Evolution, Temporalisierung und Gegenwart revisited. Spielräume in Luhmanns Zeittheorie

Gehring, Petra

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“…For useful discussions of Luhmann's conception of time, see Nassehi (1993), Baraldi, Corsi, and Esposito (1997, 214-17), Tang (2013), andTada (2019). The following argument draws on Gehring's (2007) reading of Luhmann's theory of time and Wolff's (2021) extension of her interpretation in a case study of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. 5.…”

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“…assume a prolonged present” (Luhmann 1981, 135). This operation generates “a kind of limbo” [“eine Art Schwebezustand”], in which time comes to a halt and options are still open (Luhmann 1981, 135; see also Gehring 2007, 426; Wolff 2021, 81-84). 9…”

Section: Luhmann Time and Reversibility: Cryopreservation As A Perman...mentioning

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“…The principle of whenever brings the question of power to the fore, articulating the prospect of “negotiating with time about the duration of the duration” (Luhmann 1981, 133). Given the option to (not) prolong the present and to delay irreversibility, this mode of power affects not only the consumption of time but also its production (Gehring 2007, 428). Instead of anticipating future processes, the politics of suspension keeps events in limbo, postponing (or not) decisions on the concrete “when” of the “whenever” and determining when the present is due to become the past: “To keep options reversible does not mean anticipating the future in the present, but a disposition [“Disposition”] in the present that allows it to both pass away and to continue ” (Luhmann 1981, 137; emphasis in orig.…”

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“… 25. Wolff (2021) describes this strategy as a “politics of reversibility” (p. 87; see also Gehring 2007, 429). …”

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Welcome to Whenever: Exploring Suspended Life in Cryopreservation Practices

Lemke

2021

Science, Technology, & Human Values

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Cryopreservation practices have become increasingly important within contemporary life sciences in recent decades, opening up the perspective of modifying and modulating temporal pathways and developmental cycles. Exploring the concept of “suspended life,” this article first focuses on temporal liminality as cryopreservation practices operate by extending the present. I rely on Niklas Luhmann’s account of time, which advances the idea of an enduring present bound to the principle of reversibility. The second part of this article engages with the emergence of cryobanks. Drawing on Martin Heidegger’s concept of the “standing-reserve” ( Bestand), I conceive of cryobanks as storing facilities that ensure the disposition of organic material. The third section discusses the advent of a “politics of suspension” based on the proliferation of cryogenic life in contemporary societies, which is defined by reversibility and disposition. The conclusion sums up the main argument and briefly points to the social and political repercussions of this mode of governing the future by prolonging the present.

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“… 25. Wolff (2021) describes this strategy as a “politics of reversibility” (p. 87; see also Gehring 2007, 429). …”

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2021

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Processing societal expectations: entrepreneurship initiative decision-making at a research university

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Kantasalmi

2023

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Deploying systems-theoretical conceptuality, this paper improves understanding of the organisational consequences of the intensified societal engagement of a research university. Aligning its work with Luhmannian organisational analysis, it addresses the dynamic interplay between two modes of administrative decision-making communication, namely, the traditional professional administration and the New-Public-Management-oriented (NPM) managerial techniques. Our research observes how the politico-economic conditions of the society translate into the university’s decisions concerning an initiative to engage in start-up entrepreneurship. The article contributes to higher education literature by showing that the university’s professional administration is a discrete organisational function internally differentiated into specialised administrative branches, each of which operates according to a sense-making regime associated with its primary societal system reference, such as education, science and the economy. The article also demonstrates the structurally conditioned differences in branch-specific temporalisations of the entrepreneurial initiative during decision-making. Inspired by the Luhmannian view on temporality, we demonstrate how administrative decisions synchronise the varied structural time horizons within the university’s professional administration. Focus on temporality in decision-making thus allows us to see how the NPM-inspired managerial techniques are operationalised in administrative communication at universities. Consequently, the paper argues that university administration is a complex dynamic entity, which varyingly aligns itself to national policy scripts, and only selectively enacts features of a global trend known as NPM.

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The problem of the present: On simultaneity, synchronisation and transnational education projects

Broeck¹

2020

Educational Philosophy and Theory

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Evolution, Temporalisierung und Gegenwart revisited. Spielräume in Luhmanns Zeittheorie

Cited by 4 publications

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Welcome to Whenever: Exploring Suspended Life in Cryopreservation Practices

Welcome to Whenever: Exploring Suspended Life in Cryopreservation Practices

Processing societal expectations: entrepreneurship initiative decision-making at a research university

The problem of the present: On simultaneity, synchronisation and transnational education projects

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