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The world in crisis

Hosted by the European Institute

In-person and online public event (Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House)

Speakers

Professor Miguel de Beistegui

Professor Miguel de Beistegui

Dr Demetra Kasimis

Dr Demetra Kasimis

Professor Jonathan White

Professor Jonathan White

Chair

Professor Simon Glendinning

Professor Simon Glendinning

Crises abound: our economies, democracies, social relations, cultural identities, and the very planet that we live on are subjected to repeated and increasingly severe shocks. Have we entered an age of chronic crisis?

Marking the publication of Miguel de Beistegui’s book A Philosophy of Crisis the event will explore conceptual and theoretical approaches that might help us better to understand, engage with, and respond to our time as a time ‘out of joint’.

Meet our speakers and chair

Miguel de Beistegui is ICREA Research Professor of Philosophy at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, and honorary professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is the author of many books, most recently Thought under Threat: On Superstition, Spite, and Stupidity.

Demetra Kasimis (@demetra_kasimis) is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. She teaches and writes about democracy and its dilemmas in ancient and contemporary contexts. She is interested in what makes a productive engagement with antiquity and specializes in problems of migration and political membership; gender and kinship; democratic instability and conspiracy; and interpretive method.

Jonathan White (@JonathanPJWhite) is Professor of Politics and Deputy Head of the LSE European Institute. He has held visiting positions at the Berlin Institute of Advanced Studies (Wissenschaftskolleg), Harvard, Stanford, the Humboldt University, Hertie School, Sciences Po in Paris and the Australian National University. His latest book is In the Long run: The Future as a Political Idea.

Simon Glendinning (@lonanglo) is Head of the European Institute and Professor of European Philosophy at LSE.

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This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024, taking place from 19 October to 9 November with events across the UK.

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