“O amor ainda é possível na velocidade 5G?” – Carol Tilkian | Café Filosófico CPFL ▶️

"Quem se importa menos, ganha. [...] Todo relacionamento é uma ilusão. E é real." Estes são alguns dos preciosos insights de Carol Tilkian sobre o amor on-demand e as relações humanas na era da Internet 5G — repletas de "conexões", mas sem nenhum vínculo. Eros agoniza, diria Byung-Chul Han. Agonizante, mas vivo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRHuhNguzKg&ab_channel=Caf%C3%A9Filos%C3%B3ficoCPFL A tecnologia…

Colocviul Internațional Mircea Cărtărescu | Universitatea Aurel Vlaicu din Arad | 22-23 mai 2024

Universitatea Aurel Vlaicu din AradFacultatea de Științe Umaniste și SocialeStr. Elena Drăgoi, nr. 2Sala 134 Comitetul de organizare: Conf. univ. dr. Alina Pădurean Conf. univ. dr. Adela Drăucean Conf. univ. dr. Alba Diz Villanueva Prof. univ. dr. Ciprian Vălcan 22 mai 2024 Deschiderea colocviului – conf. univ. dr. Alina Pădurean, decanul Facultății de Științe Umaniste…

“A priest in a Nazi collar: German military chaplains and the Holocaust” – Doris Bergen | US Holocaust Memorial Museum ▶️

March 7, 2024 | During World War II, approximately 1,000 Christian chaplains served the German military. What role did these Catholic priests and Protestant pastors play in the Holocaust? Drawing on a wide array of sources—chaplains' letters, military reports, Jewish testimonies, photographs, and popular culture—this lecture offers insight into how Christian clergy advanced the cause…

“Christianity as secularisation” – Gianni VATTIMO | ABOAGORA (2012) ▶️

ABOAGORA is a symposium in Finland that brings together various aspects of academia, the arts, and society. This exciting annual event consists of interdisciplinary discussions, performative sessions, and diverse artistic interventions. The event offers a forum for researchers, artists, and the public to establish new dialogues and new forms of collaboration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK3ZsvPSLZI Aboagora - Between Arts and…

“Heidegger, Schmitt, Dugin: exploring intellectual sources of illiberalism” – Harrison Fluss, Emmanuel Faye, Jiantao Liu, Ronald Beiner ▶️

This seminar bridges political philosophy and political science and roots out the intellectual precursors of today's illiberal wave. It discusses how non-humanist philosophers like Martin Heidegger, Carl Schmitt, and Alexander Dugin became referential names for the transatlantic New Right and for certain non-liberal governments. Concepts such as the Being, the notion of the existential enemy,…

“On Israel, Hamas and Palestine” – Slavoj Žižek ▶️

Israel-Hamas war impacts Frankfurt Book Fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8pwQ4uUxoQ Elizabeth Grenier - DW, October 18, 2023 Slavoj Zizek causes tumult with opening speech  Giving a speech at the fair's opening ceremony on Tuesday, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek also tackled the topic of the Israel-Hamas war. The author, known for his provocative style, condemned the Hamas terrorist attacks…

“Nothing: the science of emptiness” – Frank Wilczek, John Barrow, Paul Davies, George Ellis | World Science Festival ▶️

Why is there something rather than nothing? And what does ‘nothing’ really mean? More than a philosophical musing, understanding nothing may be the key to unlocking deep mysteries of the universe, from dark energy to why particles have mass. Journalist John Hockenberry hosts Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek, esteemed cosmologist John Barrow, and leading physicists Paul…

Breaking the wall of authoritarianism – Lilia Moritz Schwarcz | Falling Walls Science Summit 2022 ▶️

Democracy is at risk. All around the world, democratic states, governments and democratic values that lie at the core of a peaceful and equal society are being weakened and eroded, thus paving the way for anti-democratic sentiments and systems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_J5YjAGsb8 A historian and anthropologist and Professor at the University of São Paulo, Lilia Moritz Schwarcz…

“O Nascimento da Tragédia: da superação dos opostos à filosofia dos antagonismos” – Scarlett MARTON ▶️

O Nascimento da Tragédia 150 anos depois. Colóquio Internacional de 06 a 10 de junho de 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aifqwhpMUKY Exatamente no dia 02 de janeiro de 1872 chegava às livrarias da Alemanha O nascimento da tragédia a partir do espírito da música, escrito por um jovem professor de Filologia, da Universidade da Basiléia na Suíça. Friedrich…

Niilismo, Existencialismo e Gnose na Era da Interpretação | Minicurso on-line

Eis por que os Mistérios antigos, pretensas revelações dos segredos últimos, não nos legaram nada em matéria de conhecimento. Sem dúvida, os iniciados estavam obrigados a não transmitir nada. No entanto, é inconcebível que em tão grande número não se tenha encontrado um só tagarela; o que há de mais contrário à natureza humana que…