The social construction „Race“ and Reality

In this episode Romina Achatz is in conversation with Michael
Thomas about „Race and Reality“- which is the title of the book
project he is working on. Currently is examining racial
aesthetics as an intersection between phenomenological experience
and socio-political conditions.


Michael Thomas is an African-American philosopher and social
theorist born in Shreveport, Louisiana. His current position is a
Humboldt Foundation fellow at the Freie Universtität Berlin’s JFK
Institute for North American Studies. His research explores the
aesthetic dimension of social life.


In the end, the conversation widens up and they talk about
capitalism, sexism and the power structures within institutions.