Prof. Dr. Michael Minakov
Heide fest
European University Viadrina
DAADVisiting Professor
Jüngste veröffentlichte Bücher:
— "From Servant to Leader. Chronicles of Ukraine under the Zelensky Presidency, 2019-2024" (Stuttgart: ibidem Verlag, erscheint 2025);
— "The Post-Soviet Human. Philosophical Reflections on Post-Soviet History (Autor: auf Ukrainisch - Kyiv: Laurus - Milano: Kοινὴ, 2024; auf Russisch - Riga: School for Civic Education, 2024; auf English - Stuttgart: ibidem Verlag, 2024; auf Deutsch - Stuttgart: ibidem Verlag, erscheint 2025);
— "Philosophy Unchained. Developments in Post-Soviet Philosophical Thought" (Herausgeber; Stuttgart: ibidem Verlag, 2023);
— "Inventing Majorities. Ideologische Kreativität in post-sowjetischen Gesellschaften" (Herausgeber; Stuttgart: ibidem Verlag, 2022).
Vollständige Publikationsliste
Mykhailo Minakov is a philosopher and political scientist. He is currently a visiting professor at the European University Viadrina. He is also editor-in-chief of the Ideology and Politics Journal and the blog Focus Ukraine (published by the Kennan Institute/Wilson Center). PhD (2000) and habilitation (2007) at the Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kiev). Research focus: human experience, time and history, post-Soviet political systems, theories and practices of revolution, critique of ideology. Dr Minakov is the author of seven books, co-author of six other books and author of numerous articles in the fields of philosophy, political science and history. Miykhailo Minakov has more than twenty years of experience in research and teaching at universities in Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the USA.
Wintersemester 2025/2026
Political epistemology: possibilities and limits of studying politics
3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Politik // Zentralbereich Kultur
The focus of this seminar is on the main themes and approaches in the study of political epistemology. Political epistemology is an interdisciplinary approach that merges topics and methods of epistemology, political philosophy and theory, political science, and sociology to study our knowledge of politics. At the seminar, three controversies will be analyzed: 1) What is the truth and argument in a statement on politics? 2) What does it mean to understand political phenomena? What conditions the beliefs and conclusions of political actors and analysts? Participants will review basic concepts of knowledge and ideology and learn to apply them to fundamental political phenomena.
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 13.10.2025 Di, 11:15 - 12:45 Uhr c.t.
Ort: AM 06
Weitere Infos können im Moodlekurs gefunden werden.
The Imperial, Soviet and Post-Soviet Modernization Models in Eastern Europe (18th - 21st centuries)
3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MES: Zentralbereich Politik // Zentralbereich Kultur
The focus of this seminar is on the main themes and approaches in the study of political epistemology. Political epistemology is an interdisciplinary approach that merges topics and methods of epistemology, political philosophy and theory, political science, and sociology to study our knowledge of politics. At the seminar, three controversies will be analyzed: 1) What is the truth and argument in a statement on politics? 2) What does it mean to understand political phenomena? What conditions the beliefs and conclusions of political actors and analysts? Participants will review basic concepts of knowledge and ideology and learn to apply them to fundamental political phenomena.
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 13.10.2025 Di, 14:15 - 16:45 Uhr c.t.
Ort: AM 06
Weitere Infos können im Moodlekurs gefunden werden.
Contemporary Studies of Ideology: concept, research and critique
3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): Bachelor
This seminar is dedicated to the study of ideology, a word that is frequently used yet rarely understood. The seminar aims to provide answers to the following questions: What is ideology? How does it influence human thought and practice? How can ideology be understood? Can it be overcome? From the perspectives of political science, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and political epistemology, the seminar will explore ideology in the context of various political ideologies, including Marxism, liberalism, and conservatism. Students will learn three approaches to ideology: analytical, hermeneutic, and critical. During the seminar, we will test these approaches, clarify their limitations, and understand their usefulness for a broad spectrum of studies in the humanities and social sciences.
Veranstaltungsbeginn: 13.10.2025 Di, 16:15 - 17:45 Uhr c.t.
Ort: LH 101/102
Weitere Infos können im Moodlekurs gefunden werden.
Contact
Logenhaus (LH)Logenstraße 11
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
- LH 113