Projects per year
Personal profile
Expertise
I Research topics pertaining to Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, ETHU & CLIC, HARP & LIST:
* Early modern political philosophy (i.a. Machiavelli, Spinoza, Spinoza's circle); philosophy of Enlightenment; clandestine philosophy (e.a. Traité des trois imposteurs); freethought
* Genealogy of political concepts; contemporary (radical) political philosophy (Agamben, Castoriadis, Negri, Virno); critique of modernity (i.a. early Frankfurt school, Arendt); Italian theory
* Political theory and language practice (i.a. Gramsci)
* Critical theory, art and language
* Semiotics and philosophy of language; aesthetics; philosophy and literature
II Research topics pertaining to Translation studies, CLIC, LIST:
* Translation and ethics
* Translation and Enlightenment; translation and the history of ideas/genealogy of political concepts
* Translation and philosophy
* Cultural transfer; cultural & literary translation
* (Un)translatability; Translation and mother tongue; Retranslation
* Critical theory (postcolonialism, gender) and translation
* Semiotics and translation
* Translation, language and society
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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FWOTM1029: Beyond the object. (Re)thinking art in neoliberalism
Van Puymbroeck, G. & Lavaert, S.
1/11/20 → 31/10/25
Project: Fundamental
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OZR3622: OZR back-up mandate: Writing about religion to talk about politics. Adriaan Koerbagh (1632/3 - 1669), a theological-political philosopher in Spinoza’s circle.
Lavaert, S. & Levoni, R.
1/11/20 → 31/10/21
Project: Fundamental
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A Strategy for Happiness, in the Wake of Spinoza
Lavaert, S., 1 Jan 2024, In: Open Philosophy. 7, 1, p. 1-13 13 p., 0001.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Democratic Thought from Machiavelli to Spinoza: Freedom, Equality, Multitude
Lavaert, S., Oct 2024, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 352 p. (Spinoza Studies)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Des qualités connues ou manifestes. De la « sympathie » selon Spinoza
Lavaert, S., 1 Mar 2024, In: Les études philosophiques. 2024, 1, p. 81-94 14 p., 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Law and Freedom
Lavaert, S., 27 Sep 2024, In: Roczniki Filozoficzne. 72, 3, 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multitudo
Lavaert, S., Aug 2024, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Spinoza. van Bunge, W., Krop, H., Steenbakkers, P. & van de Ven, J. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 323-326 4 p. (Bloomsbury Handbooks).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Activities
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Histoire de la philosophie et philosophie de l’histoire chez Horkheimer
Sonja Lavaert (Speaker)
14 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Machiavelli’s Naturalist Turn, its Traces, its Effects, its Significance
Sonja Lavaert (Speaker)
2 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Des qualités connues ou manifestes de la « sympathie » selon Spinoza
Sonja Lavaert (Speaker)
9 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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A Strategy for Happiness, in the Wake of Spinoza
Sonja Lavaert (Speaker)
17 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Luisa Simonutti
Thomas van Binsbergen (Host) & Sonja Lavaert (Host)
17 Nov 2022Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
Press/Media
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Sonja Lavaert – Het perspectief van de multitude
19/11/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The Perspective of the Multitude, in De Uil van Minerva
1/01/12
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Other
Thesis
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De actualiteit van Hobbes. Rechtsfilosofisch en politiek filosofisch
Author: Dhaenens, L. & Lavaert, S., 2017Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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De emoties van de staatsburger: Proeve ingediende voor het behalen van de graad van Master in de Wijsbegeerte en Moraalwetenschappen
Author: Van den Meerssche, A., Coene, G., Lavaert, S. & Acosta, E., 2016Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Etienne Ballibar: de instelling van burgerschap op basis van égaliberté: Via een oneindige dialectiek van insurrectie en constitutie naar een universeel 'right to have rights'
Author: Ronsmans, E., Lavaert, S. & Stuy, J., 2019Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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True to the End: Een onderzoek naar David Humes religiekritiek in de Dialogues concerning Natural Religion
Author: Goris, J., Lavaert, S. & Stuy, J., Sep 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis