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Orain argued that the neoliberal dream of uninterrupted growth is dead, the world and its resources are now perceived as finite and capitalism shifts into violent mode. He calls this mode “Finitude Capitalism” with new examples showing up around the world every day.
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Orain argued that the neoliberal dream of uninterrupted growth is dead, the world and its resources are now perceived as finite and capitalism shifts into violent mode. He calls this mode “Finitude Capitalism” with new examples showing up around the world every day.
Feb. 12, we welcomed two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking intellectuals: Arnaud Orain, renowned economic historian and Caroline de Gruyter, award-winning journalist and one of the sharpest observers of European politics and the state of the liberal order.
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Feb. 12, we welcomed two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking intellectuals: Arnaud Orain, renowned economic historian and Caroline de Gruyter, award-winning journalist and one of the sharpest observers of European politics and the state of the liberal order.
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter on ‘Finitude Capitalism’ are moving fast. There won’t be ticket sales at the door, so make sure to secure your seat in time.
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/finit...
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/finit...
February 6, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter on ‘Finitude Capitalism’ are moving fast. There won’t be ticket sales at the door, so make sure to secure your seat in time.
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/finit...
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/finit...
⚙️ Finitude Capitalism: Neoliberalism’s Predatory Turn w/ Arnaud Orain & Caroline de Gruyter
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January 26, 2026 at 10:28 AM
⚙️ Finitude Capitalism: Neoliberalism’s Predatory Turn w/ Arnaud Orain & Caroline de Gruyter
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On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential public intellectuals, Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter, to Rotterdam on occasion of the Dutch translation of Orain’s new book, ‘The Finitude of the World: Boundless Capitalism from the Seventeenth Century to Today’.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential public intellectuals, Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter, to Rotterdam on occasion of the Dutch translation of Orain’s new book, ‘The Finitude of the World: Boundless Capitalism from the Seventeenth Century to Today’.
As we wrap up 2025, we wanted to pause and say thank you. Thank you for attending and for being part of the conversations that matter.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
December 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As we wrap up 2025, we wanted to pause and say thank you. Thank you for attending and for being part of the conversations that matter.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
Membership: The Gift of Reflection 💭
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
December 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Membership: The Gift of Reflection 💭
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking public intellectuals: @arnaudorain.bsky.social and @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social.
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👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking public intellectuals: @arnaudorain.bsky.social and @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social.
👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
Two new podcasts up for listening! Head to your platform of choice for engaging conversations on:
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Two new podcasts up for listening! Head to your platform of choice for engaging conversations on:
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
Together, they will unpack their new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. In this highly anticipated work they examine Elon Musk not as an individual, but as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age. Musk isn’t a glitch in the system—he is the system.
👉 dedependance.eu/events/muski...
👉 dedependance.eu/events/muski...
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Together, they will unpack their new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. In this highly anticipated work they examine Elon Musk not as an individual, but as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age. Musk isn’t a glitch in the system—he is the system.
👉 dedependance.eu/events/muski...
👉 dedependance.eu/events/muski...
On Saturday March 14 we welcome two of today’s most incisive thinkers on technology, capitalism, political imagination and the rise of the populist right: Quinn Slobodian (Crack-Up Capitalism, Hayek’s Bastards) and @bentarnoff.com (Internet for the People, Voices from the Valley).
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
On Saturday March 14 we welcome two of today’s most incisive thinkers on technology, capitalism, political imagination and the rise of the populist right: Quinn Slobodian (Crack-Up Capitalism, Hayek’s Bastards) and @bentarnoff.com (Internet for the People, Voices from the Valley).
Callard - in full Socratic attire (👖) - took us on a journey through the radical heart of Socratic philosophy, reminding us that the good life isn’t about having all the answers, but about being open to change, to conversation, and to the tranformative power of thinking together.
📸 Aad Hoogendoorn
📸 Aad Hoogendoorn
October 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Callard - in full Socratic attire (👖) - took us on a journey through the radical heart of Socratic philosophy, reminding us that the good life isn’t about having all the answers, but about being open to change, to conversation, and to the tranformative power of thinking together.
📸 Aad Hoogendoorn
📸 Aad Hoogendoorn
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us last Monday at Debatpodium Arminius for our talk with philosopher and public intellectual Agnes Callard on The Case for a Philosophical Life.
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us last Monday at Debatpodium Arminius for our talk with philosopher and public intellectual Agnes Callard on The Case for a Philosophical Life.
Our latest podcast episode with Nikole Hannah-Jones is up!
Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
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Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
👉 dedependance.eu/nikole-hanna...
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our latest podcast episode with Nikole Hannah-Jones is up!
Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
👉 dedependance.eu/nikole-hanna...
Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
👉 dedependance.eu/nikole-hanna...
We are grateful for your engagement and your commitment to these conversations.
