2596 search results for “political philosophy” in the Public website
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Centre for Political Philosophy
Politieke filosofie
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Centre for Political Philosophy
Political philosophy
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Centre for Political Philosophy
The Centre for Political Philosophy (CPP) at Leiden University is an interdisciplinary platform for political thought. It aims to bring together all those with an active interest in the field from different institutes, branches and fields of study at Leiden University.
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Philosophy of Political Science (MA)
De masteropleiding Philosophy of Political Science van de Universiteit Leiden biedt je een specialisatie in de aangrezende disciplines, methodologieën en conceptuele kaders van de filosofische grondslagen van de politieke wetenschappen.
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Rethinking Political Obligation. Moral Principles, Communal Ties, Citizenship
Why obey the state? Dorota Mokrosińska presents a fresh analysis of the most influential theories of political obligation and develops a novel approach to this foundational problem of political philosophy, an intriguing combination of the elements of natural duty and associative theories.
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Militant Democracy: Political Science, Law and Philosophy
Hoe kunnen partijverboden gerechtvaardigd worden? Welke partijen zijn in Europa eigenlijk verboden – en waarom? Werken weerbare democratie-maatregelen? En ontstaat er een internationaalrechtelijk concept van weerbare democratie?
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Boyd Leupen wint MSc Thesis Prize 2015
Boyd Leupen heeft de MSc Thesis Prize 2015 gewonnen. Met ‘Refuting asymmetrical Kantianism: On the moral standing of animals’ rondt Leupen zijn Masteropleiding Political Science af en levert hij een waardevolle bijdrage aan de politieke filosofie. Volgens de jury onderscheidde Leupens masterscriptie
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Maurits de Jongh, Is Political Liberalism Self-Defeating?
Political scientist Maurits de Jongh (Leiden University/Sciences Po) argues that political liberalism is self-defeating as a framework of justification for liberal conceptions of justice. He explores how the framework's self-imposed criterion of acceptability in the eyes of all reasonable citizens leads
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Nicholas Vrousalis, 'Exploitation: A Primer'
Political scientist Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden University) reviews the recent literature on exploitation. He istinguishes between three main species of exploitation theory: (a) teleology-based (including harm and mutual benefit) accounts, (b) respect-based (including mere means, force, rights, and fairness)
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moments: How do events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?
In what ways do historical and current events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?
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Politics between Philosophy and Polemics: Political Thinking and Thoughtful Politics in the Writing of Karl Popper, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt
This dissertation offers a reconstruction of the propositional contents of the writings of Karl Popper, Leo Strauss, and Hannah Arendt while bringing these into discussion with their performative meanings, such as polemical forms of reasoning, analogical and metaphorical uses of language, and hidden
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Disruptive Conflicts in Computopic Space
Can you imagine a radically different world? In our times dominated by neoliberal capitalism, we seem to lack not only viable alternatives, but also the capacity to envision anything outside of the status quo.
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Deliberation and Agonism: Rethinking conflict and its relation to law in political philosophy
The Institute for Philosophy at Leiden University is host to the NWO programme, "Between Deliberation and Agonism: Rethinking Conflict and its Relation to Law in Political Philosophy".
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Sine Bagatur
Faculty of Humanities
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Party, State, Revolution. Critical Reflections on Zizek's Political Philosophy
Slavoj Žižek is one of the most prominent public intellectuals of the left. His central claim holds that “today, it is more crucial than ever to continue to question the very foundations of capitalism as a global system”.
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Dorota Mokrosinska
Faculty of Humanities
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Reasons and Intentions
There are a number of problems in philosophy that seem to share a similar possible solution: 'Why do promises and contracts bind?', 'Why ought citizens and judges obey the law?' and 'Can we realize the gains to be made from cooperation?'. All three problems (as well as some others) share a possible
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Laurens van Apeldoorn
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Thomas Fossen
Faculty of Humanities
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Sebastian Rumie Rojo
Faculty of Humanities
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Ethnicity, Orthodoxy, and Policy in Medieval China: The Political Philosophy of Wang Tong (584?-617)
This research project focuses on the thoughts of ethnicity and political orthodoxy in Medieval China by investigating Wang Tong’s works.
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Democratic Secrecy: A Philosophical Study of the Role of Secrecy in Democratic Governance
The starting hypothesis of the project is that secrecy is not always inimical to democratic governance as conventional wisdom has it.
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Hoe democratisch zijn staatsgeheimen?
Transparantie wordt gezien als een belangrijke voorwaarde voor democratisch overheidsbeleid. Betekent dit dat staatsgeheimen – zoals vertrouwelijke informatie van de inlichtingendiensten en achterkamertjespolitiek – moeten worden afgeschaft? Politiek filosoof Dorota Mokrosinska onderzoekt met een ERC-subsidie
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Matthew Longo
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Video: Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Leiden University
Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) in Leiden is a unique interdisciplinary master’s programme, considering topics of freedom, justice and citizenship in the 21st century. Watch this video to learn more about the programme!
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Towards a political ontology of violence: reality, image and perception
The aim of this project is to study what makes an act or form of violence a specifically political reality.
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Politics and economics central in new Philosophy specialisation
Philosophy has an important contribution to make to society, says Professor of Practical Philosophy Glen Newey. You need people who can think clearly, certainly in positions of power and authority. Newey stresses that “there will always be a place for philosophy”. An introduction to the practically
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Philosophy of Political Science (MA)
The master's programme in Philosophy of Political Science at Leiden University offers you the chance to specialise in adjacent disciplines, methodologies and conceptual frameworks of the philosophical foundations of Political science.
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Wouter Kalf
Faculty of Humanities
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Herman Siemens
Faculty of Humanities
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OZSW special PhD-course in Political Philosophy
This winter the OZSW offers a special PhD-course in Political Philosophy. The course discusses state-of-the-art themes and developments in political philosophy, and acquaints students with a broad range of teachers in political philosophy in the Netherlands.
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Bruno Verbeek
Faculty of Humanities
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Nicolás Del Valle Orellana
Faculty of Humanities
- Slavery: History and Political Philosophy
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Josette Daemen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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The Emergence of Green Political Philosophy
Conference
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Glen Newey appointed Professor of Pracical Philosophy
From 1 September 2014, Glen Newey takes up the post of Professor of Practical Philosophy in Leiden University’s Institute for Philosophy.
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Paul Nieuwenburg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Militant Democracy: Political Science, Law and Philosophy
How can party bans be justified? Which parties were banned in post-war Europe – and why? Do militant democracy instruments work? Is an international militant democracy concept in the making?
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Johannes Oversloot
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Tim Meijers
Faculty of Humanities
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Eamon Aloyo
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Bastiaan Rijpkema
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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James Pearson
Faculty of Humanities
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Raisa Blommestijn
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Osiris Gonzalez Romero
Faculteit Archeologie
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NWO Veni grant for Thomas Fossen
Dr Thomas Fossen (Institute for Philosophy) has been awarded with an NWO Veni grant for his research project 'Critical moments: How do events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?'
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Nicholas Vrousalis wins EURIAS fellowship at Aarhus University
Political philosopher Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden University) has been awarded a EURIAS Fellowship at Aarhus University’s Institute for Advanced Study (AIAS). From from 1 October 2018 to 31 July 2019 Vrousalis will work at the Danish research institute on his project ‘Inequality against Freedom: Economic
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Rudy Pradenas Alvarez
Faculty of Humanities
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CEES.center lezing: Listening for Silence—Absence and Lack in Political Thinking
Lecture