Philosophy and the National Question
La philosophie et la question nationale
Published on Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Abstract
Taking as its starting point the idea of “philosophical nationalism” proposed by Jacques Derrida, this seminar aims to question the way in which different national and nationalist discourses have accompanied both the construction of modern philosophical historiography and the development of comparative or intercultural philosophy. The division of the world into “philosophical nations” still constitutes today the starting point of any comparative effort and leads to making the “dialogue between traditions” a discourse tending to legitimize national ideologies.
Announcement
Argument
Taking as its starting point the idea of "philosophical nationalism" proposed by Jacques Derrida, this seminar aims to question the way in which different national and nationalist discourses have accompanied both the construction of modern philosophical historiography and the development of comparative or intercultural philosophy. The division of the world into "philosophical nations" still constitutes today the starting point of any comparative effort and leads to making the "dialogue between traditions" a discourse tending to legitimize national ideologies. Such a "situation" of contemporary philosophy is not without influencing philosophical practices and, even more, its institutional frameworks. Is it possible and legitimate to recognize, among the styles of different traditions of thought, traits that would constitute "nationalities"? In short, are there philosophical identities or recognizable places of thought that would justify the relationship of philosophy to certain national traditions? It is to such reflections that this seminar intends to contribute.
All talks this semester will be in English; the discussion will be in English and French.
Program
April 1st, 2025
15:00-17:15 (Paris time). Speakers:
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Fabio Tesorone (Université Alberto Hurtado) : “Deconstruction of Nationalism. The Foundational Properties of Philosophical-Nationalism”
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Gregory Lobo (Université des Andes) : “Onto-Anthropology of Nationism (National-Humanism): Beyond the Scandal of Derrida’s Philosophical Nationalism”
May 6, 2025
10:00-12:15 (Paris). Speakers:
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Zeynep Direk (Université Koç) : “Family as a Focus in Contemporary Turkish Nationalism”
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Darin Tenev (Université de Sofia) : “Ambivalent Nationalisms: On a Tendency in Philosophical Nationalism in Bulgaria and Japan in the 1960s”
June 23, 2025
14:00-16:15 (Paris). Speakers:
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Daisuke Kamei (Université Ritsumeikan) : “Kuki Shūzō and Philosophical Nationalism”
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Fernando Wirtz (Université de Kyoto) : “Tosaka Jun and the Question of Nationalism”
Registration
Sessions will take place entirely online
Registration recommended: https://forms.gle/XEUBsgiWv8w5kNTB7
Seminar of the Collège international de philosophie organized by Héctor G. Castaño and Romaric Jannel, in collaboration with the Institute of Philosophy of the National Sun Yat-sen University (Taiwan).
Subjects
- Thought (Main category)
- Zones and regions > Asia > Middle East
- Zones and regions > Asia > Far East > Japan
- Mind and language > Thought > Philosophy
- Periods > Modern > Twentieth century
- Mind and language > Thought > Intellectual history
- Zones and regions > America > Latin America
- Zones and regions > Europe > Central and Eastern Europe
Event attendance modalities
Full online event
Date(s)
- Tuesday, April 01, 2025
- Tuesday, May 06, 2025
- Monday, June 23, 2025
Attached files
Keywords
- philosophie, nationalité, nationalisme, Derrida
Information source
- Héctor G. Castaño
courriel : hector [dot] g [dot] castano [at] gmail [dot] com
License
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To cite this announcement
« Philosophy and the National Question », Seminar, Calenda, Published on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/13c9h
