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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 29/09/2026
In conversation with @annavanzoest.bsky.social and @theresakuhn.bsky.social, it became clear that to confront these threats, we need to act, and act with determination. Emblematic was Garton Ash's emphasis on the Ukrainian word 'volya', which means both freedom and (the) will (to fight for it).
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 29/09/2026
Last Wednesday historian @fromtga.bsky.social smashed the glass of the European alarm. He argued that Europe and its values are under attack on multiple fronts: politically (from the US), geographically (from Russia) and economically (from China).
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 08/09/2026
She follows the money across continents, examining how a hidden group of dealmakers created a weapon of economic mass destruction that might yet blow up our financial system. ⏰ Talk 20:00, drinks from 19:00 📍 WORM, Rotterdam 🎟️ dedependance.eu/events/how-p...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 08/09/2026
Tue 3 Nov: we welcome acclaimed Guardian journalist @hettieobrien.bsky.social, author of The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself. In the book, she takes readers on a thrilling, eye-opening investigation into this secretive wing of the finance industry.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 24/08/2026
Beckerman is a former editor at the New York Times Book Review and author of The Quiet Before and When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone (Sami Rohr Prize). ⏰ 20:00, drinks from 19:30 📍 @arminiusdebat.bsky.social 🎟️ dedependance.eu/events/how-t...
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De Dependance - How to Be a Dissident
Date: Tuesday 6 OctoberTime: 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)Location: Arminius, Museumpark 3, RotterdamAdmission: €12,50,- (regular), €7,- (reduced)Language: English Is there a r…
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 24/08/2026
Tue 6 Oct: Atlantic staff writer @galbeckerman.bsky.social joins us to discuss his new book, How to Be a Dissident — part philosophy, part history, part manual for living with integrity in an age of authoritarian drift. 🧵
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 22/08/2026
On Wednesday, September 23, we welcome one of the world’s leading scholars of Europe: Timothy Garton Ash. He will speak on the occasion of the Dutch translation of his new book, Europe in 7 1/2 Chapters. 📍 Theater Zuidplein ⏰ Talk at 20:00h 🍸 Drinks from 19:00h 📲 dedependance.eu/events/timot...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 16/06/2026
2/2 💸 How Private Equity Erodes Our Societies w/ Hettie O'Brien Private equity firms have become one of the most powerful companies in the world. They own our hospitals, nurseries, schools, farmland and our wind farms. Tue 3 Nov at WORM
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 16/06/2026
We have two new events lined up. 1/2 
 🕵️‍♂️ How to Be a Dissident w/ Gal Beckerman Is there a right way to rebel? What can we do when we face a moral dilemma and are uncertain how to act?

 Tue 6 Oct At Arminius dedependance.eu/events/how-t...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 02/06/2026
We hope to welcome you back soon at one of our following events: 🇪🇺 Timothy Garton Ash: On Europe 🗓️ Wednesday 23 September at Theater Zuidplein. 💸 How Private Equity Erodes Our Societies with Hettie O’Brien 🗓️ Tuesday 3 November at WORM. Info and tickets: dedependance.eu 📸: Aad Hoogendoorn
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 02/06/2026
Thank you for attending our talk with Anna Tsing on 28 May. We explored 'The Patchy Anthropocene': how dominant economic structures exhaust ecosystems, communities, and forms of life, but also how human and more-than-human actors can develop new ways of coexistence in damaged environments.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 20/05/2026
Thank you for attending our talk with Paul Krugman. We hope to welcome you back soon at: 🇪🇺 Timothy Garton Ash: On Europe 🗓️ Wed. 23 Sept. at Theater Zuidplein. 💸 How Private Equity Erodes Our Societies with Hettie O’Brien 🗓️ Tue. 3 Nov. at WORM. Info and tickets: dedependance.eu 📸 Aad Hoogendoorn
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 30/04/2026
Heads up! Tickets for our talk with @pkrugman.bsky.social on May 19th will sell out soon. More information and tickets 👉 dedependance.eu/events/paul-...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 08/04/2026
📍 Het Nieuwe Instituut 🗓️ Thursday 28 May ⏰ Exhibition from 17:00 (free) · Talk at 19:30 The exhibition FUNGI: Anarchist Designers (curated by Anna Tsing & Feifei Zhou) is open to visit for free before the talk. 🎟️ Tickets & info: dedependance.eu/events/anna-...
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De Dependance - Anna Tsing
Date: Thursday 28 MayTime: 19:30 (free exhibition entrance at 17:00)Location: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, RotterdamAdmission: € 12,50 (regular), € 7,50 (students & teachers), € 6,25 (H…
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 08/04/2026
We'll explore how dominant economic structures exhaust ecosystems and communities, but also how human and more-than-human actors find new ways of coexistence in damaged environments. Moderated by journalist Nuria Ribas Costa.
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De Dependance - Anna Tsing
Date: Thursday 28 MayTime: 19:30 (free exhibition entrance at 17:00)Location: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, RotterdamAdmission: € 12,50 (regular), € 7,50 (students & teachers), € 6,25 (H…
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 08/04/2026
Tickets are now on sale 👇 🍄 Anna Tsing On the Patchy Anthropocene How do we continue living in a world that is already broken? On May 28, anthropologist Anna Tsing joins us at Nieuwe Instituut for a conversation on landscapes shaped by extraction, capitalist logic and ecological crisis.
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De Dependance - Anna Tsing
Date: Thursday 28 MayTime: 19:30 (free exhibition entrance at 17:00)Location: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museumpark 25, RotterdamAdmission: € 12,50 (regular), € 7,50 (students & teachers), € 6,25 (H…
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 01/04/2026
Prior to the talk you can visit the exhibition 'FUNGI: Anarchist Designers' (curated by Tsing & Feifei Zhou), which opens at 17.00h. 📍 @nieuweinstituut.nl 🗓️ Thu 28 May ⏰ Talk at 19.30h 🍄 Exhibition from 17.00h 🚨 Ticket sales start Wednesday 8 april at 12:00 👉 dedependance.eu/events/anna-tsing
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 01/04/2026
🍄 Anna Tsing on the Patchy Anthropocene How do we live in a world already broken? On May 28, anthropologist Anna Tsing joins us to explore fragmented landscapes shaped by extraction and ecological crises, and how new forms of coexistence emerge in damaged environments.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 19/03/2026
The conversation was sharp, surprising, and at moments uncomfortably recognisable. We loved having a full house for this one. See you at the next one. 🙏
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 19/03/2026
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us last Saturday at @arminiusdebat.bsky.social for our talk with @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com on Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. Together they made the case that Elon Musk isn't just a polarising figure but a mirror held up to our times. 📸 Aad Hoogendoorn
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 18/03/2026
Can Europe's democratic institutions withstand economic and geopolitical turmoil? And what role will the Global South play in a more multipolar world? 📍 Aula - Erasmus Building, @erasmusuniversity.bsky.social 🗓️ Tuesday 19 May ⏰ Talk at 19:30h 🚪 Doors from 19:00h 📲 dedependance.eu/events/paul-...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 18/03/2026
On Tuesday, May 19, we welcome Nobel Prize laureate @pkrugman.bsky.social 🎙️ In a world of rising geopolitical tensions and trade disruptions, he will explore the forces reshaping the global economic order. How vulnerable is the global economy - and what's at stake for Europe?
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 06/03/2026
On Saturday 14 March @bentarnoff.com and @quinnslobodian.com will discuss their forthcoming book 'Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed' at @arminiusdebat.bsky.social. Secure your seat 👉 dedependance.eu/events/muski...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 28/02/2026
🗓️ Saturday 14 March ⏰ 20:00 (drinks from 19:30) 📲 Info and tickets: dedependance.eu/events/muski...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 28/02/2026
On Saturday March 14th, two of today’s most incisive thinkers on technology, capitalism, political imagination and the rise of the populist right, @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com, will join us at @arminiusdebat.bsky.social to discuss their upcoming book ‘Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed’.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 21/02/2026
📍@arminiusdebat.bsky.social 🗓️ Saturday 14 March ⏰ 20:00 (drinks from 19:30) 📲 dedependance.eu/events/muskism-playbook-for-a-postliberal-age/
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De Dependance - Muskism: Playbook for a Postliberal Age
Date: Saturday 14 MarchTime: 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)Location: Arminius, Museumpark 3, RotterdamAdmission: €12,50,- (regular), €7,- (reduced)Language: English On Saturday March 14 we welcome two o…
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 21/02/2026
Together, they will unpack their new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. In this highly anticipated work they examine Elon Musk not as an individual, but as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age. Musk isn’t a glitch in the system—he is the system.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 21/02/2026
📡 Muskism: Playbook for a postliberal age with Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff On Saturday March 14 we welcome two of today’s most incisive thinkers on technology, capitalism, political imagination and the rise of the populist right: @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 16/02/2026
Orain argued that the neoliberal dream of uninterrupted growth is dead, the world and its resources are now perceived as finite and capitalism shifts into violent mode. He calls this mode “Finitude Capitalism” with new examples showing up around the world every day.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 16/02/2026
Feb. 12, we welcomed two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking intellectuals: Arnaud Orain, renowned economic historian and Caroline de Gruyter, award-winning journalist and one of the sharpest observers of European politics and the state of the liberal order.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 06/02/2026
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter on ‘Finitude Capitalism’ are moving fast. There won’t be ticket sales at the door, so make sure to secure your seat in time. 👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/finit...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 26/01/2026
Together they will explore how this shift from liberal to predatory capitalism emerged, who stands to gain – and who loses – in this zero-sum landscape, and what the implications are for Europe’s economic and geopolitical future.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 26/01/2026
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential public intellectuals: Arnaud Orain, renowned economic historian, and Caroline de Gruyter, award-winning journalist.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 26/01/2026
⚙️ Finitude Capitalism: Neoliberalism’s Predatory Turn w/ Arnaud Orain & Caroline de Gruyter 👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 15/01/2026
In this groundbreaking work – with a preface by de Gruyter – Orain argues that while the neoliberal dream of uninterrupted growth has faded, capitalism itself remains very much alive. 👉 dedependance.eu/events/finitude-capitalism-from-endless-growth-to-a-predatory-new-order
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De Dependance - Finitude Capitalism: Neoliberalism’s Predatory Turn
Date: Thursday 12 FebruaryTime: 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)Location: Arminius, Museumpark 3, RotterdamAdmission: €12,50,- (regular), €7,- (reduced)Language: English On Thursday, February 12, we …
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 15/01/2026
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential public intellectuals, Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter, to Rotterdam on occasion of the Dutch translation of Orain’s new book, ‘The Finitude of the World: Boundless Capitalism from the Seventeenth Century to Today’.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 24/12/2025
As we wrap up 2025, we wanted to pause and say thank you. Thank you for attending and for being part of the conversations that matter. We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 23/12/2025
Order a membership here and especially for the holidays we’ll send you a coupon you can print as an actual gift. We hope to see you in 2026! 👉 dedependance.eu/become-a-mem...
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De Dependance - Become a member
Attend 5 events for the price of four and enjoy multiple perks. We’re introducing something new for 2026: a five-event pass for our most engaged visitors (you!). For € 50,- you’ll get a…
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 23/12/2025
With a De Dépendance membership, you give someone you care about access to five inspiring evenings with important conversations. It's a gift that invites reflection and connection. For € 50,- you get five events for the price of four, plus extra perks throughout the year.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 23/12/2025
Membership: The Gift of Reflection 💭 Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion. We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 12/12/2025
📍 Debatpodium Arminius 🗓️ Thursday 12 February ⏰ Talk at 20:00h 🍸 Drinks from 19:30h 📲 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
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De Dependance - Finitude Capitalism: Neoliberalism’s Predatory Turn
Date: Thursday 12 FebruaryTime: 20:00 (drinks from 19:30)Location: Arminius, Museumpark 3, RotterdamAdmission: €12,50,- (regular), €7,- (reduced)Language: English On Thursday, February 12, we …
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 12/12/2025
They will speak on the pervasiveness of 'Finitude Capitalism', which we can see in the privatisation and militarisation of the seas, the rise of monopolistic and rentier trade, and in the encroachment of massive private companies claiming quasi-sovereign control over physical and digital space.
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 12/12/2025
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking public intellectuals: @arnaudorain.bsky.social and @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social. 👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 04/12/2025
Two new podcasts up for listening! Head to your platform of choice for engaging conversations on: 🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa 🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih 👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 02/12/2025
Together, they will unpack their new book Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.  In this highly anticipated work they examine Elon Musk not as an individual, but as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age. Musk isn’t a glitch in the system—he is the system. 👉 dedependance.eu/events/muski...
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 02/12/2025
On Saturday March 14 we welcome two of today’s most incisive thinkers on technology, capitalism, political imagination and the rise of the populist right: Quinn Slobodian (Crack-Up Capitalism, Hayek’s Bastards) and @bentarnoff.com (Internet for the People, Voices from the Valley).
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Eeva Liukku @eevaliukku.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Volg ook allemaal De Dépendance - je kunt blind tickets kopen voor hun events, áltijd steengoed. Je kunt ook nu blind dit advies van ze volgen ;)
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 26/11/2025
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 23/10/2025
Callard - in full Socratic attire (👖) - took us on a journey through the radical heart of Socratic philosophy, reminding us that the good life isn’t about having all the answers, but about being open to change, to conversation, and to the tranformative power of thinking together. 📸 Aad Hoogendoorn
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De Dépendance @dedependance.eu · 23/10/2025
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us last Monday at Debatpodium Arminius for our talk with philosopher and public intellectual Agnes Callard on The Case for a Philosophical Life.
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