Philippe Hamman & Aurélie Choné - Concepts, Discourses and Uses of Resilience in Literary and Social Science Studies

FRIAS Lunch Lecture from 14 January 2021 with Prof. Dr. Philippe Hamman and Prof. Dr. Aurélie Choné from the University of Strasbourg

Social Sciences: If we define resilience as “the capacity of a system to accommodate change and still retain the same function and structure” (Margaret Robertson, 2017, Dictionary of Sustainability, Routledge, p. 122), what does sociology tell us about this concept?

Literary Studies: Resilience has been most frequently defined as positive resistance to adversity. Modern resilience studies originated among psychologists and psychiatrists. Researchers in Literary Studies have recently started using the concept and applying it in different areas.

More information on the FRIAS Lunch Lectures 2020/21: https://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/de/veranstaltungen/lunch-lectures/former-lectures/multidisciplinary-resilience