Political Myth, Propaganda, and the Politics of Imagination

August 22, 2016 - August 30, 2016
Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp

Prinsstraat 13
Antwerpen
Belgium

Speakers:

Chiara Bottici
New School for Social Research
Benoît Challand
New School for Social Research
Angus Nicholls
Queen Mary University of London
Jason Stanley
Yale University

Organisers:

Herbert De Vriese
University of Antwerp

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What?

7-day intensive programme with leading international scholars in the fields of the philosophy of political myth and the philosophy of propaganda:

   Chiara Bottici (The New School for Social Research), author of A Philosophy of Political Myth (2007) and Imaginal Politics (2014)

   Benoît Challand (The New School for Social Research), co-author of The Myth of the Clash of Civilizations (2010)

   Angus Nicholls (Queen Mary University of London), author of Myth and the Human Sciences: Hans Blumenberg’s Theory of Myth (2015)

   Jason Stanley (Yale University), author of How Propaganda Works (2015)

 

Where?

Stadscampus, University of Antwerp, Belgium 

 

When?

22 - 30 August 2016

 

Who?

The course is mainly targeted at Master students in philosophy, but also open to advanced Bachelor, Master and PhD students in philosophy or in a closely related field. Participants should have at least completed 2 full years of undergraduate education (Bachelor level).

 

Registration fee?

€400

 

Application details?

Online before 27 June

 

Credits?

6 ECTS credits are awarded upon successful completion of the programme (including all assessment tasks).

 

More information

www.uantwerpen.be/political-myth

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June 27, 2016, 7:45pm CET

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