Hendrik Opdebeeck

Hendrik Opdebeeck is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp where he is affiliated with the Centre for Ethics. He studied philosophy and economics at the Universities of Leuven and Ghent where he obtained a PhD with a dissertation on E.F. Schumacher. His research is focused on cultural-philosophical backgrounds and effects of globalization. His publications in English include The Foundation and Application of Moral Philosophy (2000), Building Towers, Perspectives on Globalisation ...See more

Hendrik Opdebeeck is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp where he is affiliated with the Centre for Ethics. He studied philosophy and economics at the Universities of Leuven and Ghent where he obtained a PhD with a dissertation on E.F. Schumacher. His research is focused on cultural-philosophical backgrounds and effects of globalization. His publications in English include The Foundation and Application of Moral Philosophy (2000), Building Towers, Perspectives on Globalisation (2002), with L. Bouckaert and L. Zsolnai: Frugality. Rebalancing Material and Spiritual Values in Economic Life (Peter Lang, Oxford, 2008) and with L. Zsolnai: Spiritual Humanism and Economic Wisdom (2006). See less