Autonomy In and Between Polities: A Political Philosophy of Modernity
Defense of Doctoral Thesis
Wednesday December 9, 2015 at 11h
Seminari del Departament d'Història de la Filosofia, Estètica i Filosofia de la Cultura, Facultat de Filosofia, Universitat de Barcelona, c/ Montalegre 6, 4t - 08001 Barcelona
The doctoral candidate Gerard Rosich Pagès will defend his doctoral thesis, directed by Fina Birulés (Universitat de Barcelona) and Peter Wagner (TRAMOD-Universitat de Barcelona), entitled "Autonomy In and Between Polities: A Political Philosophy of Modernity". The thesis analyses the political foundations of modernity thanks to a thorough study of the concept of autonomy, from antiquity to the present day.