for Advanced Studies
Annual Lecture 2018
30 October 2018
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Spinoza famously opposes political rebellion, or what we would call “revolution,” on the grounds that it reproduces, and may even worsen, just the conditions it was intended to replace. Yet Spinoza’s theoretical and practical philosophy is marked by philosophical rebellion and conceptual revolution: he invites, even demands, that we criticise and move beyond our usual horizons, lest we reproduce old problems. In this talk, Julie Klein will consider Spinoza’s relation to scepticism and his practice of critique as a philosophical strategy. She will focus particularly on his account of the freedom to philosophise in order to clarify his view of what makes philosophising possible.
Julie R. Klein is an associate professor of philosophy at Villanova University.
Venue
Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies
Schlüterstraße 51 (5th floor)
Room 5060
20146 Hamburg
The event is open to the public, with advance registration via e-mail:
maimonides-centre"AT"uni-hamburg.de