Is there such a thing as a Dutch philosophy? Ronald van Raak doubts it. Yet according to him, there is indeed a form of thinking that took shape precisely in the Netherlands—often outside the universities, in dialogue and debate with politicians, clergy, and scientists. In Geen land van grote woorden, to be published on 5 February, he traces ten centuries of philosophy as an open and often confrontational practice, carried forward by migrating thinkers, civic societies, and contrarian intellectuals. In this interview, Van Raak explains why this history does not culminate in a national tradition, but does reveal where the boundaries of tolerance and free thought have lain—then and now.
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