Invitation letter for Liberal Arts Program – June 6, 2020
May 22, 2020
THE CONCEPT OF POWER IN POLITICS
BY HANNAH ARENDT
Political power is commonly understood as power expressed and exercised over others, as coercive and imposing power, forcing others to obey the orders of those in power…
Hannah Arendt proposed a concept of power completely different from the above understanding. Her theory of power is deeply humanistic, and with this concept, she placed humanity’s political activities in an unexpected dimension of humanity. What is that concept? Nguyen Thi Tu Huy will introduce this unique concept to interested people at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2020, at the Saturday Coffee Culture Salon.
* Introduction to the Liberal Arts Program: please refer here.
SOME FEATURES OF THE SPEAKER
Dr. NGUYEN THI TU HUY
Nguyen Thi Tu Huy is currently Head of the Department of Liberal Education at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Hoa Sen University. She defended her doctoral thesis in French Literature in 2008 and her doctoral thesis in political philosophy in 2018, at Paris Diderot University. Her literary studies focus on contemporary literary theory, especially with authors: Barthes, Ricoeur, Genette, Foucault, Deleuze, and Derrida. With an interdisciplinary approach, she interrogates several issues at the intersection of the social sciences and humanities: the relationship between creation and reception, between logic and feeling, problem interpretation, the disintegration of identity in contemporary times, and the breakdown of subjective and symbolic structures. Her recent research in the field of political philosophy is based on the thoughts of contemporary philosophers: Arendt, Deleuze-Guattari, Lefort, and Havel, from which to develop thoughts on today’s political issues. She is the author of two books ( Alain Robbe-Grillet: truth and interpretation, Writers Association & DaiViet Book Publishing House, 2009, Social Life 2nd reprint, 2019. Writing – loneliness and strength, Hoi Nha Publishing House Van, 2014), articles in collective works (Alain Robbe-Grillet: Balises pour le XXIe siècle, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, 2010), and articles in Vietnamese and international magazines.
