The Call from Outside: A Genealogical Investigation
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
My talk will explore the phenomenon of ‘vocation’, often explicitly defined as a ‘call from outside’, as an interesting inroad to (re)enchantment. Through a genealogical analysis, I want to show how in modern times the originally religious notion of vocation not only narrows to the conception of a specific profession (Weber), but also begins to acquire a secular interpretation as a personal destiny and ultimate fulfillment of life (Graham). By making the connection with the problem of disenchantment (Taylor, Bilgrami, Bennett), I intend to make clear that enchantment has not completely disappeared from the world, but now presents itself in other ways, which require a specific receptivity or attitude on the part of humans to gain access to it. The seriousness and passion with which certain people today can surrender to a specific mission for their lives and identify deeply with it is, I believe, a paradigmatic example of such an enduring enchantment.
HERBERT DE VRIESE, University of Antwerp
Scientific coordination: Massimo Leone, Director FBK-ISR
Cycle of seminars: “(Dis-)Enchantment in Religion and Ethics“
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 December 6, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. is required in order to arrange the connection.
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L’iniziativa è stata realizzata anche grazie al contributo della Direzione generale Educazione, ricerca e istituti culturali del Ministero della Cultura. |
Speakers
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Herbert De Vriese is professor at the Centre for European Philosophy at the University of Antwerp. He obtained his PhD with a thesis on Young Hegelianism, the movement that gave a practical twist to Hegel’s philosophy. His central research interest concerns the transformation of Western philosophy in the transition between Hegel and Nietzsche, the so-called ‘revolutionary break’ in nineteenth-century philosophy. In a broader perspective, he investigates the connection between the history of philosophy and the history of culture. Within this domain, he focuses on modernity criticism, with special attention to the discourse and theory of secularization and disenchantment.
Registration
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RegisterDeadline: December 6, 2024 at 12:00