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23.05.2024.
Zagreb, HR

Rhythm&Book: Persuasion playbooks with Nikolina Borčić

Last night, May 22, in the packed Regular bar, we held the third session of Rhythm&Book, the last one before the summer break. Last night's guest, professor, scholar and author Nikolina Borčić, talked with Vlatka Kolarović about three books: her own The Devil is in the Detail, Williamson's Tetralogue and Svendsen's A Philosophy of Lying, and about the thread that connects them all, which is pe...

15.05.2024.
Zagreb, HR

New title – „On the Smallest and Even Smaller“

As of today, you can find the newest title by Croatian philosopher Hrvoje Jurić – On the Smallest and Even Smaller – in libraries and bookstores. The diverse writings of Hrvoje Jurić, which were created between 2015 and 2023, could be described as „poetic essays“, although sometimes what seems like an essay is meant to be a poem, and what looks like a poem is actually an essay, a travelogue or ev...

10.05.2024.
Zagreb, HR

Rhythm&Book – „Persuasion playbooks with Nikolina Borčić“

The third season of your favorite cultural event has started! This year, Rhythm&Book brings many new things: new location, more meetings, more guest appearances by foreign authors, more fun! The third event called „Persuasion playbooks with Nikolina Borčić“ will be held on May 22 from 7 to 9 PM at the Regular bar (Ilica 65/1, Zagreb). Vlatka Kolarović will talk to our author Nikolina Borčić a...

10.05.2024.
Zagreb, HR

New title: „Straw dogs. Thoughts on humans and other animals“

After Seven Types of Atheism, another book by John Gray, Straw dogs. Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals, translated by Stribor Kikere is finally published. As from today, you can find it in libraries, bookstores and in our webshop. In this captivating book, John Gray questions most of our assumptions about what it means to be human and convincingly shows that most of them are misconceptions. ...

25.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

Svendsen on Filozofski and HRT

Yesterday, on April 23rd, Lars Svendsen gave a lecture named „A Philosophy of Hope“ at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in front of a large number of interested students, and then he was a guest on HRT with Ivona Haller in the show Art à la carte, where he presented A Philosophy of Hope, and, among other things, explained why he often writes examples from his own life in his books, an...

24.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

A reception on occasion of Lars Svendsen's visit

Last night, in the pleasant atmosphere of the residence of the ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway in Croatia, Mr. Arne Sonnes Bjørnstad, a reception was held on the occasion of the visit of the philosopher Lars Svendsen to Zagreb and the presentation of his A Philosophy of Hope. We remind you that the author will give a lecture „A Philosophy of Hope“ at FFZG tonight at 18:00, and at 20:10 he wil...

23.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

Rhythm&Book: Northern philosophies with Lars Svendsen

Last night at the Regular bar, there was a high demand for a seat! The guest appearance of one of today's most translated philosophers, Lars Svendsen, aroused great interest from the public, who did not care about bad weather. With plazmatik's music and always great moderation by Vlatka Kolarović, we learned more from Svendsen, among other things, about how he chooses the topics to write about, w...

22.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

„Hope is better than fear because it promotes freedom“

Nataša Vlašić Smrekar's interview with Lars Svendsen was published in Večernji list magazine "Obzor", on the occasion of his arrival in Zagreb. You can read the interview here.

10.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

„A Reflection on a terrifying and global totalitarian experiment with the coronavirus as a cover“

At the end of March 2024, a review of Agamben's book On People and Lemmings was published on the website of the Serbian weekly Vreme. The author of the review is Teofil Pančić. You can read the full text here.

10.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

Lecture „A Philosophy of Hope“

On April 24th at 6 PM in Hall 1 of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, in cooperation with the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb and the Croatian Philosophical Society, we are organizing a lecture by norwegian philosopher prof. dr. sc. Lars Fr. H. Svendsen, titled „A Philosophy of Hope". The lecture will be held in English, and entry is...