AUBGTalks » sociology https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com Videos from AUBG's guest lecturers Sun, 20 Sep 2026 23:56:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 Andras Bozoki – The Elitist-Populist Pendulum https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/andras-bozoki-the-elitist-populist-pendulum/ https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/andras-bozoki-the-elitist-populist-pendulum/#comments Wed, 16 Oct 2013 08:51:03 +0000 http://www.aubg.bg/talks/?p=634 (September 9, 2013) Professor Andras Bozoki is Professor of Political Science at the Central European University and has been Hungary’s Minister of Culture during 2005-2006. In his first visit to AUBG, Professor Bozoki talks about the concepts of populism and elitism, which he describes as twins that provoke the existence of each other and are indelible elements of every democracy. Watch the whole lecture to learn more and hear the interesting questions from the audience!

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]]> https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/andras-bozoki-the-elitist-populist-pendulum/feed/ 0 Yannis Stavrakakis – Psychoanalysis and Society https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/yannis-stavrakakis-psychoanalysis-and-society/ https://aubgtalks.stoilms.com/yannis-stavrakakis-psychoanalysis-and-society/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:00:55 +0000 http://www.aubg.bg/talks/?p=302 Yannis Stavrakakis discusses the two spirits of capitalism in a psychological analysis of the different socioeconomic approaches. Professor Stavrakakis also talks about the European crisis and answers questions from the audience. Dr. Yannis Stavrakakis is mainly known for his explorations of the importance of psychoanalytic theory...]]> (March 28, 2012) Well-known Greek political theorist Yannis Stavrakakis discusses the two spirits of capitalism in a psychological analysis of the different socioeconomic approaches. Professor Stavrakakis also talks about the European crisis and answers questions from the audience. Dr. Yannis Stavrakakis is mainly known for his explorations of the importance of psychoanalytic theory for contemporary political and cultural analysis and currently serves as Associate Professor at the School of Political Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

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