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Abstract This paper explores how Sartre's concept of " la sérialité ", as elaborated in his Critique of Dialectical Reason , can inform debates on social alienation in the age of the Internet and social media. Sartre's famous everyday examples of …

Abstract Can autonomy be a means of combating social inequalities ? Loneliness, for example, presupposes a certain autonomy, since it means not depending on others - - and this autonomy can help the individual maintain his or her independence from …

Abstract The art of the threshold and the welcome. Welcome : that's the word lining airports in ten languages or more. A feminine noun, it seems, but don't we remember the verb bienvenir , symptomatically perhaps, qualified as unusual. Does this absence …

Abstract " Exile, proscribe, refugee " ? How has the vocabulary of forced migration developed in contemporary Europe ? To answer this question, we investigate the 19th century   during which exile, understood as a forced stay abroad, became an essential …

Lecture following the screening of the short film Refugeedom: Lonely but not Alone, 2022. Abstract Essay film, 24 min 43 s, directed by Lena Verhoeff and Mieke Bal, for the EU research project, H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017 " SPEME- Questioning Traumatic Heritage: …

Conference with simultaneous translation. Abstract In an age of hyperconnectivity, walls appear to be everywhere. Politically, we encounter them in the shape of laws, official documents, or border crossings that regulate the movements of strangers. But we …

Abstract Loneliness in a crowd has taken on particular forms with the advent of the Internet and social networks. There's a dissociation between the body, alone in front of the computer, and the mind, constantly busy, polluted by messages from an …

Abstract The situation of the LGBTIQ+ collective is similar in different countries. The violence, both symbolic and physical, suffered by this group is due to a binary sex-gender patriarchal system that limits its existence as a subject in its own right. …

Abstract The aim of this paper is to weave links between states of loneliness and the emotions expressed by individuals who voluntarily or forcibly take the uncertain path of migration. What are their experiences of loneliness ? In what situations do …

Abstract The two conferences will draw on the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in particular the relevant sections of the latest report, in an attempt to identify and discuss any implicit or underlying values, preferences …

Abstract There are few molecules, if any, more important than water. However, remarkably little is known about how it interacts with surfaces, particularly at the molecular level. In this talk I will discuss some of our recent work on the application and …

Abstract Numerous Dionysiac myths tell of resistance in various cities to the introduction of his cult. Yet it was introduced, and in Athens the wife of the archon basileus was even given to Dionysus in marriage. This paper will consider this …