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Symposium:
Measuring the Monstrous: Peter Sloterdijk's Jovial Modernity
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and Arts
February 23, 2007
Hertogstraat 1, Brussels
Schedule:
09h00 Registration and reception
10h00 Opening by Sjoerd van Tuinen & Koenraad Hemelsoet
10h15 Eric Alliez (Middlesex University, London)
11h15 Thomas Macho (Humboldt Universität, Berlin)
12h15 Lunch
13h45 Henk Oosterling (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam)
14h45 Robert Pfaller (Kunstuniversität Linz)
15h45 Coffee break
16h15 Bruno Latour (École Nationale Supérieure des Mines, Paris)
17h45 Reception
Getting there:
10 minutes walk from the train station Brussels Central (not Brussels
Midi/South). For a map + route description, see
http://www.kvab.be/downloads/wegwijzer.pdf
Admission fee (15 ?/10 ? for students) to be paid at the registration desk
before 10 a.m.
Because of the limited number of seats, registration by e-mail with one of the
organizers is strongly recommended.
For more information, please contact the organizers:
Sjoerd van Tuinen
Department of Philosophy, University of Ghent
Sjoerd.vanTuinen@UGent.be
Koenraad Hemelsoet
Department of German, University of Ghent
Koenraad.Hemelsoet@UGent.be
In contemporary philosophy generosity seems to be no longer en vogue. Yet by
breaking the devil's circle of resentment and critique, the German philosopher
Peter Sloterdijk renews ancient megalopsychia in the conceptual athleticism of
his recently finished magnum opus entitled Sphären (2004). But already his
early work bears the traces of this revitalization of philosophy, substituting
the morose discourse of critical theory for a singular and provocative
synthesis of style and content that seeks a lasting affair with the outside of
philosophy. Meanwhile, his books have been translated into many different
languages and are circulating widely, but his encompassing project has remained
largely unnoticed in the academic world.
This symposium aims at bringing together for the first time an international
group of renowned specialists on the works of Peter Sloterdijk. It will provide
an opportunity to critically explore important aspects of his work from a
variety of angles, such as science, politics, aesthetics, theology, critical
theory and the history of philosophy, and to put it in relation with issues
inside and outside contemporary philosophy. Due to the international character
of the day, all lectures and discussions will be held in English.
Sponsored by: KVAB (Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen
en Kunsten) and FWO (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek) Vlaanderen
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