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Biography
Research interests
My main research interests are existential and ethical questions of responsibility and understanding in the philosophy of writing, especially in the philosophy of historiography and anthropology. In this context, I am mainly inspired by philosophical hermeneutics (Dilthey, Gadamer, Ricoeur), existential moral philosophy (Lévinas, Weil, Murdoch), and deconstructive phenomenology (Derrida, de Certeau, Wyschogrod). Alongside my main research interest, I have also written about various themes in philosophy of history, philosophy of time, aesthetics, moral psychology, biological anthropology, bioethics, sociology of science and the methodology of the human sciences.
Projects
In 2022 I defended my doctoral dissertation, Literacy, Historiography, and the Ethics of Writing About the Absent Other: On Responsibility Toward the Past. The dissertation examines existential and ethical dimensions of writing and reading, especially with regard to what it means to historicize. Growing up in a culture of literacy means gradually coming to understand a life that spans over several generations, which invites a personal responsibility as to what it means to think, tell, read, and write about the past.
As of 2022, I am active in the project Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory. The project deals with the difficult relationship between memory and historical research. The difficulties investigated concern, on the one hand, how to consider the experiential authority of memory accounts in historical research. On the other hand, how historical research should function as a critique of memory. The project is led by Jonas Ahlskog (University lecturer in history at ÅA) and is financed by Koneen säätiö.
With Bennett Gilbert (Portland State University) I have recently published an anthology Ethics and Time in The Philosophy of History: A Cross-Cultural Approach. The book consists of essays by scholars in the philosophy of culture and history, as well as moral philosophy and related fields, and highlights the intersection of temporality and ethics in human life. Currently I am working on a monograph, Existential Ethics and the Calls of History: Transgenerational Life, Literary Culture, and a Responsibility for Absent Others.
Teaching
At bachelor's and master's level:
Thematic seminar in philosophy: “Philosophy of existence: Personal and social responsibility today”
Thematic seminar in philosophy: "Emmanuel Lévinas on ethics and aesthetics"
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Projects
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Doing Justice to Experience: Relations to the Difficult Past in History and Memory
01/01/22 → 01/01/27
Project: Foundation
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Suffering and Misery in History is Not a Tragic Story: The Ethical Education of Seeing Differences between Narratives
Elgabsi, N., 2024, In: Journal of Curriculum Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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An Existential Philosophy of History
Gilbert, B. & Elgabsi, N., 2023, Ensino de História: Novas Perspectivas. Neto, J. M. A. (ed.). Editora Científica Digital, p. 50-72Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Dumbfounded by the Facts? Understanding the Moral Psychology of Sexual Relationships
Kronqvist, C. & Elgabsi, N., 5 Apr 2023, In: Philosophy. 98, 2, p. 147-164Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History: A Cross-Cultural Approach
Elgabsi, N. & Gilbert, B., 2023, Bloomsbury academic.Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Edited Book/Edited Journal › Scientific › peer-review
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Temporal Humanity: Involvement with Ethics and Time Across Cultures
Elgabsi, N. & Gilbert, B., 2023, Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History: A Cross-Cultural Approach. Elgabsi, N. & Gilbert, B. (eds.). Bloomsbury academic, p. 3-22Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Bloomsbury academic (Publisher)
Natan Elgabsi (Reviewer)
9 Feb 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Doing Justice to Experience: Avishai Margalit and the Moral Witness
Jonas Ahlskog (Speaker) & Natan Elgabsi (Speaker)
11 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Bloomsbury academic (Publisher)
Natan Elgabsi (Reviewer)
3 May 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Om ansvar och historia
Natan Elgabsi (Speaker)
9 Mar 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Hard Fact: The Ethics of Telling Genetic Stories
Natan Elgabsi (Speaker)
18 Jan 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation