Thursday, May 25 | 14.30 - 18.30
Opening
Welcome
Marco FILONI (Università degli Studi Link, Roma)
Chair: Lucio CARACCIOLO
Keynote: Danilo SCHOLZ (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut, Essen)
How (Not) to Make History. A Guide for the Perplexed by Strauss and Kojève
Presentations:
Kyle MOORE (Kingston University, London)
Europe as Katechon? Kojève’s Concept of “Empire”
Edoardo RAIMONDI (Università degli Studi G. d’Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara)
“État universel et homogène” or “état mondial”? Globalization, Politics and Modernity from Alexandre Kojève to Eric Weil
Discussion
Friday, May 26 | 9.30 - 13.30
Chair: Marco FILONI
Keynote: Dimitri TOKAREV (Université de Nantes)
Sophia’s Misfortunes: Wisdom and Humor in Alexandre Kojève
Presentations:
Isabel JACOBS (Queen Mary University of London)
Out of work: Labour and Inoperativity in Kojève’s Philosophy
Rambert NICOLAS (Sorbonne Université)
La Sophia comme défense de l’Urss et conscience de Staline
Discussion
Friday, May 26 | 15.00 - 18.30
Chair: Massimo PALMA
Keynote: Elettra STIMILLI (Università degli Studi La Sapienza di Roma)
Alexandre Kojève: from Atheism to the “Aesthetisation of Truth”
Presentations:
Ovidiu STANCIU (Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile)
Kojève’s Concept of Recognition. From Metaphysics to Politics
Jorge VARELA (Kingston University, London)
Kojève’s post-communal politics
Discussion
Concluding Remarks
Marco FILONI (Università degli Studi Link, Roma)
Massimo PALMA (Università Suor Orsola Benincasa, Napoli)
International Scientific Committee:
Marco Filoni, Università degli Studi Link di Roma – chair
Isabel Jacobs, Queen Mary University of London
Kyle Moore, Kingston University, London
Massimo Palma, Università Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli – chair
Jorge Varela, Kingston University, London
Trevor Wilson, College of Liberals Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech