Tinneke Beeckman
Tinneke Beeckman
Tinneke Beeckman (b. 1976) has a PhD in Philosophy and writes as a columnist for De Standaard, a Flemish daily newspaper. Power and Powerlessness was nominated for the Liberales book award and for the Socrates Wisselbeker, a prize for the best philosophy brook written in Dutch. Her first book, Through Spinoza’s Lens, won the Liberales book award.
Recent title – English material
Macht en onmacht (Power and Powerlessness), 2016
Press on Power and Powerlessness:
‘The Scope of Beeckman’s criticism covers much of contemporary thinking.’ – Vrij Nederland
‘Beeckman doesn’t write philosophy for her fellow academics, she presents urgent analyses that affect us all. A provocative history of ideas. The topics Beeckman discusses are of great relevance in these times.’ – Trouw