The question of hermeneutics in politics covers four important and interrelated lines. The first has to do with the question of the relations between power (on the side of politics) and force (on the side of nature): should we cash out this distinction in terms of the distinction of meaning and objectivity and what are the consequences? The second has to do with the question of pluralism and cohesion in politics: if politics is determined as a realm of meaning (and not of truth), should we say that this offers resources to evade polarisation and ground pluralism and toleration? The third has to do with the question of political agency: is the political art something like an art of reading and writing, and if so, what are the implications? Finally, it has to do with the relations between morality and politics: if politics is best defined as a field of interpretations, does it make it independent from (some forms of) moral systems? The course will address some of the foundational moments and debates around these questions from throughout the history of philosophy.
This course is meant to be of interest to historians of any period of political thought. You will gain insight on the history of the role of discourse (both linguistic and non-linguistic) in politics, with emphasis on its relations with the question of force, and the role of truth and moral truth in the constitution of the political imaginary.
Keynote speakers:
Primary target group | PhD candidates, ReMa students |
If places available also open to | All |
Type of activity | Course |
Certificate credit points | 1-2,5 |
Organizer | Leiden University (Dr. Frank Chouraqui) |
Location | Wassenaarseweg 52 |
Date | September 26, 2024 @ 09:00 |
Venue | Pieter de la Court Building Room-OB.23 (Faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen) |
09:00-09:30 Welcome
9:30-10:45 Keynote Jacques Bos (UvA)
“Reading the Circumstances: Machiavelli, Politics, and History”
10:45-11:30 Silene Gambino (UvA)
“The Hermeneutics of Just War”
Break
11:45-12:30 Riccardo Boeri (UvA)
“What is the Emancipatory Potential of Agamben’s Philosophical Archaeology?”
12:30-13:15 Lunch
13:15-14:30 Keynote Eric Schliesser (UvA)
“The Missing Liberal Art of Government”
Break
14:45-15:30 Renatta Bos (Leiden)
“A Hegelian take on the Difference between Truth and Meaning.”
15:30-16:45 Keynote Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach (VU, Amsterdam):
“How Do We Know? Muhammad Iqbal’s Understanding of Ethical Freedom Under Conditions of Coloniality.”
The preparations will consist of readings, assignments, participation and papers.
Costs:
How to register:
All may register for the course via this link.
The registration deadline is September 9, 2024. If registration has been closed because the maximum amount of participants has been reached, you can submit your name to the waiting list by sending an email to Eva Hendriks (). Please also indicate whether you are a ReMA student or PhD candidate and whether you are a member of the OZSW or not.
The OZSW registration and cancellation policy applies to this activity (to be found here)
Name | Leiden University (Dr. Frank Chouraqui) |