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| - | '''Dirk Verhofstadt''' (b. [[Dendermonde]] 1955) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[social liberalism|social liberal]] ([[John Rawls|Rawlsian]]) theorist and brother of former Belgian prime minister [[Guy Verhofstadt]]. He has a keen interest in [[political philosophy]], and his philosophical outlook is influenced by [[Karl Popper]], [[John Stuart Mill]], [[Cesare Beccaria]], [[Thomas Paine]], [[Amartya Sen]] and [[Martha Nussbaum]]. He graduated in law and press- and communication sciences, and obtained a PhD in moral philosophy at the [[University of Ghent]]. He is professor ''Media and ethics'' at the University of Ghent. | + | '''Amartya Kumar Sen''', [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]], [[Fellow of the British Academy|FBA]] ({{IPA-bn|ˈɔmort:o ˈʃen|lang}}; born 3 November 1933) is an [[India]]n economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sen has made contributions to [[welfare economics]], [[social choice theory]], [[Economic justice|economic]] and [[social justice]], economic theories of [[famine]]s, and indices of the measure of well-being of citizens of developing countries. |
| - | With his book ''Het menselijk liberalisme'' (Human Liberalism) he inspires politicians in Belgian liberal parties as well as in the Dutch parties [[Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie]] and [[Democrats 66|Democraten 66]]. He defends liberalism against attacks by [[anti-globalists]], by stating that liberalism implies/should imply [[wikt:solidarity|solidarity]] and that [[green politics]] is not contradictory to liberalism. He wrote the books ''Pleidooi voor het individualisme'' (A Plea for Individualism) and ''De derde feministische golf'' (The Third Feminist Wave), much of it focusing on [[Islamic feminism]] and its impact in Europe. This book contains exclusive interviews with [[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]], [[Irshad Manji]], [[Naima El Bezaz]], {{Interlanguage link multi|Nahed Selim|nl}}, {{Interlanguage link multi|Naema Tahir|nl}} and [[Yasmine Allas]]. | ||
| - | He is a member of [[Liberales]], an independent think tank within the liberal movement. Its members consider liberalism as a progressive movement supporting individual freedom, justice and human rights. Liberales reacts against what it calls "narrow minded conservatism" related to social economic, ecological and ethical issues supported by "compartmentalized" parties and structures. | + | ==See also== |
| + | * The [[equality of autonomy]], a concept of equality posed by Sen | ||
| + | * [[Feminist economics]] | ||
| + | * [[Human Development Index]] | ||
| + | * [[List of feminist economists]] | ||
| + | * The [[Kerala model]], an expression or concept invented and introduced by Sen | ||
| - | His thought is believed{{Who|date=July 2009}} to have influenced the [[Flemish Liberals and Democrats|VLD]] in its shift from the center-right to the center-left in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade) (mostly under the leadership of his brother Guy). | ||
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| - | On September 26, 2008 he released his new book ''Pius XII and the extermination of the Jews'' in the Dutch language. In this book he examines the position of Pacelli, the later [[Pope Pius XII|Pius XII]], towards [[Adolf Hitler]]’s seizure of power, the downfall of the Catholic [[Centre Party (Germany)|Zentrumspartei]], the [[Reichskonkordat]] between Nazi-Germany and the [[Holy See|Vatican]], the encyclical [[Mit brennender Sorge]] (‘With Burning Concern’), [[paganism]], the national-socialist education programs, the ‘[[Action T4|T4-program]]’ (the murder of physically and mentally handicapped persons), the [[invasion of Poland]], [[Operation Barbarossa]], the [[Jew]]s in the [[Netherlands]], [[priest]]-president [[Jozef Tiso]] of [[First Slovak Republic|Slovakia]], the [[Ustasha]] in [[Independent State of Croatia]], the [[Pope Pius XII and the Roman razzia|deportation of Jews from Rome]], the [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[Holocaust]], the help offered to [[War crime|war criminals]], the resistance against [[Nazism]], the alleged refusal of the Church to "give back Jewish" children who had been in hiding, the failures of the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]], alleged [[antisemitism]] after the Holocaust, and the moral question of alleged guilt of the Church and the pope. | ||
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| - | In April 2009, he was co-writer and editor of the book ''John Stuart Mill - 150 years On Liberty''. On 8 June 2009 he hold the lecture ''A New Age of Reason'' on the life and actual influence of [[Thomas Paine]] who died 200 years ago. In November 2009, he was editor of the book ''The liberal thinking of Thomas Paine''. | ||
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| - | On 1 July 2010 he obtained the degree of Doctor of Moral Science at the [[University of Ghent]] with his doctoral dissertation "Pius XII and the extermination of the Jews. A moral and historical research into the moral responsibility of Pope Pius XII regarding the [[Final Solution|Final Solution to the Jewish Question]]." | ||
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| - | In 2011 he released the bestseller ''In gesprek met Etienne Vermeersch. Een zoektocht naar waarheid''. | ||
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| - | In 2012 he released two books: ''In gesprek met [[Paul Cliteur]]. Een zoektocht naar harmonie'', ''De open samenleving onder vuur'' (Ed.) about the philosopher [[Karl Popper]]. | ||
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| - | In 2012 he became professor ''Media and ethics'' at the University of Ghent. | ||
