trole=\"button\"\n\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\taria-label=\"Toggle accordion item: Selected Publications\"\n\taria-controls=\"Accordion Selected-Publications content\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-heading\n\t\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-heading--vertical\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\tSelected Publications\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<span class=\"\n\t\t\tchevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container--!numbered ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--light-in-lightmode ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--dark-in-darkmode \t\t\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 50\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"chevron-right\" class=\"bl-h-[40px] md:bl-h-[40px] xl:bl-h-[100px] bl-rotate-90\" role=\"img\">\n\t<title>chevron-right<\/title>\n\t<path d=\"M5.00012 5L25.6062 25.0002L5.00012 45\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"12\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tid=\"Accordion Selected-Publications content\"\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-body--vertical\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body-outer-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"is-layout-flow\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schubert, Karsten (2018): Freiheit als Kritik. Sozialphilosophie nach Foucault [Freedom as Critique. Social Philosophy After Foucault]. Bielefeld: transcript.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schubert, Karsten (2021): Freedom as critique. Foucault beyond anarchism. In: Philosophy &amp; Social Criticism 47 (5), 634\u2013660.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0191453720917733\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0191453720917733&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schubert, Karsten; Schwiertz, Helge (2021): Konstruktivistische Identit\u00e4tspolitik. Warum Demokratie partikulare Positionierung erfordert [Constructivist identity politics. Why democracy requires particular positioning]. In: Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Politikwissenschaft 31 (4), 565\u2013593.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s41358-021-00291-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s41358-021-00291-2&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schubert, Karsten (2020): \u00bbPolitical Correctness\u00ab als Sklavenmoral? Zur politischen Theorie der Privilegienkritik [Political Correctness&#8221; as slave morality? On the political theory of the critique of privilege]. In: Leviathan 48 (1), 29\u201351.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5771\/0340-0425-2020-1-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5771\/0340-0425-2020-1-29&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schubert, Karsten (2022): New Era of Queer Politics? PrEP, Foucauldian Sexual Liberation, and the Overcoming of Homonormativity. In: Body Politics 8 (12\/2020), 214\u2013261.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/bodypolitics.de\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BodyPolitics-8-2020-12_Schubert-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/bodypolitics.de\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/BodyPolitics-8-2020-12_Schubert-10.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section\n\tid=\"FRIAS-Project-2\"\n\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-section\n\tufr-accordion-item-section--vertical\">\n\t<div class=\"bl-group\/accordion-header ufr-accordion-item-header\n\t\t\t\"\n\trole=\"button\"\n\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\taria-label=\"Toggle accordion item: FRIAS Project\"\n\taria-controls=\"Accordion FRIAS-Project-2 content\"\n\t>\n\t\t<div class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"ufr-accordion-item-header-heading\n\t\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-heading--vertical\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\tFRIAS Project\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<span class=\"\n\t\t\tchevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-header-chevron-container--!numbered ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--light-in-lightmode ufr-accordion-header-chevron-container--dark-in-darkmode \t\t\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg width=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 35 50\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"chevron-right\" class=\"bl-h-[40px] md:bl-h-[40px] xl:bl-h-[100px] bl-rotate-90\" role=\"img\">\n\t<title>chevron-right<\/title>\n\t<path d=\"M5.00012 5L25.6062 25.0002L5.00012 45\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"12\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div\n\t\tid=\"Accordion FRIAS-Project-2 content\"\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body\n\t\t\tufr-accordion-item-body--vertical\t\t\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"ufr-accordion-item-body-outer-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"is-layout-flow\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Matter of Elites? Identity Politics Between Democratic Representation and Elite Capture<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Identity Politics is key for correcting skewed representation in liberal democracies. However, identity politics risks producing skewed representation itself through elite capture, the taking of identity politics by elites. In this project, I employ radical democratic and constructivist representation theory to differentiate problematic elite capture from democratic representation. I aim to show that identities and preferences of constituencies are not given before representation but constituted through representation, which is why it is impossible to uphold a difference between elite manipulation and true interests. The normative standard for good representation is the empowerment of the constituency&#8217;s reflexivity about its own identity. Visible and influential representatives are not a problem of elite capture, while problematic elite capture occurs when privileged subgroups dominate identity political projects, such as White bourgeois women in second-wave feminism. Identity political representation is skewed towards elite capture if it is not intersectional and can be called democratic if they effectively counteract their own representational distortions.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-relative last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*.bl-absolute]:bl-absolute\n\t\t\t[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-20 last:[&amp;amp;&amp;gt;*]:bl-z-10 bl-relative bl-overflow-x-clip\n\t\t\t[.wp-block-ufr-section_&amp;amp;]:bl-overflow-x-visible\n\t\t\tbl-bg-transparent bl-text-inherit dark:bl-bg-transparent dark:bl-text-inherit  alignfull wp-block-ufr-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-ufr-section-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"bl-absolute bl-inset-0 bl-w-full bl-h-full bl-pointer-events-none bl-mt-0\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"bl-absolute bl-origin-center\n\t\t\t\tbl-w-96\t\t\t\tbl-top-[50%] -bl-translate-y-[50%] bl-left-[50%] -bl-translate-x-[50%]\t\t\t\t\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tviewBox=\"0 0 64.5 64.5\"\n\tfill=\"none\"\n\txmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"\"\n\tclass=\"bl-relative bl-block dark:bl-hidden bl-w-full\"\n\trole=\"img\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n<linearGradient\n\tid=\"3CyJaAwW9f\"\n\tx1=\"50%\" y1=\"100%\"\n\tx2=\"50%\" y2=\"0%\">\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"0%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#f5c2ed\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"1\" \/>\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"100%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#f5c2ed\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"0\" \/>\n<\/linearGradient>\n\t<path\n\t\td=\"m32.25,64c17.53,0,31.75-14.21,31.75-31.75S49.78.5,32.25.5.5,14.71.5,32.25s14.21,31.75,31.75,31.75\"\n\t\tstroke-width=\"2px\"\n\t\tvector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\n\t\tfill=\"url(#3CyJaAwW9f)\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n<svg\n\twidth=\"100%\"\n\tviewBox=\"0 0 64.5 64.5\"\n\tfill=\"none\"\n\txmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"\n\taria-label=\"\"\n\tclass=\"bl-relative bl-hidden dark:bl-block bl-w-full\"\n\trole=\"img\">\n\t<title><\/title>\n<linearGradient\n\tid=\"QIOZNDLY9f\"\n\tx1=\"50%\" y1=\"100%\"\n\tx2=\"50%\" y2=\"0%\">\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"0%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#000149\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"1\" \/>\n\t<stop\n\t\toffset=\"100%\"\n\t\tstop-color=\"#000149\"\n\t\tstop-opacity=\"0\" \/>\n<\/linearGradient>\n\t<path\n\t\td=\"m32.25,64c17.53,0,31.75-14.21,31.75-31.75S49.78.5,32.25.5.5,14.71.5,32.25s14.21,31.75,31.75,31.75\"\n\t\tstroke-width=\"2px\"\n\t\tvector-effect=\"non-scaling-stroke\"\n\t\tfill=\"url(#QIOZNDLY9f)\" \/>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:128px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of FreiburgPolitical Theory Internal Junior FellowOctober 2022 &#8211; July 2023 E-Mail: Karsten.schubert@politik.uni-freiburg.de Curriculum Vitae Dr. Karsten Schubert is Lecturer in Political Theory and Philosophy at the Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg. 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