Articles
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Dichtend Realiter – Een Fenomenologisch Verstaan van Lucebert
Enkele delen uit een langer artikel dat ik in 2010 schreef voor een vak Wijsgerige Ethiek, gegeven door Chris Bremmers. Omdat het mijn kijk op kunst toch nog steeds goed verwoord… Dichtend Realiter – een fenomenologisch verstaan van Lucebert Kunst kan gezien worden als de vertolking van de meest fundamentele ervaringen uit het menselijk leven.…
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Problems of Existentialism Post-WWII
There was a time I was absolutely convinced: existentialism is the answer. Nowadays I’m not so sure anymore. Not because it is not an answer to many problems, because it is. But I happen to wonder whether it is a sufficient answer. Existentialism post-WWII, is it doomed to fail? Existentialism became popular after the Second World…
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All Worldly Knowledge – Venice Biennale 2013 – Kan Xuan
The problem one faces when visiting any museum, let alone one that covers a whole city, let alone one that focusses on ‘all worldly knowledge’, is the sheer amount of impressions one has to deal with. Often you end up perusing through the lot of it, glancing over the area in front of you and…
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Turkey and the Illusion of Democracy
Upheaval in Turkey. Government responding to peaceful protest. Tear gas. People died and are still dying. At this moment it is unclear what is actually happening, but at least it is clear that something is going on. What am I to do, far away, in my comfortable home? I can share my thoughts. Not regarding…
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Social Empowerment – a Way towards a Social Minimum of Justice
One way to look at global justice is to find a way to define a social minimum according to which global justice can be defined. Although there are many different ways in which this minimum as the core of global social justice can be defined, I’d like to take a look at the so-called capabilities approach. I…
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Rebuilding Trust: Who to Trust in a Nihilist World?
People often wonder what they would do in grave situations. Would they jump in the water to save a person from drowning? Or would they look the other way? Discussions regarding this often surmount to a general shrugging of the shoulders: we don’t know, how could we know and let’s leave it at that. In…
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Koninginnedag 2013
Er is geen grootsheid. In deze tijd, waarin we kunnen overzien hoeveel mensen er zijn op de wereld, beseffen we ons dat wanneer wij als individu ons potentieel niet waarmaken, we niet onze plek innemen en onze bijdrage leveren, er genoeg anderen zijn die die plek voor ons invullen. Wellicht niet omdat zij op hun…