Gæsteforelæsning med Professor Todd May: What Must We Affirm?

Gæsteforelæsning med Professor Todd May: What Must We Affirm?

Todd May er Professor of the Humanities ved Clemson University, USA, hvor han arbejder i krydsfeltet mellem filosofi og psykologi.

Tidspunkt

27.05.2016 kl. 13.00 - 15.00

Beskrivelse

We who live in comfortable circumstances often find our comfort at the expense of those who have sacrificed to make us so.  This sacrifice comes in at least two forms. The first is the ongoing exploitation of those who work in menial jobs with low pay supporting our own more enjoyable work. The second is more philosophically vexed. It is the entirety of human history, with all its horrors, that have allowed many of us to enjoy the positions that we do. This lecture and discussion will ask the question of how we can and should relate to these two issues, arguing against a more nihilist view that we are required to affirm them in order to affirm who we are.

Om Todd May

Todd May er Class of 1941 Memorial Professor of the Humanities ved Clemson University, USA.  Han er forfatter til 14 bøger, herunder den kommende A Fragile Life: Accepting our Vulnerability. Hans arbejde krydser frit mellem filosofi og psykologi, og han er kendt som en meget engageret foredragsholder.

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Adresse

Kroghstræde 3, lokale 1.121