philosophy
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The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias
PHILOSOPHY: In the grand conclusion of his Pervert's Guide trilogy, Slavoj Žižek wants us to embrace the end of the world with a healthy dose of radical pessimism.
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The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology
PHILOSOPHY: The master of the counter-intuitive insight provokes with illuminating—and at times unsettling—critiques that serve as a warning against the abyss.
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Toni, My Father
PHILOSOPHY: From prison rituals to 1970s utopias, Anna Negri’s film reframes Toni Negri beyond labels, tracing conatus, family conflict, and the power of happy passions.
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Foundations of Black Epistemology: Knowledge Discourse in Africana Philosophy
PHILOSOPHY: Adebayo Oluwayomi’s Foundations of Black Epistemology reframes Fanon, Biko, and others, arguing for truth-seeking Black knowledge beyond Western foundations.
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Mário
DECOLONISATION: A forgotten story of decolonial struggle and exile, chronicling the MPLA's visionary founder, Mário Pinto de Andrade.
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How to Think Like a Woman
PHILOSOPHY: Feminist pioneers, academia’s hypocrisies, and the enduring legacy of prejudice in Western philosophy.
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Cinematic ethics – and dilemmas
ETHICS: What can a festival's Inspiration Forum inspire us to do? We live in a world of representations, of pictures, war manipulating us as humans, and what about our relation to nature? Can an old philosopher show us a way?
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How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold: Tale of a Redemption
PHILOSOPHY: The redemption of Nietzsche’s philosophy post-WWII, as Italian scholars rehabilitate his ideas and influence in the face of Nazi distortion.
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A lingering life beyond rationality
PHILOSOPHY: Giorgio Agamben makes a loose juxtaposition between Goethe and Hölderlin, between madness and reason. Did the latter allow himself to be pushed to the psychological limit?