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| - | In 2013 he released two books: ''Pius XII. und die Vernichtung der Juden'' (Alibri Verlag, a German translation of his book about pope Pius XII). and ''Atheïsme als basis voor de moraal'' (''Atheism as a basis for morality''). | ||
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| - | In February 2014 he released his book, ''1914. Het vervloekte jaar'' ("1914: The Accursed Year"). | ||
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| - | In September 2014 he released his book, ''Cesare Beccaria. 250 jaar over misdaden en straffen'' ("Cesare Beccaria: 250 years on crimes and punishments"). | ||
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| - | In January 2015 he released his book ''De Liberale Canon'' ("The Liberal Canon") | ||
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| - | In October 2016 he released his book ''Salafisme versus democratie'' ("Salafism versus democracy"). | ||
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| - | ==Opinion== | ||
| - | *[http://www.liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/show.pl?column&popperliberaltestament The liberal testament of Karl Popper] | ||
| - | **Column by Dirk Verhofstadt in ''Liberales-newsletter'', 28 March 2007 | ||
| - | *[http://www.liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/show.pl?essay&verhofstadtucos Liberalism is the best Cure for Poverty] | ||
| - | **Lecture at the Conference on Development in Brussels, 17 October 2005 | ||
| - | *[http://www.liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/show.pl?essay&verhofstadtbarber Liberalism lives of hope, trust and optimism] | ||
| - | **Lecture at Tumult Debatcentrum in Utrecht, 5 October 2005 | ||
| - | *[http://www.free-europe.org/blog/?itemid=179 On the Shame of Protectionism] | ||
| - | **Column by Dirk Verhofstadt in ''Free Europe'', 5 August 2004 | ||
| - | *[http://www.liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/show.pl?essay&plea A Plea for Individualism] | ||
| - | **Essay by Dirk Verhofstadt 2 January 2004 | ||
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| - | ==Interviews== | ||
| - | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20040803220809/http://liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/show.pl?interview&manji Muslims need critical thinking] | ||
| - | **Interview with [[Irshad Manji]] on 16 May 2004 | ||
| - | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061012215710/http://www.liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/show.pl?interview&applebaumgulageng Gulag. A history of the Soviet Camps] | ||
| - | **Interview with [[Anne Applebaum]] on 20 October 2003 | ||
| - | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061012215803/http://www.liberales.be/cgi-bin/en/show.pl?interview&desotointerview The poor are not the problem but the solution] | ||
| - | **Interview with [[Hernando de Soto (economist)|Hernando de Soto]] on 22 December 2003 | ||
| - | *[http://www.heise.de/tp/artikel/39/39986/1.html Die katholische Kirche und der Holocaust] | ||
| - | **Interview with Reinhard Jellen, [[Telepolis]], about the role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust, published 12 October 2013 (German) | ||
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| - | ==Bibliography== | ||
| - | * ''Theorieën over rechtvaardigheid. De John Rawlslezingen'' (Ed.) (2017) | ||
| - | * ''Media en ethiek'' (2007) | ||
| - | * ''Salafisme versus democratie'' (2016) | ||
| - | * ''Het Atheïstisch Woordenboek'' (2015), co-authored with [[Paul Cliteur]] | ||
| - | * ''De Liberale Canon'' (2015) | ||
| - | * ''Cesare Beccaria. 250 jaar over misdaden en straffen'' (2014) | ||
| - | * ''1914. Het vervloekte jaar'' (2014) | ||
| - | * ''Atheïsme als basis voor de moraal'' (2013) | ||
| - | * ''Pius XII. und die Vernichtung der Juden'' (2013) | ||
| - | * ''A Plea for Individualism'' (2013) | ||
| - | * ''In gesprek met Paul Cliteur. Een zoektocht naar harmonie'' (2012) | ||
| - | * ''De open samenleving onder vuur'' (Ed.) (2012) | ||
| - | * ''Media en ethiek'' (2012) | ||
| - | * ''De Laatste Getuigen'' (co-author Luckas Vander Taelen) (2011) | ||
| - | * ''In gesprek met Etienne Vermeersch. Een zoektocht naar waarheid'' (2011) | ||
| - | * ''A moral and historical research into the moral responsibility of Pope Pius XII regarding the Final Solution to the Jewish Question'' (2010) | ||
| - | * ''Het liberale denken van Thomas Paine'' (Ed). (2009) | ||
| - | * ''John Stuart Mill. 150 jaar over vrijheid'' (Ed). (2009) | ||
| - | * ''Pius XII en de vernietiging van de Joden'' (2008) | ||
| - | * ''De derde feministische golf'' (2006) | ||
| - | * ''Pleidooi voor individualisme'' (2004) | ||
| - | * ''Het menselijk liberalisme'' (2002) | ||
| - | * ''Het einde van het BRT-monopolie'' (1982) | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Contributions to liberal theory]] | ||
| - | *[[Liberalism]] | ||
| - | *[[Liberalism in Belgium]] | ||
| - | *[[Social liberalism]] | ||
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Amartya Kumar Sen, CH, FBA (Template:IPA-bn; born 3 November 1933) is an Indian economist and philosopher, who since 1972 has taught and worked in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Sen has made contributions to welfare economics, social choice theory, economic and social justice, economic theories of famines, and indices of the measure of well-being of citizens of developing countries.
See also
- The equality of autonomy, a concept of equality posed by Sen
- Feminist economics
- Human Development Index
- List of feminist economists
- The Kerala model, an expression or concept invented and introduced by Sen
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