Zwischen Dispositiv und Demokratisierungsanspruch. Ein sozialphilosophischer Blick auf die Grenzen Europas
Abstract
This paper outlines a social philosophy of borders with a focus on border related violence. Starting with the current refugee crisis, I look first at walls and seas as places where the return of borders can be most dramatically experienced. A second section discusses and criticizes theories that attempt to describe borders only as institutions and dispositives. This investigation leads to a discussion of the normative implications of current border policies, particularly to the possibility of their democratization. Finally, based on current approaches, I argue for a notion of unconditional community and hospitality, which I understand as transformations of an older natural law tradition. Following this tradition I support an interpretation of today’s migratory movements as an expression of ›presentist democracy‹ and of a critical questioning of a postcolonial world order.