Slow Reading and the Shock of Recognition: The Louvain Philosophical Review Club and the Art of Reading

This book is intended to celebrate the first years of activities of the "Philosophical Review Club" as a forum for the exercise of in-depth, conscious, attentive reading.

In close dialogue with intellectuals of the stature of Piero Boitani and Carlo Ginzburg, a group of scholars from diverse backgrounds and disciplines offers original reflections on two intimately connected themes: recognition and slow reading. Both are explored as ways of understanding reality in an age shaped by the rapid and relentless evolution of communication media, including the transformative rise of so-called artificial intelligence. In this context, the practices of close reading, interpretation, and human recognition emerge not as nostalgic gestures, but as quiet, resistant forms of knowledge.