Politieke filosofie

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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)

In what ways do historical and current events affect how we should judge the legitimacy of political authorities?

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

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.

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".

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”.

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

This research project focuses on the thoughts of ethnicity and political orthodoxy in Medieval China by investigating Wang Tong’s works.

The starting hypothesis of the project is that secrecy is not always inimical to democratic governance as conventional wisdom has it.

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

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!

The aim of this project is to study what makes an act or form of violence a specifically political reality.

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

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.

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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From 1 September 2014, Glen Newey takes up the post of Professor of Practical Philosophy in Leiden University’s Institute for 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?

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?'

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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