articles by Simon Norgaard Iversen
Transformationer : I social innovation og entreprenørskabsdidaktik, 2024
Dannelsesbegrebet er de sidste år, som reaktion på en skræmmende aktuel klimakrise, blevet revita... more Dannelsesbegrebet er de sidste år, som reaktion på en skræmmende aktuel klimakrise, blevet revitaliseret som bæredygtig dannelse. Denne udvikling inden for dannelsestænkningen er sket synkront med en øget orientering mod naturen inden for pædagogiske retninger inspireret af posthumanistiske og nymaterialistiske filosofier, der forsøger at overskride antropocentrismen i meget vestlig tænkning. I dette bidrag fremføres en kritik af posthumanismen og nymaterialismens flade ontologier, idet der peges på, at disse udvander og udvisker en række centrale begreber og menneskelige egenskaber, der må forstås som helt essentielle, såfremt klimakrisen skal adresseres gennem dannelse. I stedet fremhæves den klassiske dannelse som et passende afsæt, når der skal formuleres et begreb om bæredygtig dannelse, der på den ene side kan bibeholde et kritisk- konstruktivt potentiale og på den anden side akkommodere ønsket om at opløse dikotomien mellem natur og kultur.
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Environmental Philosophy, 2023
Recent posthuman theories of nature recognition seek to move beyond Hegel's anthropological start... more Recent posthuman theories of nature recognition seek to move beyond Hegel's anthropological starting point. This article serves as a critical rejoinder to such posthuman attempts by taking aim at posthumanism's flat ontology and concept of agency. Instead, it is suggested that a genuine Hegelian starting point is better suited to discern the complex interrelationship between the human and nonhuman. It is argued that a Hegelian theory of recognition that takes Hegel's Philosophy of Nature and Philosophy of Mind into consideration can give nature its due while simultaneously preserving humans as the primary locus of agency in answering current environmental problems.
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Religionsvidenskabelig Skriftrække, 2022
Mange har sammenlignet den amerikanske TV-serie Breaking Bad med Shakespeares skuespil, hvilket u... more Mange har sammenlignet den amerikanske TV-serie Breaking Bad med Shakespeares skuespil, hvilket understreger, at serien kan siges at have relevans ud over det rent underholdningsmæssige. Med et afsæt i Hegels tragediebegreb, er formålet med dette essay at skitsere, hvordan serien kan forstås som en tragediefortælling, der trækker tråde tilbage til den antikke tragedies grundstruktur. Essayet indledes med en kortfattet introduktion til Hegels tragediebegreb, og på denne baggrund præsenteres et udkast til en fortolkning. Der argumenteres for, at seriens hovedperson, Walter White, må forstås at repræsentere legitime værdier og normer i den amerikanske sædelige orden, og at det tragiske består i, at disse kommer i konflikt med øvrige værdier og normer, som udgør tilsvarende legitime dele af den sædelige orden.
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Dansk Pædagogisk Tidsskrift, Sep 2020
Kommenterende essay om Adornos værk Æstetisk teori
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Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2016
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LOGOS - Klassikerforeningens Tidsskrift, 2018
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conferences by Simon Norgaard Iversen
Commentary on professor Raphael Woolf's paper "Virtuous to a Fault? Cato and Stoicism in Pro Mure... more Commentary on professor Raphael Woolf's paper "Virtuous to a Fault? Cato and Stoicism in Pro Murena" given at the 'Philosophy in Cicero's Speeches' symposium at Durham University
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miscs by Simon Norgaard Iversen
The philosophy of the Imperial Stoics is often described as apolitical or politically conservativ... more The philosophy of the Imperial Stoics is often described as apolitical or politically conservative, but Imperial Stoicism was neither of these. The Imperial Stoics were highly engaged with developing a philosophy that was one of the most politically ambitious philosophies in all of ancient philosophy. By insisting that philosophy was a way of life, the Stoics tried to provide a philosophy that could change humanity for the better, and as a consequence also transform human societies. For the Stoics, everyone should undergo a rigorous philosophical training regime in order to become a divine sage, and this they thought could potentially lead to a radically new society that would be entirely rational, deeply egalitarian, and completely property-less. This dissertation attempts to outline how the Imperial Stoics’ philosophy as a way of life comprised a political spirituality that was firmly grounded in a metaphysical claim of the existence of a divine Cosmic City in which all of humanity lived. This dissertation provides readings of the ancient sources through the lens of such thinkers as Michel Foucault, Henry Lefebvre, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Peter Sloterdijk in a novel re-interpretation of ancient Stoic political philosophy, and argues that the Stoics were some of history’s first radical political thinkers.
