Christian van der Veeke MA
Christian van der Veeke received his M.A. degree from the Faculty of Philosophy of Erasmus University Rotterdam in December 2007. His masterthesis was awarded the Leo Polak scriptieprijs 2009, a nationwide award for the best masterthesis in the field of the humanities.
Directly after graduation, he started to work on his dissertation, as Ph.D. researcher in the research project on Interactive metal fatigue. His thesis analyses the contemporary preconditions of social criticism in political and social philosophy, asking whether there (still) is a possible philosophical foundation for social criticism. Is there a methodology that can support social criticism that does not fall victim to the naturalistic, humanistic, and ideological presuppositions from the traditions of 'identity' and 'difference' in philosophical thought? The thesis aims at a critical analysis of the normative dimension of these traditions.
