9th Lecture on Political Philosophy: "The Problems of Identity in Modernity"

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Organizer: Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-Sen University

Topic: " The Problems of Identity in Modernity "

Speaker: Haig PATAPAN (Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia)

Moderator: Jun-Hyeok Kwak (Professor, Sun Yat-sen University)

Discussant: Luis CORDEIRO RODRIGUES (Research Fellow, Sun Yat-sen University)

Time: November 18th, 10:00am-11:30am

Venue: Administration Building 13, Room 106

 

Haig PATAPAN is Director of the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, and Professor in the School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia. His research interests are in democratic theory and practice, political philosophy, political leadership and comparative constitutionalism. Professor Patapan is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and has received a number of awards, including the Mosher Award by the American Society for Public Administration, the Mayer Prize by the Australian Political Studies Association, and an Australian Prime Minister's Centre Fellowship. 

 

Abstract of Lecture:

The paper examines the normative foundations of identity in modernity. It argues that identity in modernity focusing on recognition and authenticity has abandoned the conception of dignity and its relevance to ethical life in a society. More specifically, by focusing on the shift from ethical to metaphysical in its formulation, it will address contemporary philosophical debates regarding the common good.