Andrea Bianchi #criticaltheory #frankfurtschool #philosophy #hegel

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Andrea Bianchi is currently a PhD candidate at La Sapienza in Rome and researcher at Goethe University in Frankfurt.

[00:00:07]>> [music] [music] >> His scholarly interests center on Hegelian thought and its legacy within the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. In his dissertation project, Freedom, Normativity, Constitution, Toward a Critical Theory of Forms of Normativity after Hegel, Andrea Bianchi returns to Hegel's Philosophy of Right to rethink the connection between freedom, normativity, and the state. He challenges both neo-pragmatist and critical theory readings of Hegel, arguing that speculative freedom cannot be reduced to just social freedom.

[00:00:47]Bianchi proposes a new critical theory of normativity that's grounded in the dialectic of objective and absolute spirit. Bianchi's work aims to rethink critical theories' normative foundations by re-engaging with Hegel's dialectic.

[00:01:02]Andrea Bianchi is definitely one of our 30 around 30.

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