清华大学外文系学术讲座

 

题目：On Nobility of Spirit/ 精神之崇高

 

演讲者： Rob Riemen罗布·里曼 /欧洲著名文化哲学家，尼克萨斯研究院院长

 

主持者： 王敬慧

 

时间：2014年4月25日（星期五）上午10：00-11：30

 

地点：清华大学外文系文南楼一楼116会议室

 

主办单位：清华大学外文系、澳研中心

 

罗布·里曼是著名文化哲学家，尼克萨斯研究院院长。尼克萨斯研究院创建于1994年，主要致力于社会、哲学、文化等西方文化遗产的研究。目前尼克萨斯研究院已经成为欧洲人文主义思想的研究中心。这里有许多客座专家，如齐泽克、丹尼尔•巴伦博伊姆、索尼娅•甘地、金斯堡、哈贝马斯、J M库切等。

 

学术成就Recent works by Rob Riemen:

The University of Life,  Tilburg: Nexus Institute, 2013.

The Eternal Return of Fascism,  Amsterdam: Atlas, 2010.

Nobility of Spirit. A Forgotten Ideal,  New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2008.

[This book has been translated and published in Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, France, Germany, Israel, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and the United States.]

 

讲座介绍Introduction of the lecture:

 

 

The speaker will start with the analyses by Nietzsche that what is ahead of us is “two hundred years of nihilism” – which will make it impossible to find an answer to our question as there is no longer any meaning. Two “alternatives” wanted to fill the nothingness of nihilism: science as a worldview and kitsch as a worldview and its impact on our idea of freedom.

Then he will proceed with an overview of the political views in our time, the present ideas of what “a good society” is, and end the lecture with a strong plea for the necessity of a “nobility of spirit” as without it, as history has shown, we will never find an answer to the eternal question “what will make my life meaningful”, nor will be ever able to build together a “good  society” where people can live in truth, do justice and create beauty.

 

该讲座使用语言为英文，欢迎各院系教师和研究生参加，同时也欢迎校外广大有兴趣的师生踊跃参加！