ΛΟΓΟΠΛΟΚΙΕΣ: «Η Τέχνη της Ηγεσίας: Ο Λόγος των Πολιτικών και των Δημαγωγών». Φιλοξενούμενοι ήταν ο καθηγητής Χαρίδημος Τσούκας (Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου) και η δημοσιογράφος Μαρίνα Οικονομίδου (Καθημερινή Κύπρου).
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Lecture I delivered at Sesam Identity 2.0.
Systematic dialectical thinking shows that the identity of any given thing is inherently paradoxical: it is shaped through difference and contradiction. In narrating the history of a subject (be it a people, a place, or any other determinate identity), one must trace its unfolding contradiction and subsequent resolutions, which ultimately give rise to the formation of the identity. As Hegel famously stated: “the truth is the whole.”
However, such a systematic dialectical history often becomes the story of the victor, because it is recounted from the perspective of the dominant subject – the identity that has established itself after having resolved past contradictions. Walter Benjamin reminds us that if we are to tell the story of the defeated and the marginalized, it must instead be a story of catastrophe. The history of the defeated is a bleak history of destruction, where instead of a chain of events leading to a coherent identity, we witness an accumulating wreckage of devastation, a single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage.
In this lecture, I refer to Walter Benjamin’s ninth thesis from Theses on the Philosophy of History and explore its implications for architects in understanding cultural heritage, history and identity.
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On Friday evening, I will be delivering a lecture at Melina Mercouri Hall, in the context of SESAM Identity 2.0, organized by EASA Cyprus. My lecture will be titled “How must we tell the history of the defeated?”
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Στην πρώτη διαδικτυακή συζήτηση μίλησαν με θέμα «Τα δύο Δ του Κ: Διαπλοκή και Διαφθορά στην Κύπρο» ο διακεκριμένος Kαθηγητής Νομικής, δικηγόρος και Πρόεδρος της Κυπριακής Ακαδημίας Επιστημών, Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών Δρ Αχιλλέας Αιμιλιανίδης και ο τέως Γενικός Ελεγκτής της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας Δρ Οδυσσέας Μιχαηλίδης.
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With the help of Dr Laura Papish, who is a Kant expert and an Associate Professor of Philosophy at The George Washington University (USA), we talk about Kant’s position on animals. What did Kant think about what animals are? Do we have any obligations towards our cats, according to Kant?
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With the help of Dr Krista Thomason, who is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, USA, we discuss Kant’s position on religion and its relation to science.
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The sixth episode of Kant Talk 2.0 delves into Kant’s political philosophy.
With the help of Dr Cristóbal Garibay-Petersen, a Kant expert at LSE, we unravel Kant’s perspectives on migration, border control, and international relations—topics that resonate deeply in today’s world. We also confront the challenging and provocative issue of racism, questioning whether Kant himself held racist beliefs. What insights could he provide on migration and asylum policies? How might he interpret the concept of state borders?
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The fifth episode of Kant Talk 2.0 podcast is now online, in which we delve into Kant’s ideas on freedom and autonomy, under the guidance of the Kant expert Prof. Dieter Schönecker (University of Siegen, Germany).
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In the fourth episode of Kant Talk 2.0 we explore Kant’s moral philosophy and its relevance to the modern world of digital dating.
The invited guest in this episode is Prof. Dieter Schönecker, a Kant expert from the University of Siegen in Germany.
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In the third episode of Kant Talk 2.0, titled Is the metaverse real? , we talk about Kant’s theory of reality and try to answer the question of whether Kant would call virtual reality and digital environments, as real or unreal. We explain that while, according to Kant, we cannot have access to the real world as it is itself, because our perception is only the subjective representation of the world, that does not mean that everything we perceive is equally real. The invited guest expert is Dr Ioannis Trisokkas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens).
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The second episode, titled Is my Instagram selfie beautiful? was just released last Friday, and the invited expert in this episode was Dr Larissa Berger (University of Siegen).
What subjects did Kant deal within his works? What questions did he try to answer? In our first episode of Kant Talk 2.0 we discuss the very current topic of artificial intelligence (AI). We have invited Jun Prof. Dr. Sofie Møller to help answer the questions if AI can think for itself and what Kant would think of AI.
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Παρουσίαση του εγχειριδίου Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Mindfulness στο κανάλι του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου.
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Σε αυτή τη συνέντευξη, η οποία μεταδόθηκε χτες από το Πρώτο Πρόγραμμα του Ραδιοφωνικού Ιδρύματος Κύπρου, μιλάω για την έρευνά μου στη φαινομενολογία των συναισθημάτων, για τον Στωικισμό, και την ενσυνειδητότητα (mindfulness).
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Opinion article published in Cypriot newspaper Dialogos, on 4th September 2023.
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Άρθρο που δημοσιεύτηκε στην εφημερίδα Διάλογος, στις 4 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023.
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