The philosopher Immanuel Kant was born in Königsberg 300 years ago. Kant’s work is considered to be the pinnacle of the philosophy of the Enlightenment. His maxim that we should use our own reason seems more relevant and pressing today than ever before. What lessons can we learn from Kant? Where did Kant fail in his own endeavours? What are the abysses and darker sides of the Enlightenment?
Podcast
On the occasion of his 300th birthday, the Goethe-Institut Cyprus pays a tribute to Kant with the podcast Kant Talk 2.0 and parallel events.
Dive into thought-provoking discussions with hosts philosopher Dr. Christos Hadjioannou and stand-up comedian Charalampos Damianou (aka Champis) along with international guest experts as they unravel Kant’s ideas on understanding, ethics, reality, freedom, and aesthetics. Each episode brings Kant's theories to life, connecting them to today’s hot topics like artificial intelligence, animal rights, the metaverse, and social media. Get ready for engaging conversations and relatable examples that make complex philosophical concepts accessible and relevant to everyday life. Tune in and discover why Kant’s insights still matter today!
Christos Hadjioannou is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy at the University of Cyprus, specializing in Post-Kantian Philosophy. He obtained a PhD in Philosophy from Sussex University in 2015. He conducted a part of his doctoral research at Freie Universität Berlin on a DAAD scholarship. He is also a past recipient of the Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship. His most recent edited book is The Routledge Handbook of Phenomenology of Mindfulness, and he is currently writing a monograph on Heidegger and Stoicism (under contract with Palgrave Macmillan).
“My name is Charalampos Damianou, but people know me as Champis. I have been involved in theatre since the age of nine. I completed my theatre studies at York St. John University in the UK. At the end of my studies, I returned to Cyprus where I started performing my stand-up comedy shows. In 2022 I started presenting CHAMPIS 2023, where I performed twenty-two shows all over Cyprus, and it has been filmed. In the last two years I have performed in more than one hundred and fifty shows. In the last few months, we have been presenting a comedy-football podcast with fellow comedian Christodoulos Demetriou.”
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On the 300th anniversary of his birth, Immanuel Kant will be celebrated in 2024 as a revolutionary thinker and one of the most prominent philosophers of the Enlightenment. But at the same time, his philosophical cosmos and persona will also be under critical scrutiny. Shoshana Liessmann provides an overview.
