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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.
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CFA: Coming to terms with technology. Thinking with/in/through Hannah Arendt
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Coming to terms with technology: thinking with/in/through Hannah Arendt In recent years, there has been an upsurge in literature examining the relationship between technology and Hannah Arendt’s political thought. This scholarly interest has taken multiple directions.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...
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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.