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Thesis Chapters by Simon Norgaard Iversen
Aarhus University, 2019
In recent decades a renewed focus on the Hellenistic and Roman philosophies has rehabilitated the... more In recent decades a renewed focus on the Hellenistic and Roman philosophies has rehabilitated the practical aspect of ancient philosophy. This aspect of philosophy has continued to be part of the philosophical discipline but it has often been surpassed in importance and appreciation by philosophy’s theoretical discourse. With the increased focus on ancient philosophy’s practical outlook, an interesting question emerges: what does this practical outlook entail regarding how we interpret and analyse the political philosophy and political praxis of the ancient philosophers? In order to examine this question, this dissertation sheds light on Imperial Stoicism and examines this group of philosophers’ political philosophy in view of the concept of ‘political spirituality.’ The often-reiterated interpretation of Imperial Stoicism is that these philosophers were either entirely apolitical or that they, unlike their Hellenistic predecessors, were markedly conservative, reactionary, and generally supported the status quo of society despite an apparent subversive veneer. Both these interpretations are significantly questioned in this dissertation.
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Dansk Paedagogisk Tidsskrift, 2020
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Environmental Philosophy
Recent posthuman theories of nature recognition seek to move beyond Hegel’s anthropological start... more Recent posthuman theories of nature recognition seek to move beyond Hegel’s anthropological starting point. This article serves as a critical rejoinder to such posthuman attempts by taking aim at posthumanism’s flat ontology and concept of agency. Instead, it is suggested that a genuine Hegelian starting point is better suited to discern the complex interrelationship between the human and nonhuman. It is argued that a Hegelian theory of recognition that takes Hegel’s Philosophy of Nature and Philosophy of Mind into consideration can give nature its due while simultaneously preserving humans as the primary locus of agency in answering current environmental problems.
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Religionsvidenskabelig Skriftrække
Mange har sammenlignet den amerikanske TV-serie Breaking Bad med Shakespeares skuespil, hvilket u... more Mange har sammenlignet den amerikanske TV-serie Breaking Bad med Shakespeares skuespil, hvilket understreger, at serien kan siges at have relevans ud over det rent underholdningsmæssige. Med et afsæt i Hegels tragediebegreb, er formålet med dette essay at skitsere, hvordan serien kan forstås som en tragediefortælling, der trækker tråde tilbage til den antikke tragedies grundstruktur. Essayet indledes med en kortfattet introduktion til Hegels tragediebegreb, og på denne baggrund præsenteres et udkast til en fortolkning. Der argumenteres for, at seriens hovedperson, Walter White, må forstås at repræsentere legitime værdier og normer i den amerikanske sædelige orden, og at det tragiske består i, at disse kommer i konflikt med øvrige værdier og normer, som udgør tilsvarende legitime dele af den sædelige orden.
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Logos, 2018
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Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, Feb 10, 2017
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In recent decades a renewed focus on the Hellenistic and Roman philosophies has rehabilitated the... more In recent decades a renewed focus on the Hellenistic and Roman philosophies has rehabilitated the practical aspect of ancient philosophy. This aspect of philosophy has continued to be part of the philosophical discipline but it has often been surpassed in importance and appreciation by philosophy’s theoretical discourse. With the increased focus on ancient philosophy’s practical outlook, an interesting question emerges: what does this practical outlook entail regarding how we interpret and analyse the political philosophy and political praxis of the ancient philosophers? In order to examine this question, this dissertation sheds light on Imperial Stoicism and examines this group of philosophers’ political philosophy in view of the concept of ‘political spirituality.’ The often-reiterated interpretation of Imperial Stoicism is that these philosophers were either entirely apolitical or that they, unlike their Hellenistic predecessors, were markedly conservative, reactionary, and generally supported the status quo of society despite an apparent subversive veneer. Both these interpretations are significantly questioned in this dissertation.
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Proceedings for the European Conference on Reflective Practice-Based Learning 2023, 2023
Practice-based and practice-oriented teaching is a cornerstone of educational programs at Danish ... more Practice-based and practice-oriented teaching is a cornerstone of educational programs at Danish University Colleges. From this, it follows that working with theory is justified by its applicability and prescriptive power in the context of practice with particular emphasis on determining the best course of action. However, such a hierarchical weighing of practice over theory is ever in danger of disproportionately fashioning thinking and action as an in-stance of dubious instrumentality. This paper will attempt to put some light and shade on how theory is valuated in practice-based education by advancing a critique of the notion that theory must find some sort of instantiation in relation to practice in order to have merit in the educational context of University Colleges. Finding inspiration in Timothy Morton’s con-cept of hyperobjects and Hannah Arendt’s educational thinking, this paper will argue that the context of practice can be understood as a hyperobject and that this should caution against an instrumental understanding of practice-based education. On this backdrop it is argued that education can be seen as learning-in-between, as put forward by Andrea Eng-lish, to develop an educational approach that retains a degree of tension and resistance with practice by not letting theory prescribe or apply directly to practice. Thus, instead of thinking theory and practice as a relationship in which the former serves the latter, this paper will argue for an Arendtian conception of theory and practice that leaves more room for the pure activity of thinking in practice-based education.
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