Jakob-Fugger-Zentrum
Objective Idealism: from Metaphysics to Politics - Vittorio Hösle in Augsburg
Vittorio Hösle in Augsburg
With the US-based philosopher Vittorio Hösle, one of the most prominent representatives of objective idealism has been invited to be an International Visiting Professorship at the Jakob-Fugger-Zentrum of the University of Augsburg in the winter semester 2021/22.
Objective idealism assumes that moral values occupy a special position in an ideal structure of the world, meaning that an understanding of the world must almost inevitably follow these values. Accordingly, Vittorio Hösle regards the philosophy of politics as an important focal point of his work. He outlined a philosophy of the ecological crisis and examined the "global centrifugal forces," the symptoms of which he identifies in the rise of right-wing populism, secessionist tendencies in the EU, as well as in nation-states and global migration movements. From this perspective, he examined the Corona crisis as well.
The events in Augsburg will focus on "Objective Idealism - from Metaphysics to Politics." Vittorio Hösle will discuss the relationship between Objective Idealism and Theism, and will examine global centrifugal forces from different perspectives. In addition, there will once again be an opportunity for master's and graduate students at the University of Augsburg to engage in an in-depth exchange with our guest in the framework of a workshop.
Due to recent developments in the Corona pandemic, all events will be held digitally via Zoom.
OBJECTIVE IDEALISM - LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS LIVE@HOME
January 11th 2022, 18:30 pm
Lecture: Objective Idealism and Theism
Online-Lecture via Zoom
January 18th 2022, 18:30 pm
Lecture: Global centrifugal forces
Online-Lecture via Zoom
January 12th and 19th 2022, 4:00 pm
Workshop-series for graduate and doctoral students:
Critique of Reason and Ovid's Encyclopedia of Love
Online-Lecture via Zoom
About the speaker
Vittorio Hösle
is a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA. While there, he founded the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study. He is one of the most distinguished representatives of objective idealism. His dissertation at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen was on "Wahrheit und Geschichte. Studien zur Struktur der Philosophiegeschichte unter paradigmatischer Analyse der Entwicklung von Parmenides bis Platon." His habilitation was devoted to "Subjektivität und Intersubjektivität. Untersuchungen zu Hegels System." He taught at the New School for Social Research in New York, at the University of Essen, and at the Research Institute for Philosophy in Hannover. Vittorio Hösle's research focuses on political ethics in modernity, religion, and literature. His major works include „Philosophy of the Ecological Crisis“ (1991), now translated into eight languages, and „Morality and Politics“ (1997). Visiting professorships and fellowships have taken him to Italy, Russia, Norway, Brazil, and South Korea, among other places. In 2013, he was appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. Most recently, the books „Globale Fliehkräfte. Eine geschichtsphilosophische Kartierung der Gegenwart“ (2019) and „Gott als Vernunft. Zentrale religionsphilosophische Fragestellungen auf Grundlage eines objektiven Idealismus" (2021).