Coming up next:
💭 Monday 20 October: The Case for a Philosophical Life w/ Agnes Callard
More info: dedependance.eu/events/the-case-for-a-philosophical-life/
📸: Aad Hoogendoorn
Coming up next:
💭 Monday 20 October: The Case for a Philosophical Life w/ Agnes Callard
More info: dedependance.eu/events/the-case-for-a-philosophical-life/
📸: Aad Hoogendoorn
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We are grateful for your engagement and your commitment to these conversations.
Coming up next:
💭 Monday 20 October: The Case for a Philosophical Life w/ Agnes Callard
More info: dedependance.eu/events/the-case-for-a-philosophical-life/
📸: Aad Hoogendoorn
Coming up next:
💭 Monday 20 October: The Case for a Philosophical Life w/ Agnes Callard
More info: dedependance.eu/events/the-case-for-a-philosophical-life/
📸: Aad Hoogendoorn
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us Sept. 30th for our sold-out evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones on Democracy, Resistance & the Politics of Memory.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us Sept. 30th for our sold-out evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones on Democracy, Resistance & the Politics of Memory.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
Blending philosophy with personal narrative, she asked: What do we really know about those closest to us? The evening was a powerful reminder of how literature can bridge the particular and the universal, and how survival in an age of extremes demands both courage and imagination.
September 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Blending philosophy with personal narrative, she asked: What do we really know about those closest to us? The evening was a powerful reminder of how literature can bridge the particular and the universal, and how survival in an age of extremes demands both courage and imagination.
📣 Last night at a sold-out OASE, @leaypi.bsky.social explored memory, survival, and solidarity in an age of crisis - from Ottoman aristocracy to modern Albania. We would like to thank you all for your presence, insightful questions and your commitment to thinking beyond the status quo.
September 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📣 Last night at a sold-out OASE, @leaypi.bsky.social explored memory, survival, and solidarity in an age of crisis - from Ottoman aristocracy to modern Albania. We would like to thank you all for your presence, insightful questions and your commitment to thinking beyond the status quo.
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with @leaypi.bsky.social are moving fast. Join us this Friday for a timely conversation about the personal and political challenges that we currently face.
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
September 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with @leaypi.bsky.social are moving fast. Join us this Friday for a timely conversation about the personal and political challenges that we currently face.
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ The 1619 Project reframes the dominant narrative U.S. history by placing slavery and Black Americans’ contributions at its center. A landmark work that continues to spark urgent debates on democracy, memory, and justice.
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ The 1619 Project reframes the dominant narrative U.S. history by placing slavery and Black Americans’ contributions at its center. A landmark work that continues to spark urgent debates on democracy, memory, and justice.
📍 OASE, Schiehaven 15a, Rotterdam
🗓️ Fri 26 Sept 2025
⏰ 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)
🎟️ €12,50 / €7 reduced
👉 Tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
🗓️ Fri 26 Sept 2025
⏰ 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)
🎟️ €12,50 / €7 reduced
👉 Tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📍 OASE, Schiehaven 15a, Rotterdam
🗓️ Fri 26 Sept 2025
⏰ 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)
🎟️ €12,50 / €7 reduced
👉 Tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
🗓️ Fri 26 Sept 2025
⏰ 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)
🎟️ €12,50 / €7 reduced
👉 Tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
📖 Fri 26 Sept: Political philosopher @leaypi.bsky.social joins De Dépendance to present the Dutch translation of her new book Indignity. This powerful publication blends philosophy & autobiography to explore survival, solidarity & the fragility of truth in an age of crisis.
September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📖 Fri 26 Sept: Political philosopher @leaypi.bsky.social joins De Dépendance to present the Dutch translation of her new book Indignity. This powerful publication blends philosophy & autobiography to explore survival, solidarity & the fragility of truth in an age of crisis.
📚 Mon 20 Oct: Renowned philosopher Agnes Callard joins De Dépendance (Rotterdam) for The Case for a Philosophical Life to celebrate the Dutch translation of her book Open Socrates. This evening, @agnescallard.bsky.social explores philosophy as a shared practice of asking life’s hardest questions.
September 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📚 Mon 20 Oct: Renowned philosopher Agnes Callard joins De Dépendance (Rotterdam) for The Case for a Philosophical Life to celebrate the Dutch translation of her book Open Socrates. This evening, @agnescallard.bsky.social explores philosophy as a shared practice of asking life’s hardest questions.
On September 26, we welcome acclaimed political theorist and writer @leaypi.bsky.social on the occasion of the Dutch translation of her latest book, ’Indignity’. This evening explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes and reveals the fragility of truth - both personal and political.
August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On September 26, we welcome acclaimed political theorist and writer @leaypi.bsky.social on the occasion of the Dutch translation of her latest book, ’Indignity’. This evening explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes and reveals the fragility of truth - both personal and political.
In a moment when the foundations of American democracy are being shaken – and its past reshaped to serve partisan ends – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins us for a conversation on the erosion of democracy and the tools for resistance.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In a moment when the foundations of American democracy are being shaken – and its past reshaped to serve partisan ends – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins us for a conversation on the erosion of democracy and the tools for resistance.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social