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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...

02.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

Rhythm&Book – „Northern Philosophies with Lars Svendsen“

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 second meeting called „Northern Philosopjies with Lars Svendsen“ will be held on April 22 from 7 to 9 PM in the Regular bar (Ilica 65/1, Zagreb), where our author Lars Svendsen will present his latest...

02.04.2024.
Zagreb, HR

„A Philosophy of Hope“ in the media

Journalist Zdenko Duka wrote an extensive review of Lars Svendsen's latest book, A Philosophy of Hope. In his review, among other things, he concludes that this is an easy to read book for everyone who wants to learn something more to think about the purpose of life. You can read the entire review here.

25.03.2024.
Zagreb, HR

„The Devil is in the Detail“ in the media

Our title The Devil is in the Details. Discourse and image in politics by the author Nikolina Borčić was very topical in the media this weekend, especially after new and surprising events on Croatian political scene. On March 23, the author spoke with Branimir Pofuk, and the interview was published in „Obzor“ magazine of Večernji list, and on the same day she was a guest on N1 television, where sh...

08.03.2024.
Zagreb, HR

Third season of Rhythm&Book opened

Last night, March 7, at the Regular bar, we held the first meeting of the year as part of the Ritam&Book project, where Costica Bradatan presented his books In praise of failure and Dying for ideas, and with questions from Vlatka Kolarović, we learned a little more about who Costica Bradatan is, how he came to write a book about failure and the experience of teaching philosophy at an American ...

07.03.2024.
Zagreb, HR

A lecture „Social predestination of failure“

Yesterday, March 6th, Costica Bradatan held a lecture on Social predestination of failure at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. With this lecture he showed that the way we think about success and failure today, at least in the West, is a late echo of the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. Fundamentally, and despite the intervening historical distance, the early Calvinists and we la...