BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:737a60c544d4d338387048f0d675c7b1 DTSTAMP:20260716T053812Z SUMMARY:The Higher Research Seminar: Christian Rostbøll\, University of Co penhagen - “Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others” DESCRIPTION:Kontakt: robert.klemmensen@svet.lu.se\n\nAbstractMoralizing Pol itics: The Practice of Judging Others (MoPo)Key developments in contempora ry politics share a tendency of moralization. People moralize politics whe n they judge each other and assess them as good or bad people. A moralizin g politics of judging others and a counter-politics of reacting to being j udged can be found in phenomena such as cancel culture\, esteem of work\, accusations of fake news\, and climate shaming. The existing literature te nds to focus on the detrimental effects of using moral language in politic s\, for example\, as a catalyst of polarization. MoPo takes a step back an d seeks to understand the meaning and value of social practices of moral r esponsibility ascriptions. \;The idea is that moralized politics must be approached as having roots in people’s deep and ineradicable concern with how they are regarded and treated by other people. Moreover\, judging others is not only something we cannot stop doing as human beings but als o integral to the democratic ideal. Democracy is an ideal for how citizens should regard and hold each other mutually accountable. Judging others is necessary to demonstrate commitment to and uphold this ideal. At the same time\, judging others can create unproductive hostility and make people f eel inferior. \;The challenge that MoPo addresses is to understand whe n the human propensity to judge others is pernicious versus beneficial for democracy and to answer how we can transform it into a resource that stre ngthens democracy. The project does so through a research design that comb ines insights from moral and political philosophy and four case studies of moralizing politics (Cancel Culture\, Dignity of Work\, Fake News\, and C limate Shaming). \;MoPo breaks new ground by comprehensively rethinkin g the idea of moralizing politics\, creatively integrating philosophical a nalysis and research into practices of moral judgment in different areas a nd arenas\, and by theorizing how practices of judging others can be chann eled into improving (rather than undermining) democracy.Christian F. Rostb øllChristian F. Rostbøll is Professor of Political Theory at the Univers ity of Copenhagen\, and he holds a PhD from Columbia University. He is the author of \;Democratic Respect: Populism\, Resentment\, and the Strug gle for Recognition \;(Cambridge University Press\, 2023)\, \;Deli berative Freedom \;(2008\,)\, and numerous articles on political and d emocratic theory\, as well as co-editor of \;Compromise and Disagreeme nt in Contemporary Political Theory \;(2018). \;He is the principa l investigator of the ERC-funded research project “Moralizing Politics: The Practice of Judging Others.”The Higher Research Seminar is the main collective seminar of the Department. The research staff and invited natio nal and international leading scholars present ongoing research and analys es of a broad range of exciting topics of relevance for Political Science. The Higher Research Seminar is held on Wednesdays\, 13.15 to 14.30 in Eden 367\, unless otherwise indicated. PhD Mid-term seminars 13:15 to 14:45.&n bsp\;Convenors: Robert Klemmensen and Jonathan PolkThe seminars are open t o the public. Welcome to join us!The Higher Research Seminar | Department of Political Science\n\nMer information om händelsen: https://www.svet.lu .se/evenemang/higher-research-seminar-christian-rostboll-university-copenh agen-moralizing-politics-practice DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20260318T121500 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20260318T133000 LOCATION:Large conference room\, Eden 367. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR