PHILOSOPHICAL AND ETHICAL REFLECTIONS FROM A HUMANIST PERSPECTIVE.
The Centre for Ethics and Humanism at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel studies contemporary and historical debates in philosophy and ethics on (inter)subjectivity, existence, technology and media, humanism, Enlightenment and politics.
Recent news
Publication: 'Democratic Thought from Machiavelli to Spinoza: Freedom, Equality, Multitude' (EUP, 2024)
I am happy to announce the publication of Sonja Lavaert , Democratic Thought from Machiavelli to Spinoza: Freedom, Equality, Multitude Translated by Albert Gootjes Spinoza Studies series editor Filippo Del Lucchese - Edinburgh University Press, 2024 Please find the f...
'Machiavelli, Spinoza, Marx' (Spinoza seminar 2024-2025)
The fourth edition of the Spinoza seminar at Vrije Universiteit Brussel is entitled ‘Machiavelli, Spinoza, Marx’. The seminar consists of reading sessions and presentations by Sonja Lavaert (VUB), Thomas Berns (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Nicolas Lema Habash (Universi...
Atelier 'Spinoza et le transindividuel' (at ENS de Lyon)
On March 28 and 29, the workshop 'Spinoza and the transindividual' will take place in Lyon, organized by Pierre-François Moreau and ETHU-member Sonja Lavaert, and with the participation of, among others, ETHU-member Thomas van Binsbergen. You can find the program of the workshop here.
Upcoming events
Practical info-PhD defense Jan Jasper Mathé: On the Task of Mediated Existence: Kierkegaard and Examined Selfhood in a Culture of Immediacy
You are kindly invited to the public defense to obtain the academic degree of Doctor in Philosophy and Moral Sciences of Mr. Jan Jasper Mathé, which will take place on Wednesday 11 September 2024 at 14h, Auditorium I.0.01.
Practical info-Multilingual PhD-workshop: Carl Schmitt’s 'On the Political'
This workshop will consist of two introductory lectures by Prof. Dr. A.
