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๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ต. ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต? ๐๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.Free entrance, registration required.
In this lecture Kwame Anthony Appiah will situate social identities within the framework of a broad understanding of ethics as reflection on how to live well. He will discuss the instability of racial identities in particular and say something about how one can nevertheless give an account of what they are; an account that takes seriously the reality of racialized thinking while denying the independent reality of races. Finally, he will speak about why our social identities need to find their proper place, because we can make too much as well as too little of them.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah is a renowned Ghanaian-British-American philosopher whose work addresses issues of identity, race, ethics, and cosmopolitanism. Born in London in 1954 and raised in Ghana, Appiah earned his PhD in philosophy from Clare College, Cambridge. He has held prestigious academic positions at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton and currently teaches philosophy and law at New York University.
Appiahโs work is known for its interdisciplinary approach, blending philosophy with cultural studies and politics. Among his most significant books is In My Fatherโs House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture (1992), which explores Africaโs role in Western thought and the complexities of African identity. The Ethics of Identity (2005) delves into the balance between personal identity and collective belonging. Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers (2006) argues for a global ethics based on shared values across cultures. The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen (2010) examines how changes in ideas of honor have driven significant moral transformations in societies. His latest book, The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity (2018), challenges fixed notions of identity, advocating for a more fluid and interconnected understanding.
In 2016, Appiah was awarded the Spinozalens Prize for his contributions to ethics and society. He also received the prestigious prestigious National Humanities Medal 2011, awarded by President Obama, and in 2024 The John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, The Library of Congress. A respected public intellectual, Appiah writes the "Ethicist" column for The New York Times Magazine.
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Moderator is Maureen Sie, Professor Philosophy of Moral Agency, Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University.
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The program is organized by Studium Generale in cooperation with the Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University.
This event will count towards the SG-Certificate for students. Read the terms and conditions on the SG-website: https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/campus/studium-generale/students/certificate-studium-generale.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cobbenhagen Building, Warandelaan 2,Tilburg, Netherlands
