About the research group
The research group for Radical Philosophy and Literature is a venue for scholars and graduate students with an interest in the critical potential of literature and philosophy.
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The group has no political platform, but is committed toexploring the possibilities foreffecting change in political and economic structures. What role dophilosophy and literature playin such events? How can literature add to the experience of what can bechanged? Can philosophy conceive ofthe political?
French philosophy, psychoanalysis, Marxism and literary theory oflast half of the past century comprisekey componentsofthe group's frame of reference. But the actual workmay just as well concern philosophical texts from other epochs, such as Greek antiquity, the baroque, German idealism, but also the reworking of this theoretical heritage in new contexts andon new continents. The literary material islimited merely to the fantasy and language proficiency of the members ofthe group.
Radical Philosophy and Literature holds monthly meetings where the members present their current research to one another. Other scholars are also invited on a regular basis to give talks onsubjects that are topical for the group. Moreover, the research group is open for PhD candidates and other graduate students with projects that have somebearing on the activities of the group.
The research group also organizes larger seminars, workshops and conferencesonmore specific themes.