Elias König
Affiliate Scholar
Elias König schreibt über soziale Bewegungen und Klimagerechtigkeit und engagiert sich im Bündnis Shell Must Fall. Seine Aufsätze erschienen unter anderem in The Ecologist, Truthout, New Bloom, analyse & kritik, der Freitag und Klimareporter.de. Zuletzt forschte er als Yenching Scholar an der Universität Peking zu Umweltphilosophie aus chinesischer Perspektive.
Blog Posts
- 2020-2022: M.A., Yenching Academy, Universität Peking.
- 2020: B.A. Philosophie und Politikwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin.
- 2019-2020: Forschungsaufenthalt an der Jawaharlal-Nehru-Universität in Neu-Delhi zum Thema "Ecology Beyond the Canon".
- 2018-19 Auslandsaufenthalt, Yale-NUS College, Singapur.
- 2016: IB, United World College, Freiburg i. Br.
- Umweltphilosophie
- Klimaethik
- Kritische Theorie
- Chinesische Philosophie
Publikationen am RIFS
Publikationen vor der Tätigkeit am RIFS
Books
- Koenig, Elias. Klimagerechtigkeit. Warum wir eine sozial-ökologische Revolution brauchen. Münster: Unrast, 2021. Academic
- Koenig, Elias. "Towards a Theory of the Climate Strike article", in Socialism and Democracy (forthcoming)
- Koenig, Elias. "Of Hearts and Kings: The Body Politic and Metaphor in Al-Farabi's Perfect State", Falsafa, Issue 2, Winter 2019. Link: https://falsafaorg.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/issue-2-02.pdf Other
- Koenig, Elias und Louise Wagner. "Unter dem Ölteppich", Der Freitag, Februar 2022. Link: https://www.freitag.de/autoren/der-freitag/gastbeitrag-unter-dem-oelteppich
- Koenig, Elias and Sylvie Ramakers. "Repairing the Ruins of Modernity: The Case of the Taitung Miramaer Resort." New Bloom Magazine, September 2021. Link: https://newbloommag.net/2021/09/06/taitung-miramar-resort/
- Koenig, Elias und Mihir Sharma. "Indiens Bäuer:innenproteste gehen in die nächste Runde", Klimareporter, Januar 2021.
- Koenig, Elias. "Warum Klimaungerechtigkeit kein Zufall ist", Klimareporter, Oktober 2020. Link: https://www.klimareporter.de/gesellschaft/warum-klimaungerechtigkeit-kein-zufall-ist
- Koenig, Elias und Mihir Sharma. "250 Millionen gegen Modi", Analyse und Kritik, Januar 2020. Link: https://www.akweb.de/bewegung/250-millionen-gegen-modi/
- The Ecologist: Diverse Artikel (2019-2022). Link: https://theecologist.org/profile/elias-koenig
- Koenig, Elias. "Why the Mauna Kea Protests Are So Challenging to the Mainstream Climate Movement", Oktober 2019. Link: https://truthout.org/articles/why-the-mauna-kea-protests-are-so-challenging-to-the-mainstream-climate-movement/
- "Climate Justice Beyond the Canon: Undoing Conceptual Imperialism." Privilege on a Warming Planet Conference, University of Antwerp, Center for European Philosophy, 23 and 24 September, 2021.
- "Climate Justice as Epistemic Justice." Student Lecture Series, Institute of Philosophy, Free University of Berlin, June 11, 2020.
- "Un-like-ly Futures: Revolutionary Narratives in the age of TINA." Together with Mihir Sharma. Presented at the Zukunft Gestalten conference, University of Flensburg, Norbert Elias Center, January 14-16, 2020.
- "Why Global Philosophy Must Be Decolonial." Student Lecture Series, Institute of Philosophy, Free University of Berlin, November 26, 2020.
- "Climate Crisis and Hope." Campus Conversation Series, Bard College Berlin, October 25, 2019.
- "Islands Are Lies: Decolonizing the Greentopian Lexicon." Presented at "Greentopia. Ideas, Concepts and Institutional Proposals." University of Vienna, Institute for Philosophy, October 11-12, 2019.
- "The Problem of Interconnectivity: Why the Climate Crisis is also a Philosophical Crisis." Presented at: 17th Conference for Young Researchers, Novosibirsk State University, Russia, September 24-25, 2019.
- "Of Hearts and Kings: The Body Politic and Metaphor in Al-Farabi's Perfect State." Presented at: PhilCon 2019, Ashoka Philosophy Society, Sonipat, Haryana, India, 23 March 2019.