Alienation and Disenchantment (Forum for European Philosophy public discussion)

‘The fate of our times is characterised by rationalisation and intellectualisation and, above all, by the “disenchantment of the world”’, declared Max Weber in 1917. These themes have occupied Akeel Bilgrami over many years, and his reflections on them have now been brought together in a collection of essays, Secularism, Identity, and Enchantment. Bilgrami will be with us to discuss his work, alongside John Cottingham and Joanna Hodge.

Akeel Bilgrami is Sidney Morgenbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University.

John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading.

Joanna Hodge is Professor of Philosophy at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Chair: Peter Dennis is an LSE Fellow in the Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method and a Forum for European Philosophy Fellow

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