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Conference
Nexus Conference 2026 -
Saturday 21 November 2026
11 AM – 5 PM
National Opera & Ballet, Amsterdam
What Can Cure a Civilization in Crisis?
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Wynton Marsalis
A Life in Jazz
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The Quest for Vision in a Confused World
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History, Philosophy, Society
Humberto Beck
Meaning and modernity
Perhaps the main consequence of disenchantment has been this fragmentation of our image of the world. The effects of this disintegration have been immense: it has uprooted human experience.
Literature, Philosophy
Josep Maria Esquirol’s Philosophy of Proximity
Intimate Resistance in an Age of Saturation
His philosophy shifts attention away from logics of domination, self-realisation, and expansion, toward vulnerability, care, and inward gathering as the fundamental ways of sustaining life and recovering meaning.
Agenda
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21 November
- Activity
- What Can Cure a Civilization in Crisis?
- Nexus Conference 2026
Science
Søren Kierkegaard
The Concept of Anxiety
What we can learn from animals as anxious humans
Science
Søren Kierkegaard
The Concept of Anxiety
What we can learn from animals as anxious humans
Science
Søren Kierkegaard
The Concept of Anxiety
What we can learn from animals as anxious humans
Science
Søren Kierkegaard
The Concept of Anxiety
What we can learn from animals as anxious humans
Masters
Thomas Mann
What can we learn from the great European humanist?
Masters
Thomas Mann
What can we learn from the great European humanist?
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