The Netherlands Institute at Athens cordially invites you to a Dialogos lecture by Giacomo Scavello, MSCA Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Utrecht University.
Sophocles’ Antigone in 20th–21st-Century Philosophy: Phronesis, Obligation, Forgiveness, and Ecology
Monday 20 April, 19.00
at the Netherlands Institute at Athens, 11, Makri str., 11745 Athens
All are welcome!
The event will also be streamed live: to register please click here
Abstract
Sophocles’ masterpiece and its perennially compelling heroine have, since G.W.F. Hegel, provided – and continue to provide – fertile ground for reflection in modern and contemporary philosophy. This talk aims to reconsider the concepts of practical wisdom, obligation, forgiveness, and ecological responsibility through a comparative engagement with some of the inexhaustible interpretations of Antigone offered by major 20th- and 21st-century thinkers, including Simone Weil, Martin Heidegger, Hans Jonas, Paul Ricœur, Martha Nussbaum, Luce Irigaray, Adriana Cavarero, and Mary C. Rawlinson.