Philosophies of Anxiety (2016)

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titlePhilosophies of Anxiety
typeJournée
year2016
start_date2017/06/23
stop_date2017/06/23
schedule09h30-19h
activeno
websitehttp://dylantrigg.com/anxiety.htm
summaryBrexit. Trump. Terrorism. The rise of the far-right. Anxiety is both everywhere and nowhere at once. At once a condition to be understood in psychiatric and psychoanalytical terms, anxiety is also a political, aesthetic, cultural, and metaphysical affair. To what extent is anxiety a philosophical problem, though? And what role do art and literature play in articulating the anxieties that are embedded in society? Philosophy and anxiety have a long established history. From Kierkegaard to Heidegger, anxiety has been regarded as the philosophical mood par excellence. In bringing together a collection of distinguished thinkers and broad perspectives, from phenomenology to psychoanalysis to literature, this colloquium will explore a plurality of anxieties, each of which is central to contemporary culture and thought. With: Joseph Cohen (University College Dublin); Shaun Gallagher (University of Memphis); Hadrien Laroche (Writer); Dorothée Legrand (École Normale Supérieure); Dermot Moran (University College Dublin); Matthew Ratcliffe (University of Vienna)
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