Spacing the sacred
FBK Aula Piccola
Fondazione Bruno Kessler - Polo delle Scienze Umane e sociali
Aula Piccola
FBK Aula Piccola
Fondazione Bruno Kessler - Polo delle Scienze Umane e sociali
Aula Piccola
The meeting places scholar Nikolas Kompridis (University of Toronto) and two FBK-ISR researchers Valeria Fabretti and Paolo Costa in dialogue on the theme of the relationship between space and the dimension of the sacred. The meeting is part of the seminar series Nothing is Ever Lost, in memory of Italian sociologist Massimo Rosati. In an interdisciplinary dialogue, the seminar touches on aspects dear to Rosati’s thinking, such as the thresholds of sacred space and its distinction from the profane, the relationship between spatiality and the symbolic dimension, and the functions of sacred space with respect to the social and political order.
Cycle of seminars: NOTHING IS EVER LOST CICLO DI SEMINARI IN MEMORIA DI MASSIMO ROSATI
The talk will be held in English.
The presentation will be in-person in the FBK Aula Piccola while seats last and online.
Registration by March 18, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. is required in order to arrange the connection.
Speakers
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Nikolas Kompridis is an interdisciplinary philosopher and critical theorist whose research is focused on rethinking the relation between the human and non-human; revising the theory and practice of critique in light of diverse traditions of critical theory; re-assessing the claims and possibilities of philosophical romanticism; and illuminating the ethical and political insights of the arts, especially literature, cinema, and music. He is the author of Critique and Disclosure: Critical Theory Between Past and Future (MIT), Philosophical Romanticism (Routledge), The Aesthetic Turn in Political Thought (Bloomsbury), and Heterotopian Cinema: Spaces of Refuge and Freedom (forthcoming, Northwestern University Press), as well as over 60 articles and book chapters that have appeared in leading journals and notable academic presses. He has taught at universities in Canada, the UK, and most recently as Foundation Director and Research Professor at the Institute for Social Justice in Sydney.
Registration
Registration to this event is mandatory.
Registration closed on 18/03/2024.