Collective residencies / Olot
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
From Monday, 25 March 2019 to Friday, 5 April 2019
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Legitimacy and external self-determination processes
To speak of politics is not always to speak of legitimacy. But when we speak of fundamental changes in the structure of a State, it is inevitable to speak of legitimacy at some point. This is all the more true when processes of self-determination have been undertaken in a given territory. The legitimacy of a political entity always results from a continuous process of legitimation.
From FABER we call on all those specialists who at some time have done research on some of the most outstanding external self-determination processes of recent times: the German reunification; the partition of Czechoslovakia; the secessions that occurred in central and eastern Europe as a result of the collapse of the USSR; the referendums in Quebec, Scotland or Catalonia; the Brexit. Philosophers, political scientists, economists, historians, legislators, journalists and any professional, researcher or academic who has a project in this field can present their candidacy.
We are interested in working, for example, on the following questions: the exercises of self-determination, the political legitimacy of states, the discourses to increase the legitimacy of institutions, among others, but also the relationship with the democratic ideal and the specific case of Catalonia's independence process. In which cases can we affirm that a process of external self-determination has contributed to the strengthening of the democratic ideal? Which international policy of the externally self-determined subject earns him international legitimacy, from a democratic point of view? Can we take advantage of the lessons of transitional justice to understand how post-process legitimacy increases or decreases?
Faber wants to be a space for open debate where all these issues and many others can be debated.
Residents
![PAU BOSSACOMA PAU BOSSACOMA](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/pau-bossacoma-destacada.jpg)
PAU BOSSACOMA
Lecturer and Legal Advisor![PETER A. KRAUS PETER A. KRAUS](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/peter-a.-kraus.jpg)
PETER A. KRAUS
Full professor of political science, University of Augsburg![DIANA BRANDUSE DIANA BRANDUSE](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/diana-branduse-faber-residency.jpg)
DIANA BRANDUSE
Assistant Professor of Political Institutions at Leiden University College in the Hague![JAN ERK JAN ERK](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/jan-erk-faber-residency.jpg)
JAN ERK
Academic![KARLO BASTA KARLO BASTA](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/karlo-basta-faber-residency.jpg)
KARLO BASTA
Associate Professor of Politics![GËZIM KRASNIQI GËZIM KRASNIQI](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/gezim-krasniqi-faber-residency.jpg)
GËZIM KRASNIQI
Career Development Fellow, University of Edinburgh![MADELINE BEACH CAREY MADELINE BEACH CAREY](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/madeleine-carey-faber-residency.jpg)
MADELINE BEACH CAREY
Writer![FÉLIX MATHIEU FÉLIX MATHIEU](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/felix-mathieu-faber-residency.jpg)
FÉLIX MATHIEU
Ph.D. Researcher in political science and part-time lecturer (Université du Québec à Montréal)![JUDITH VEGA JUDITH VEGA](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/judith-vega-faber-residency.jpg)
JUDITH VEGA
Lecturer in Social and Political PhilosophyOpinions
What residents are saying about us
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Associate Professor of Politics
KARLO BASTA
This was a wonderful residency This was a wonderful residency, bringing together a diverse set of scholars and practitioners, all united by the common interest in issues of legitimacy and self-determination. Unfortunately, due to other obligations, ...
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Ph.D. Researcher in political science and part-time lecturer (Université du Québec à Montréal)
FÉLIX MATHIEU
An inspiring environment I have taken part to the Faber Thematic Residency on Political Philosophy in March-April 2019. I have enjoyed my two-week stay at so many levels. The Faber Residency in Olot is situated in a magnificent and ...
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Academic
JAN ERK
Extracting Lessons from Africa’s Defunct Federations and Failed Secessions Known Knowns, Known Unknowns, and Unknown Unknowns During my Faber Residency I worked on a comparative study of self-determination, secession, and constitutional autonomy ...
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