Jos de Mul

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The sovereign debt crisis or Sophie’s choice. On European tragedies, guilt and responsibility

The sovereign debt crisis or Sophie’s choice. On European tragedies, guilt and responsibility

Liesbeth Noordegraaf-Eelens and Jos de Mul, The sovereign debt crisis or Sophie’s choice. On European tragedies, guilt and responsibility. Heinrich Böll Stiftung. European Union. December…

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Horizons of Hermeneutics

Horizons of Hermeneutics

Jos de Mul, Horizons of Hermeneutics: Intercultural Hermeneutics in a Globalizing World.  Frontiers of Philosophy in China. Vol. 6, No. 4 (2011), 628-655.   DOI: 10.1007/s11466-011-0159-x (DOI)…

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Performance at the NextNature PowerShow

Performance at the NextNature PowerShow

Performing God's Browser: the Biotechnological Sublime, together with media artist Geert Mul at the NextNature Powershow in the Stadschouwburg Amsterdam, Amsterdam, November 5, 2011. More pictures…

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The sovereign debt crisis or Sophie’s choice. On European tragedies, guilt and responsibility

The sovereign debt crisis or Sophie’s choice. On European tragedies, guilt and responsibility

Liesbeth Noordegraaf-Eelens and Jos de Mul, The sovereign debt crisis or Sophie’s choice. On European tragedies, guilt and responsibility. Heinrich Böll Stiftung. European Union. December…

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Onderwerp: Europa
Thursday, 15 December 2011 13:49

Europe – the tragic continent

Jos de Mul. Europe - the tragic continent. Michigan Paper Series. International Institute, University of Michigan, 2008.

Jos de Mul

Two weeks ago, in his lecture in this series on Europe, Neal Ascherson asked two intriguing questions: ‘Where is Europe?’, and ‘When is Europe’. Intriguing because it turned out that these seemingly simply questions are very hard to answer. Today I want to add a third question, as simple as the other two and as difficult to answer. This question is: Whatis Europe? In a sense, we may regard this third question as the primordial one, as we can start our search for Europe in time and space only when we at least have a slight idea of whatwe are actually looking for. So the question I want to address this afternoon is: what is it that makes Europe European? And as the title of my talk already indicates, the answer I will defend today is that Europe first and foremost is a tragic continent.

Thursday, 13 October 2011 15:43

Beste Geert!

Open brief aan Geert Wilders. Ter gelegenheid van de presentatie van het boek Paniek in de polder. Polytiek en populisme in Nederland. Rotterdam, Boekhandel Donner (Lijnbaan), 1 april 2011, 16-18 uur.

Beste Geert!

PVV-poster 2010Het liefst had ik je het eerste exemplaar van mijn boek Paniek in de Polder. Polytiek en populisme in Nederland persoonlijk overhandigd, maar dat leek de organisatoren van deze opening van de Maand van de Filosofie niet zo’n goed idee. Ze waren bang dat je aanhangers stennis zouden komen schoppen. Belachelijk idee! Zij schijnen nog steeds niet door te hebben dat de PVV zich in korte tijd heeft getransformeerd tot een respectabele partij die in het politieke polderlandschap, die gedoogt en gedoogd wordt. Partij-ideoloog Martin Bosma heeft inmiddels zelfs een column in de NRC, de buurtkrant van de Amsterdamse grachtengordel. Kan het nog polderrijker? Van dat gedemoniseer door Gutmenschen als Rob Riemen hebben we de buik nu toch langzamerhand wel vol. Kom op zeg, we leven niet meer in het decennium van Fortuyn!

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