Thinking Dignity

The dignity of bodies, minds, collectives and relationships with others is what cannot be lacking in human existence. Without it, life is deprived of one of its essential dimensions. The aim of this workshop is to consider dignity in its many dimensions. What does it mean philosophically and ethically, and what demands does it make on human communities in terms of rights, freedoms and concrete possibilities? Is it possible to think of a political economy of dignity as a viaticum for an uninterrupted fabrication of humanity, and thus to reflect on what constitutes the humanity of human beings? Can we sketch out the contours of a politics of dignity that would give priority to the creation of a free and fulfilled human being, working at every level of his or her being?

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Also via Zoom. Register at https://duke.is/5/v637.

Presenters

• Nathalie Etoke (CUNY Graduate Center)
• Nadia Yala Kisukidi (New York University)
• Maxime Menuet (Université d'Orléans)
• Anne-Gaëlle Saliot (Duke University)

Respondents

• Muhammad Ba (L'Université Gaston Berger)
• Michaeline Crichlow (Duke University)
• Felwine Sarr (Duke University)

ECOLOGIES OF KNOWLEDGES is part of The Entanglement Project, a multi-stranded initiative at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute focused on race, health, and climate convened by Felwine Sarr (Anne-Marie Bryan Distinguished Professor of French and Francophone Studies).