Currently, I am interim professor for sociology with focus on the history and systematics of social sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Goethe University Frankfurt.
In my research, I focus on political epistemology, an emerging field of research in which I pursue the dual insight of early Frankfurt School Critical Theory that epistemology requires social theory just as social theory requires epistemology. Developing this insight in dialogue with analytic, continental and feminist epistemology on the one hand, and (French) political and social theory/philosophy on the other hand, I am working on a book project with the preliminary title True and Effective. A Concept of Knowledge for Political Epistemology.
My further research projects – on alternative governmentalities, on the concept of responsibility, on the concept of critique and on Michel Foucault’s philosophical method – have a common methodological core, best described as a historical-critical conceptual analysis. Following Ludwig Wittgenstein and Michel Foucault, I take the meaning of concepts to be established by their use in our social practices. Yet these practices must have a history emerging from the social struggles in wich they partake.
You can find further information in my CV or on my Academia.edu profile.
PhD in Philosophy, 2013
University Frankfurt/Main
MA in Philosophy, Mathematics and Cognitive Science, 2009
University of Freiburg im Breisgau
Interim Professor for Sociology with Focus on the History and Systematics of Social Sciences
Goethe UniversityApril 2020 – Present Frankfurt am Main
Visiting Professor for Critical Social Theory
Goethe UniversityApril 2019 – March 2020 Frankfurt am Main
Assistant Professor for Political Theory
SOCIUM/University of BremenApril 2018 – February 2020 Bremen
Assistant Professor for Political Theory
InIIS/University of BremenOctober 2012 – March 2018 Bremen
Am 20./21. November findet ein kleiner Workshop zum Thema “Kritische Theorie(n)” mit Martin Saar statt. Organisiert wird er von Sarah Bianchi, Corina Färber, Hannes Kuch, Kristina Lepold und Frieder Vogelmann in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Forschungsverbund “Normative Ordnungen” der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt und dem Institut für Sozialforschung (IfS). Leider können wir aufgrund der Pandemie Publikum nur digital zulassen; dafür bedarf es einer Anmeldung vorab.
In the summer term 2021, I will teach four courses (all in German):
Scientific writing is not an easy task. To help you with the writing part and to give you some idea how to find a good research question for your term paper, I have assembled some tips in the Hausarbeiten-Survival Guide - so far only in German. If you are instead looking for answers how to format your paper, you should consult the explanations given by Prof. Dr. Tanja Brühl (in this file) or by Prof. Dr. Thomas Lemke (in this file).