Posted in philosophy on Feb 18th, 2010
An article summarising the Heterotopia of Walt Disney World presentation that I gave in October 2009 is now published in the February edition of the Philosophy Now magazine. The article is part of a series of papers about ‘continental tales’ and the concept of narrative in Continental philosophy.
Thanks to the team of the Philosophy Now magazine for having kindly accepted to publish my paper and for their extremely professional proofreading!
Posted in governance, philosophy on Nov 16th, 2009
In recent researches I have made about Ethnography, I read that it is important to “recognize the human capacity to spin, twist, turn, invent, tangle, tear and live by, through, and between symbolic meanings” [Doing Anthropology in Consumer Research by Patricia L. Sunderland and Rita M. Denny]. Cultural symbols and signs used in things such as language, media and advertisement are dynamic, in constant negotiation. We would be merely executors of cultural conventions if we didn’t constantly alter, reassemble cultural symbols and practices at our own convenience. Yet, they are the only means by which we can comprehend this world and communicate our thoughts. We are thus living a paradoxical relationship with culture, at the same time restrictive and liberating.
Posted in governance, philosophy on Nov 8th, 2009
Posted in governance, philosophy on Aug 18th, 2009
Two unique events about political philosophy are starting this September: The Paris freedom fest 2009 (mostly in English with some lectures in French) and the Philo and Management 2009 – 2010 seminars in Brussels (French only). Even if the two events are based on very different approaches and might actually follow two opposite directions, they both attempt to open the debate between philosophers and economists. They investigate what are the options for our future and what kind of governance shift might happen in the coming years.
Posted in philosophy on Jun 9th, 2009
After this shameful European election 2009, emptied of any ambition and monopolized by national self absorption, the important question is: What happened to the European ideal?
