Dr. Christian Van Der Veeke

Biography

Christian van der Veeke is a senior lecturer in the Humanities at Erasmus University College (EUC), part of Erasmus University Rotterdam. He holds a master's degree in philosophy from Erasmus University, awarded in 2007, with a thesis titled 'Home Sickness Philosophy: An Analysis and Evaluation of the Philosophical Use of Alienation.' He received the Leo Polak thesis prize in 2009 for his outstanding master's thesis. Christian completed his doctorate in philosophy in 2013 at Erasmus University Rotterdam, focusing on post-foundational critical philosophy and theories of democracy, advocating for a bridge model between deliberative and radical democracy, pulling from the works of Habermas, Lefort, Rancière, Balibar, among others. His research interests include Spinoza and Hegel's philosophical systems, 20th and 21st-century continental political and social thought, Critical Theory vs New Materialism, and neo- and post-Marxist thought. He teaches various courses at EUC such as 'Modernity: Enlightenment and Rationalization,' 'Early Modern Political Philosophy,' and 'Contemporary Political Philosophy.' Outside academic life, Christian enjoys basketball, video games, and fusion jazz music, and he is married with two children.

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