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CONFERENCE

17-18 October 2023

CONFERENCE
Tocquevillian Workshops #1, The Spheres of Freedom. Ethical, Legal, and Political Aspects of Axel Honneth’s Thought.

The Alexis de Tocqueville Centre for Political and Legal Thought, Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Łódź, in collaboration with Universidad Panamericana, cordially invites participation in the Tocquevillian Workshops #1, titled The Spheres of Freedom: Ethical, Legal, and Political Aspects of Axel Honneth’s Thought.

The workshops, conducted in English, will be led by Prof. Eduardo Charpenel from Universidad Panamericana.

Schedule:

Tuesday, 17 October 2023,, 16:30–19:30 - The Revival of Recognition: The History and Contemporary Significance of an Often Neglected Notion

ŚWednesday, 18 October 2023, 16.30-19.30 - Social Freedom and the Democratic Ethical Life
The event will take place in person at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Łódź, in Room 1.18.

To register for Tocquevillian Workshops #1, please contact the organizers via email at: mrupniewski@wpia.uni.lodz.pl

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ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

french political thinker, sociologist, politician


Author of the two-volume work Democracy in America, widely regarded as the most insightful analysis of democratic political society. Of particular importance are his examinations of the conflict between liberty and equality, the benefits of local self-government and political associations, as well as the relationship between the state and churches. One of the most important thinkers of the 19th century to have formulated the idea of liberal democracy. Tocqueville believed that democracy is not harmful only insofar as it does not threaten individual liberty and autonomy.

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