What's privacy got to do with moral philosophy? I'm glad you asked. An answer is in my new post on the Centre for Privacy Studies blog.
Que s’est-il passé en 1989 en Europe de l’Est ?
Comme le temps court ! Tenez, ce banc ! Il a l’air immobile… eh bien, pas du tout, il charge ! Il court à bride abattue ! Il fonce… vers où… vers quoi ?… Quel but ? Quel sens ? Witold Gombrowicz, Opérette. Que s’est-il passé en 1989 en Europe de l’Est ? « Rien ». Le mot figurait dans le carnet de notes de... Continue Reading →
Research Proposal
research-proposal2 Here is the research proposal I have elaborated for a 3 years PhD research. All comments and feedback are more than welcomed to refine the project.
History of Cosmopolitanism in Western Political Thought
My master's thesis "Element of an Archaeology of Cosmopolitanism in Western Political Thought: A Return to the French Enlightenment" is now available for download on the Danish website of the Department of Political Science, Centre for European Politics, University of Copenhagen. Using Foucault's archaeology and problematisation, coupled with the Cambridge school's contextualism, I investigate the... Continue Reading →
On Nussbaum, cosmopolitanism and patriotism (and nationalism)
Martha C. Nussbaum, professor at University of Chicago Law School, published in 1994 an article praising a "cosmopolitan stoic education" over a "national education" that started debates in the English speaking world about cosmopolitanism. The article is a reaction against Richard Rorty and Sheldon Hackney, and is therefore answering an internal Northern American debate. Published... Continue Reading →
Back in France: diversity and integration
I am back in France and have been staying for a month now. I left about 7-8 years ago and only came back a few days twice a year for season holidays to visit my parents. My contact with French politics was limited to following the news sporadically in the dailies, and I only kept... Continue Reading →
Rousseau et le paradoxe d’une pensée cosmopolitique anti-cosmopolite
Dans la pensée de Rousseau, il y a un paradoxe sur lequel on se penche de plus en plus. Une certaine acrimonie face aux cosmopolites, alors que Rousseau exprime une pensée cosmopolitique en reprenant le grand projet de Saint-Pierre d'une paix universelle et perpétuelle. Projet raillé par un truculent Voltaire il est vrai, dans son... Continue Reading →
Cosmopolite, cosmopolitain, cosmopolitisme: définitions et problèmes
Que faut-il comprendre aujourd'hui des mots cosmopolite, cosmopolitisme ? D'abord si l'on reprend 'histoire de l'apparition de ces mots, il faut bien se rendre à l'évidence que notre conception actuelle est liée au paradigme dominant du nationalisme qui nous pousse à y voir une opposition entre cosmopolitisme et nationalisme. J'avance la thèse, en fait, que... Continue Reading →
Setting up a new blog on my research activities
I have decided to set up a new weblog in order to publicise my research activities and personal research themes and projects. I hope to create a network of interest around my activities, make myself known, and get acquainted with other academic research activities on the same field or topic. This blog is also egoistically... Continue Reading →
Frank Ejby Poulsen 