What constitutes change? To what extent is change the ‘other’ of being? When is change possible and is it always desirable? Do people crave certainty and stability or is “love of change a weakness and imperfection of our nature,” as John Ruskin famously said? Is change possible, or was the epigram right: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose?

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Doctor Honoris Causa Award Ceremony conferred upon Étienne Balibar, Axel Honneth, and Jonathan Wolff