Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Nikolas Kompridis (Greek: Νικόλας Κομπρίδης) is a philosopher and political theorist. His major work involves developing the concepts of receptivity and world disclosure for political philosophy, thinking about and articulating their significance for the practices of reason, democracy, freedom and critique. He is also engaged in rethinking what it means to be human, specifically in terms of "answerability" to that question, and rethinking the human relationship to non-human animals and nature.As a whole, Kompridis' scholarship addresses a wide range of subjects in contemporary social and political philosophy, as well as in aesthetics and philosophy of culture. Kompridis' published works cover topics that include: critical theory; democratic theory; theories of agency and action; theories of rationality; theories of identity, recognition, and culture; the role of social criticism in social change; the renewal of romanticism; and issues in philosophy of art, literature, music and film.He is currently a Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Social Justice at the Australian Catholic University.. }
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- Nikolas_Kompridis abstract "Nikolas Kompridis (Greek: Νικόλας Κομπρίδης) is a philosopher and political theorist. His major work involves developing the concepts of receptivity and world disclosure for political philosophy, thinking about and articulating their significance for the practices of reason, democracy, freedom and critique. He is also engaged in rethinking what it means to be human, specifically in terms of "answerability" to that question, and rethinking the human relationship to non-human animals and nature.As a whole, Kompridis' scholarship addresses a wide range of subjects in contemporary social and political philosophy, as well as in aesthetics and philosophy of culture. Kompridis' published works cover topics that include: critical theory; democratic theory; theories of agency and action; theories of rationality; theories of identity, recognition, and culture; the role of social criticism in social change; the renewal of romanticism; and issues in philosophy of art, literature, music and film.He is currently a Research Professor and Director of the Institute for Social Justice at the Australian Catholic University.".