Book launch: Signs from the Future. A Philosophy of Warnings by Santiago Zabala

Time

15:00 - 16:30 CET

Background

Join the UCL Warning Research Centre as we host the launch of the latest book by Prof Santiago Zabala, ICREA Research Professor at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona Spain. Titled Signs from the Future. A Philosophy of Warnings this book explores the philosophy behind warnings, ignoring warnings, and being warned, focusing on why we do not heed warnings - a critical question when considering the effectiveness of warnings. We will hear an overview of the books key points from Santiago followed by a discussion and Q&A that will no doubt be rich and at the edge of our understanding of warnings.

Slavoj Žižek, author of Zero Point states that:

Santiago Zabala achieves in Signs from the Future what only the best thinkers occasionally do: he effortlessly unites the most pressing concerns of our moments (global warming, pandemic, social crises...) with the reflection of "eternal" questions (reality oriented towards future, the nature of thinking). This is why his book is interesting in the most basic sense of the term of "inter-esse": throwing us into the heart of being. It is a book for everybody who has the courage to think today.