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International RelationsEuropean Identity and the OtherMagdalena Smieszek speaks with Mate Tokic, Humanities Professor at CEU, joined by Azka Zia, Patricia Velicu and Julia Hasani, participants in the course on "The Other in European History and Politics".The discussion considers the formation of European identity and thinking critically about what it means to be European, how the process of inclusion and exclusion has challenged and continues to reshape what is and is not Europe. How does this ambivalence between unity and inclusion on the one hand, and exclusion and difference on the other play into the discourse of Europe in politics and society? In what ways...2018-10-1041 minHow We Are HumanEuropean Identity and the OtherMagdalena Smieszek speaks with Mate Tokic, Humanities Professor at CEU, joined by Azka Zia, Patricia Velicu and Julia Hasani, participants in the course on "The Other in European History and Politics".The discussion considers the formation of European identity and thinking critically about what it means to be European, how the process of inclusion and exclusion has challenged and continues to reshape what is and is not Europe. How does this ambivalence between unity and inclusion on the one hand, and exclusion and difference on the other play into the discourse of Europe in politics and society? In what ways...2018-10-1041 minCEU PodcastsEuropean Identity and the OtherMagdalena Smieszek speaks with Mate Tokic, Humanities Professor at CEU, joined by Azka Zia, Patricia Velicu and Julia Hasani, participants in the course on "The Other in European History and Politics".The discussion considers the formation of European identity and thinking critically about what it means to be European, how the process of inclusion and exclusion has challenged and continues to reshape what is and is not Europe. How does this ambivalence between unity and inclusion on the one hand, and exclusion and difference on the other play into the discourse of Europe in politics and society? In what ways...2018-10-1000 min
International RelationsUnraveling the Contradictions of DevelopmentThis podcast engages critically with the concept of development by tracing back its roots to the 18th-19th centuries' ideas of capitalism and historical progress. The analysis outlines the contradiction between the idea of development, in the sense of improvement of society through the increase of its wellbeing and equity, and the crisis-prone models which development promotes, due to its dependency on growth.Patricia Velicu, recent graduate of international relations at CEU, discusses wthe topic with Vincent Liegey, an expert on degrowth - an alternative social movement that advocates for the abolishment of economic growth as the ultimate social objective an...2018-07-1629 minEssayUnraveling the Contradictions of DevelopmentThis podcast engages critically with the concept of development by tracing back its roots to the 18th-19th centuries' ideas of capitalism and historical progress. The analysis outlines the contradiction between the idea of development, in the sense of improvement of society through the increase of its wellbeing and equity, and the crisis-prone models which development promotes, due to its dependency on growth.Patricia Velicu, recent graduate of international relations at CEU, discusses wthe topic with Vincent Liegey, an expert on degrowth - an alternative social movement that advocates for the abolishment of economic growth as the ultimate social objective an...2018-07-1629 minCEU PodcastsUnraveling the Contradictions of DevelopmentThis podcast engages critically with the concept of development by tracing back its roots to the 18th-19th centuries' ideas of capitalism and historical progress. The analysis outlines the contradiction between the idea of development, in the sense of improvement of society through the increase of its wellbeing and equity, and the crisis-prone models which development promotes, due to its dependency on growth.Patricia Velicu, recent graduate of international relations at CEU, discusses wthe topic with Vincent Liegey, an expert on degrowth - an alternative social movement that advocates for the abolishment of economic growth as the ultimate social objective an...2018-07-1600 min