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Philosophy of History. History at the Crossroads.
From 11 to 13 July, in Ávila, we're organising a course
about History at the crossroads.
It's organized by the Department of Moral and Political Philosophy
and it deals with those problems philosophy of history has faced.
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Philosophy of History is an ideological, political and cultural tradition
with deep roots in Europe and key figures
like Hegel, Dilthey and Ortega
as well as a considerable imprint after the Second World War
and after the year 1968 with thinkers like Deleuze, Foucault
trying to interpret an author as cryptic, difficult and complex as Heidegger
and we've had authors like Gianni Vattimo to discuss the subject.
To think over the matter.
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To give some thought to topics that have aroused controversy.
The problem of memory and that of History.
How far memory and History may go.
Understanding History as Historiography.
On many occasions we ask History to be an objective science
and explain processes, what has happened, events and many other things
but we also say that History should be life's teacher
help us to understand events and decipher a telos we could address
and that has to do with roots and with memory.
It's an extraordinarily complex topic which poses the following question
How much memory and forgetfulness are needed for social cohabitation?
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Producer: Ivan R. Cuevas.
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