EIFI - Philosophy, Spirituality, Society.

For a plural coexistence in a common world

The establishment of the International School of Intercultural Philosophy is a result of the work of the two intercontinental dialogue projects founded and coordinated by Raúl Fornet-Betancourt: the International Seminars of the “North-South” Dialogue Program and the International Congresses of Intercultural Philosophy, which have existed since 1989 and 1995 respectively.

The Escuela International de Filosofía Intercultural [=EIFI] was founded on November 11, 2017 in Barcelona in the context of the conclusion of the XIIth International Congress for Intercultural Philosophy.  With the approval of the statutes by the founding members present, the election of the committees and the international scientific advisory board as well as the appointment of the teaching and research teams confirmed the act in question.

The school responds to the central challenge of a human and just coexistence in cultural diversity with a broad spectrum of specific goals (cf. statutes), which it wants to promote and deepen with collaborative work. As it approaches these goals, the school offers courses, seminars and congresses, research and study visits, and creates an area for critical reflection on cultural diversity in our global societies.

The school further supports the establishment of a specialist library and will document its work and that of its members in two series of publications: ‘Concordia’ International Journal of Philosophy, and ‘Concordia’ Series Monographs. It will further count on the collaboration of ‘Topologik’ International Journal of Philosophy, Educational and Social Sciences in both its print and digital editions.

In 2018, the EIFI hold a series of seminars on the central themes of the school – philosophy, spirituality, society. In 2019, the EIFI organized a series of five seminars dedicated to the "dialogue of Europe with its own diversity".  These seminars analyzed the actual situation of the question for identity in Southeastern Europe and in Eastern Europe, in the Mediterranean and the central region of Europe. This debate was evaluated at the conclusive seminar in order to indicate some ways how philosophy can answer to populism and nihilism in Europe today.

The EIFI seminar series 2020 will be dedicated to the issue "Affectivity, knowledge, human soul".

The activities of the School will be documented in two publication series: Concordia. International Journal of Philosophy and Concordia. Monographic studies. At the same time, there is a collaboration with Topologik. International Journal of Philosophy, Educational and Social Science.