The CGS invites you to a lecture by Saverio Ansaldi, Senior Lecturer at the University of Reims-Champagne Ardenne and Associate Researcher at the IHRIM of the ENS-Lyon.
The CGS is pleased to invite you to a lecture on Giordano Bruno: The Art of Memory and Productive Imagination. mémoire et imagination productive”
September 22 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
The author?
Savero Ansaldi is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Reims-Champagne Ardenne ands, “Spinoza et le Baroque. Infini, désir, multitude” (Kimé, 2001); Nature et Puissance. Giordano Bruno et Spinoza (Kimé, 2006); Giordano Bruno. Une philosophie de la métamorphose (Classiques Garnier, 2010); L’imagination fantastique. Images, ombres et miroirs à la Renaissance (Les Belles Lettres, 2014); Les liens de la métamorphose. Philosophy and Magic from the Renaissance to the Classical Age“ (Kimé, 2017); ”Fury and Melancholy. Philosophy, Theology, and Poetry in the Renaissance,“ ENS-Editions, 2017; ”Giordano Bruno. L’eretico impeninente e ostinato” (Mondadori, 2024. French translation to be published by Presses de l’Université de Rennes in 2026). He translated Gilles Deleuze’s “Spinoza and the Problem of Expression” into Italian. He is also the author of a novel, “Le linee del mondo” (Manni Editore, 2025).
Conference theme?
Condemned by the Roman Inquisition to be burned at the stake in February 1600 for the heresy of his philosophical theses, Giordano Bruno is an author who has since continued to question the most diverse disciplines: science, the arts, literature, and poetry. In our presentation, we will attempt to highlight the most innovative and daring aspects of his theories: the conception of an infinite, material, and pluralistic universe; the construction of an art of memory based on the principles of productive imagination; and the definition of a practice of magical bonds capable of profoundly transforming human relationships. The aim will be to reveal the coherence and power of a way of thinking that is more capable than ever of guiding us through the challenges of our contemporary world.