Panel discussion: Is Political Philosophy an Intercultural Issue?

24.02.2022 (6:00 pm CET) (via zoom)

Panel discussion with Raúl Fornet-Betancourt, Naoko Kumagai, Sarhan Dhouib, James Garrison, Christopher Allsobrook, Monji Serbaji and Bianca Boteva-Richter.

With introduction by: Georg Stenger.
Moderated by: Ľubomír Dunaj.


Dealing with political philosophy from an intercultural point of view means encouraging critical reflection on the relationship between power and powerlessness in our contemporary world and, proceeding from various philosophical traditions, investigating the multifaceted aspects of this relationship.

Since political problems in different countries have idiosyncratic, but also common, characteristics, it is necessary to look at them from an intercultural perspective. An intercultural approach of this type to
political philosophy seeks not only to join others in reflecting upon global problems, but also to de-center of our understanding of the world, drawing attention to new ways of thinking.

Insofar as the authors of this volume deal with “concrete” philosophical-political problems unfolding in various regions of the world, they seek to shed light on burning issues like migration, human rights violations, language in dictatorships, global poverty, power asymmetries, and experiences of injustice with the further goal of offering particularly intercultural analyses of these problems and approaches to resolving them.

Coordination:

  • Dr. Ľubomír Dunaj, Post-Doc at the Department of Philosophy at Vienna University, "WiGiP" member
  • Dr. Bianca Boteva-Richter, ass. lecturer at the Department of Philosophy at Vienna University, member of the editorial board of the Journal "Polylog", board member of "WiGiP"

please register via: bianca.boteva-richter@univie.ac.at

In cooperation with WiGiP (Vienna Society of Intercultural Philosophy), IWK (Institute of Art and Science, Vienna), the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Intercultural Philosophy of Religion at the
University of Vienna