Martin Renz is academic coordinator of the Research Training Group “Aesthetics of Democracy.” He studied philosophy, political science and American Studies at FU Berlin, Sorbonne (Paris IV), UChicago, and at Goethe-University Frankfurt. In his doctoral dissertation he developed an Arendtian theory of contemporary populism. It was supervised by Johannes Völz (Goethe-University) and Patchen Markell (Cornell University).

He is happy to answer all questions regarding the Research Training Group.

Room: IG 4.216, Tel. 069-798-32366

Publications

Renz, Martin. “Outsiders, Liars, Scamsters: Hannah Arendt on ‘Schwindel’ and Free Speech.” Philosophy & Rhetoric, vol. 58, no. 1, Apr. 2025, pp. 104–14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5325/philrhet.58.1.0104.

Renz, Martin and Julius Schwarzwälder. “Revolutions of the Senses.” Spaces of Appearance: Aesthetics and Politics After Analogy, edited by Martin Renz and Julius Schwarzwälder, transcript, 2025, pp. 76–109.

Renz, Martin and Julius Schwarzwälder. “What Are and To What End Do We Study Spaces of Appearance?” Spaces of Appearance: Aesthetics and Politics After Analogy, edited by Martin Renz and Julius Schwarzwälder, transcript, 2025, pp. 8–27.