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Wednesday, 9. 9. 2020
18:30
Trg francoske revolucije

1000 Ljubljana

Hegelian Debate: Is it too late for Hegel?

A short statement about Hegel’s (im)possible too-lateness as an introduction, followed by a discussion. Participants: Zdravko Kobe, Sebastian Rodl, Frank Ruda, Violetta Waibel, Sven-Olov Wallenstein, Alenka Zupančič. Moderated by Gregor Moder.

The "Hegel's 250th Anniversary: Too late?" International Philosophical Conference highlights the topic of lateness. With Hegel, we can think the relation between the beginning and the end that is crucial for the present time. Here, the question is not of this or that end (of history, grand narratives, ideology, art, philosophy) but rather of the radical end and our relationship to it, that is, our too-lateness. Today, as the world increasingly more obviously and unstoppably slides towards its ultimate end, and as it seems that, in relation to the pandemic speed of reality, thought is increasingly falling behind, the question arises: What now? Is it actually too late?

Let us say, however, that the 250th anniversary of Hegel´s birth marks the time of a beginning and the time of an end not because it is an anniversary, but because, with Hegel, we can think the relation between the beginning and the end that is crucial for the present time. Here, the question is not of this or that end (of history, grand narratives, ideology, art, philosophy) but rather of the radical end and our relationship to it, that is, our too-lateness. Today, as the world increasingly more obviously and unstoppably slides towards its ultimate end, and as it seems that, in relation to the pandemic speed of reality, thought is increasingly falling behind, the question arises: What now? Is it actually too late?

Organizing committee: Ana Jovanović, Bara Kolenc, Urban Šrimpf, Goran Vranešević
Organizers: Goethe-Institut Ljubljana, Aufhebung - International Hegelian Association, Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana
Co-organizers: Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana; ZRC SAZU, AZIL Bookstore, Slovenian Book Agency, Student Philosophical Society, Razpotja magazine, Society for Theoretical Psychoanalysis, Austrian Cultural Forum

LIVE STREAM:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZP19YVjltk
https://www.facebook.com/goethe.institut.ljubljana/posts/3241958855852937