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Jurgita Imbrasaite

Dr. Jurgita Imbrasaite is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Science and Thought at the University of Bonn. Her philosophical work investigates the discursive and epistemic conditions of modernity, with particular attention to how the conditio humana evolves under new regimes of knowledge, power and technology. She received her interdisciplinary doctorate in 2015 from Ruhr-University Bochum, where she examined the shift from sovereign societies to the knowledge-driven modern age through the theories of Jacques Lacan and Michel Foucault. In recent years she has expanded her scope to include political and philosophical questions about the technological condition of modernity. Her current research focuses on Hannah Arendt's political philosophy, the modern work paradigm, and the epistemic conditions for human-technological co-activity. Before joining the University of Bonn she was a research associate at the Institut für Geschichte und Zukunft der Arbeit (IGZA) and a lecturer at the University of Europe in Hamburg. In 2023 she co‑founded the international research group “Arendt & Technology,” which brings together scholars working at the intersection of political philosophy and contemporary technology. Imbrasaite's expertise is based on international and interdisciplinary collaboration, ongoing philosophical further studies, and the development of innovative research formats at the intersection of philosophy, society, and technology.

Focus of Study

Areas of Specialisation 

Philosophy of Technology (French-German School), the Modern Technological Condition of the Human Condition, Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy, Modern Labor Paradigm, Discourse Analysis, Foucauldian Epistemology, Freud/Lacan Psychoanalytical Theory

Areas of Competence

The so-called “Poststructuralist” Philosophy, Critical Theory, Historical Discourses of Souverinity, Discourses of the Modern Knowledge Society, Discourses of European Modern and Contemporary Performing Arts, New Work Discourse, Coaching in Academic Writing

Project: The Conditio Humana in the Age of AI

What does it mean to be active as a human under technological conditions shaped by algorithmic systems? Drawing on Hannah Arendt’s notion of the Conditio Humana, understood as the ensemble of conditions under which human activity takes shape and acquires meaning, this project sketches a contemporary vision of the Vita Activa. Moving beyond master–slave dualisms, it explores how AI reshapes the quasi-transcendental conditions that render human activity intelligible. In pursuit of a philosophy of co-activity (Mit-Tätigsein), it investigates the entangled yet asymmetrical relationship between human and machine agency and argues that the concept of activity itself must be reformulated in light of these technological conditions.

Curriculum Vitae

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Projekte

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Desirable Digitalisation

Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures.

We investigate how to design AI (artificial intelligence) and other digital technologies in a responsible way, placing the questions of social justice and environmental sustainability at the very heart of our work.

Our research program is a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Bonn and numerous international partners, and is funded by the Mercator Foundation in Germany.

Contact

Work Address

University of Bonn
Institut für Philosophie
Center for Science and Thought

Contact

jurgita.imbrasaite@uni-bonn.de

Address

Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1-3
53227 Bonn
Room: 2.008

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