In this paper I develop a concept of improvisation—both in its everyday and artistic form— that accentuates the importance of disruption, failure, and risk. I thereby differentiate improvisation from habitual action and practical knowledge while acknowledging important similarities. In the second part of the paper I explore to what extent theoretical writing can be improvisational. Drawing on texts by bell hooks, Virginia Woolf, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, I propose an emphasis on the situatedness of the writer and point out, here, too, the relevance of disruption and risk.
Von »Die Kunst der Entzweiung« (1987) bis »Spiele der Sprache« (2023): Martin Seels Texte mischen die Karten von theoretischer, praktischer und ästhetischer Reflexion neu und schlagen Brücken zwischen scheinbar unversöhnlichen philosophi [...]