Rotelli Lectures 2025
Vittorio Hösle

The Crisis of Liberalism

Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele is pleased to announce the 2025 edition of the Rotelli Lectures, the annual lecture series dedicated to leading voices in contemporary philosophy.

This year’s guest is Vittorio Hösle, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA), renowned for his work in political philosophy, ethics, and the history of ideas. Over the course of five public lectures, Professor Hösle will address the pressing theme of The Crisis of Liberalism.

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Rotelli Lectures 2025
Vittorio Hösle
The Crisis of Liberalism
Aula DO102, Campus MI2, Segrate (MI)
27-28-29 May 2025
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Aula DO102, Campus MI2, Segrate (MI)

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27-28-29 May 2025

An overview

Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele is pleased to announce the 2025 edition of the Rotelli Lectures, the annual lecture series dedicated to leading voices in contemporary philosophy.

This year’s guest is Vittorio Hösle, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA), renowned for his work in political philosophy, ethics, and the history of ideas. Over the course of five public lectures, Professor Hösle will address the pressing theme of The Crisis of Liberalism, analyzing the internal contradictions that threaten liberal democracies today, the philosophical foundations of the liberal order, and the possibilities for its renewal.


The lectures will take place from May 27 to 29, 2025, in Room DO102 of Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, and are open to students, scholars, and the general public.

All are welcome!

 

The programme of Rotelli Lectures 2025

Lecture 1 
May 27th / 2.30pm - 5.30pm
The creation of liberalism
Discussant: Gianluca Briguglia 
(Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

 

Lecture 2 
May 28th / 10:30am - 1:00pm
The two crises of liberalism in the 1920s and the 2020s: parallels and differences
Discussant: Roberto Mordacci 
(Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

 

Lecture 3
May 28th / 2.30pm - 5.00pm
Liberalism and market economy
Discussant: Manuel Anselmi 
(Università degli Studi di Bergamo)


Lecture 4
May 29th / 10:30am - 1:00pm
Liberalism and democracy
Discussant: Giulia Bistagnino 
(Università degli Studi di Milano)


Lecture 5
May 29th / 2.30pm - 5.00pm
Liberalism and realism in the international arena
Discussant: Greta Favara 
(Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele)

Rotelli Lectures 2025: introductory seminars

In preparation for the ninth edition of the Rotelli Lectures, UniSR is hosting a series of introductory seminars aimed at presenting the work and intellectual contributions of Vittorio Hösle.

 

Please note that the seminars are held in Italian.

Lunedì 24 marzo
Introduzione all’opera filosofica di Vittorio Hösle 
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l seminario introduce l'opera di Vittorio Hösle in vista della nona edizione ​della Cattedra Rotelli intitolata ​The Crisis of Liberalism.​

Studioso di Platone, di Vico e di Hegel, Hösle ​si distingue anche per l’attenzione ​alle questioni ecologiche, alla crisi della modernità, a tematiche estetiche ​e alla politica contemporanea.​ Attualmente docente presso la Notre Dame University, in Indiana (USA), il 6 agosto 2013 ​è stato insignito da Papa Francesco del titolo di Accademico ordinario della Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze Sociali.​

Introduce e modera: Giacomo Maria Arrigo (Assegnista per la Cattedra Rotelli, UniSR) 

Orario
Attività
11:00
DO202

Giuseppe Girgenti​

(Prof. Storia della filosofia antica, UniSR)​

Della filosofia di Platone

12:00
DO202

Antonio Branca​

(Assegnista in Estetica e Metafisica, UniSR)​

Hösle lettore di Hegel

13:00
Break
14:00
DO204

Giulio Pennacchioni​

(Dottorando in Filosofia morale, UniSR)​

Una riflessione sulla crisi ecologica

15:00
DO204

Raffaele Ariano​

(Ricercatore in Storia della filosofia, UniSR)​

Il cinema di Woody Allen

Mercoledì 16 aprile
A partire da Forze centrifughe globali. Una mappatura filosofica del presente (2022). Una tavola rotonda
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Introduce e modera: Giacomo Maria Arrigo (Assegnista per la Cattedra Rotelli, UniSR) 

Orario
Attività
10:00-13:00
DO201

Dialogano:

  • Alessandro Volpe (Ricercatore in Filosofia morale, UniSR) 
  • Giuseppe De Ruvo (Dottorando in Filosofia morale, UniSR)
  • Lorenza Bottacin Cantoni (Assegnista in Filosofia morale, UniSR) 
  • Alessandro Volpi (Dottorando in Filosofia politica, UniSR) 
  • Paolo Polizzi (Dottore di ricerca in Filosofia teoretica, UniSR) 

How to participate

The event takes place in presence and is open to the public.

Places are limited, so to allow us to better manage everyone's participation we ask you to register.

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Vittorio Hösle
The Crisis of Liberalism

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