OTIUM Travel
HUMAN IN THE ERA OF TURBULENCE: from self-alienation of a confused subject to new lifestyles
Dates — September 19-21
Venue — Turkey, Elite World Grand Sapanca
Lecturer — Alexey Solovyov
Guest of the special session — Tatyana Zhuravleva, neuroexpert and movement therapist
Basic participant package price — 990 euros
The seminar program consists of a lecture part, immersion in joint research, which includes a therapeutic effect that occurs in self-help groups
LECTURER
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences since 2006, popularizer of philosophy, creator of the YouTube channel Philosopher Unpacks Contexts!, independent researcher and author of a series of articles and books: The Era of Burning-Out Superheroes (fall 2024) and Critique of Psychopolitical Reason (fall 2025). For many years, he has been conducting public lectures and private sessions based on his original research interests: self-care practices, everyday culture, and contemporary philosophical anthropology. He focuses on adapting complex ideas from modern philosophy and critical theory to practical goals and supporting the modern individual, who carries the burden of life blindly in the era of fluid modernity.
The basic participant package price of 990 euros per person includes:
• Seminar program
• Hotel accommodation from September 19 to 21 (two nights), accommodation in double rooms
• Meals: Coffee breaks, dinner on September 19, breakfast, lunch and dinner on September 20, breakfast and lunch on September 21.
• Transfer from Sabiha Gökçen International Airport — SAW and back, 3 group transfers on September 19 and September 21
The price DOES NOT INCLUDE a flight to Istanbul and back.
At the request of the participants, for an additional fee, it is possible to organize accommodation in a single hotel room, book rooms for a longer period, and individual transfer to the airport.
ANNOTATION
The psychopolitical rationality of the market-based "achievement society" in the early decades of the 21st century sets the standards for self-development and the inner life of the modern individual. Everyone is offered a broad repertoire of scenarios for unlocking their inner potential through professional success and the pursuit of personal happiness. This "capitalism of opportunities" relies on positive motivation, presenting the individual as an achievement-oriented subject striving to realize themselves and turn their life into a successful project.
However, behind this attractive picture there are new forms of human control that push the subject to exhaustion of both internal and external resources, entailing self-alienation, anxiety, burnout and loss of connection with reality.
The seminar is intended to become a space for understanding these transformations and jointly searching for answers to the question: how to live in the modern era of turbulence and uncertainty, preserving freedom, dignity and integrity of inner life?
SEMINAR PROGRAM
Friday, September 19 — MEET YOURSELF AND OTHERS
Airport transfers — three organized flights
15:30–16:00 — Welcome coffee and registration
16:00–17:30 — Introduction of participants: expectations and experience
17:30–18:00 — Coffee break
18:00–19:00 — Workshop overview and Q&A session with Alexey Solovyov
19:30 — Dinner and evening informal conversation
Saturday, September 20 — LOSS OF INNER FREEDOM IN THE MODERN ACHIEVEMENT SOCIETY
09:30–11:00 — Lecture-seminar: Production of subjectivity in the era of neoliberalism
11:00–11:30 — Coffee break
11:30–13:00 — Seminar-discussion: From disciplinary society to achievement society
13:00–14:00 — Lunch
14:30–16:30 — Lecture-workshop: Psychopolitics and neoliberal dispositifs
17:00–18:00 — Outdoor workshop: Anti-stress techniques based on modern neuroscience (Tatiana Zhuravleva)
19:30–21:30 — Joint dinner, sharing impressions
Sunday, September 21 – SNEW FORMS OF SELF-CARE: SEARCHING FOR INNER SUPPORT
09:30–11:00 — Lecture-seminar: Alternatives: self-care, self-design, and new presence
-
Thematizing self-care in philosophy and psychopolitics
-
Shifting from productivity to inner support
-
Trajectories out of psychopolitical traps
11:00–11:30 — Coffee break
11:30–13:00 — Final seminar: Analysis of personal cases and practical reflection
-
Participants share their observations and discoveries
-
Support from the group and facilitator in formulating steps for change
13:00–14:00 — Lunch
14:30–16:30 — Closing circle: sharing insights, strategies, and words of gratitude
From 17:00 — Organized airport transfer (three scheduled shuttles)
To register, please fill out the form