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Nihilism on a troubled earth. Friedrich Nietzsche and the nihilisms of the anthropocene

2021

This project uses the critical philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche to develop a comprehensive understanding of the meaning and function of the nihilism(s) confronting us in today’s ecological crises. Despite increased ...read more
19e eeuw
20e eeuw
Duits
Engels
Hedendaags
Nederlands
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Narrating Sun Yat-sen: Explaining the People’s Republic of China and Republic of China’s (Taiwan) developments concerning leninism, christianity, and democracy

2021

This research strives to overcome scientific knowledge gaps related to Sun Yat-sen’s life, as well as the gaps surrounding the concepts that are crucial in understanding his persona: Leninism, Christianity, ...read more
19e eeuw
20e eeuw
Azië
Chinees
Comparatief
Engels
Geschiedenis
Hedendaags
Regiostudies
Religie
Taal- en tekstanalyse
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Muslim Egypt in Flux - Negotiating Individual (non-)Religiosities

2021

My postdoctoral research in Egypt (2016-2019, 2023, 2024) focused on religious and non-religious identities, family structures, and intergenerational negotiations of Islamic norms. The monograph innovatively highlights the intimate spaces of ...read more
Arabisch
Ethiek en moraal
Gender
Hedendaags
Literatuurwetenschap
Media
Nabije Oosten
Regiostudies
Religie
Taal- en tekstanalyse
Veldonderzoek
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Chinese philosophy and its religious minorities. Ethnicity, religion, and national identity in modern Chinese thought and the discipline of ethnic minority philosophies

2020

This project seeks to rethink the history of modern Chinese thought by providing the first ever study of the academic discipline of “ethnic minority philosophies” in the People’s Republic of ...read more
20e eeuw
Chinees
Comparatief
Geschiedenis
Hedendaags
Interculturaliteit
Religie
Taal- en tekstanalyse
Verre Oosten
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Metaphor and Meaning: A Study of Zhuangzi’s Philosophy

2020

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Regiostudies
Religie
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Zhuangzi's Thought on Live and Death

2020

During my BA studies, I majored in philosophy and wrote my BA thesis on the topic of "Zhuangzi's View on Liberty". In my MA and doctoral studies, I majored in ...read more
Azië
Chinees
Engels
Oudheid
Regiostudies
Religie
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
The notion of things and the transformation of seventeenth-century Chinese philosophy

2020

In the Anglophone world, the Chinese character wu 物 is most often straightforwardly translated as “thing”. However, in the everyday Chinese language, wu is a highly distinctive word and concept. In Chinese, people/persons/human beings are ...read more
Regiostudies
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
When Chinese Buddhism Met Psychology: Pioneers of an Alternative Intellectual History (1880-1930)

2020

Modern Western psychology was first introduced to China in the 1880s. The circulation of psychology in the late Qing dynasty intertwined with religion, educational reform, and historiography, set the stage ...read more
20e eeuw
Chinees
Chinese Buddhism
Comparatief
Engels
Geschiedenis
Interculturaliteit
Regiostudies
Religie
Science and religion
Taal- en tekstanalyse
Verre Oosten
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Immanuel Kant’s deduction of the categories of quantity as a stepping stone to exploring the relation between transcendental and formal logic and their respective metaphysical implications

2020

For many years there have been discussions about how exactly Immanuel Kant’s categories of quantity should be derived from the quantitative forms of judgment. This research proposal aims to connect ...read more
Taal- en tekstanalyse
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie
Immanuel Kant's deduction of the categories of quantity as a stepping stone to exploring the relation between transcendental and formal logic and their respective metaphysical implications

2020

For many years there have been discussions about how exactly Immanuel Kant's categories of quantity should be derived from the quantitative forms of judgment. This research proposal aims to connect ...read more
Wijsbegeerte en filosofie