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Expertise
* Early modern political philosophy (i.a. Machiavelli, Spinoza, Spinoza's circle)
* Philosophy of Enlightenment; Clandestine philosophy (e.a. Traité des trois imposteurs); Freethought
* Contemporary (radical) political philosophy (Agamben, Castoriadis, Negri, Virno)
* Critique of modernity (i.a. Early Frankfurt school); Italian theory
* Political theory and language practice (i.a. Gramsci); Semiotics; Genealogy of political concepts
* Critical theory, Art and Language
* Translation studies and Philosophy; Translation and Enlightenment; Translation and the history of ideas
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Projects
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FWOAL1010: Freedom to Philosophize and Freedom of Thought and Speech. The Contemporary Reception of Spinoza’s Tractatus theologico-politicus
François, K. (Administrative Promotor), Lavaert, S. (Administrative Promotor) & van Binsbergen, T. (Collaborator)
1/01/21 → 31/12/24
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. (Administrative Promotor) & Levoni, R. (Mandate)
1/11/20 → 31/10/21
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1029: Beyond the object. (Re)thinking art in neoliberalism
Van Puymbroeck, G. (Mandate), François, K. (Administrative Promotor) & Lavaert, S. (Administrative Promotor)
1/11/20 → 31/10/25
Project: Fundamental
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Met Spinoza weten we dat een vrije en democratische samenleving zich geen bijgeloof en onwetendheid onder de bevolking kan permitteren. Sonja Lavaert in gesprek met Jonathan Israel
Translated title of the contribution :With Spinoza we know that a free democratic society cannot permit itself superstition and ignorance. Sonja Lavaert in conversation with Jonathan Israel Research output: Contribution to specialist/vulgarizing publication › Article › Vulgarizing
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Translation as a revolutionary method: the case of the Traité des trois imposteurs
Lavaert, S., 6 Jan 2025, In: History of European Ideas. 51, 6, p. 1304-1316 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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Compte rendu Raffaele Carbone (cur.), Il pensiero di Spinoza attraverso l’edizione delle sue opere, in Rivista di storia della filosofia, 3 (2023), FrancoAngeli
Translated title of the contribution :Review 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 › Research
Activities
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Atelier Crisis, Critique and Desire / Crise, critique et désir
Lavaert, S. (Organiser) & van Binsbergen, T. (Organiser)
10 Feb 2025 → 11 Feb 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in or organizing a public lecture/debate
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L’opera dell’uomo, naturale e ad arte, nella prospettiva della moltitudine
Lavaert, S. (Keynote speaker)
22 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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Nicolas Lema Habash
Lavaert, S. (Host) & van Binsbergen, T. (Host)
24 Mar 2025Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
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Politica e filosofia in Koerbagh: esperienza del concetto e deviazione del linguaggio
Lavaert, S. (Keynote speaker)
7 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Machiavelli en Spinoza. Het leven van de geest, tegen de logica van oorlog. Deel I Machiavelli
Lavaert, S. (Keynote speaker)
7 Jan 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk at a public lecture/debate
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
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Thesis
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De actualiteit van Hobbes. Rechtsfilosofisch en politiek filosofisch
Dhaenens, L. ((PhD) Student) & Lavaert, S. (Promotor), 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
Van den Meerssche, A. ((PhD) Student), Coene, G. (Promotor), Lavaert, S. (Jury) & Acosta, E. (Jury), 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'
Ronsmans, E. ((PhD) Student), Lavaert, S. (Promotor) & Stuy, J. (Jury), 2019Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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Hoe de anti-Verlichting de weg baande naar de gruwelen van het Naziregime
Van Gremberghe, M. R. ((PhD) Student), Lavaert, S. (Promotor) & Stuy, J. (Jury), 2024Student thesis: Master's Thesis
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True to the End: Een onderzoek naar David Humes religiekritiek in de Dialogues concerning Natural Religion
Goris, J. ((PhD) Student), Lavaert, S. (Promotor) & Stuy, J. (Jury), Sept 2020Student thesis: Master's Thesis