BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//208.94.116.123//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7763@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240328T194425Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://withinenvironments2022.weebly.com/ DESCRIPTION:Since Plato\, western philosophy has been set down a path paved by a disavowal of the sensuous\, bracketed material bodies\, and delimite d aesthetic conceptions\, leaving human beings and their built environment s separated from the natural world. Such exclusions have left philosophy i ll-equipped to deal with the various environmental crises we currently fac e\, as economic rationality and utilitarian logic further de-animate the w orld and sharpen the human/nature distinction. Even the concept “environme nt” often\, and ironically\, brings with it implicit anthropocentric assum ptions\, conceptualizing\, and thereby separating\, the human as independe nt from the surrounding world and reinforcing the human/nature divide. As a result\, our (mis)understandings of “nature” and “environment” may make us insensitive to and perpetuate\, rather than address\, climate change an d other environmental catastrophes. To avoid ambiguities and clarify our u nderstanding\, we must ask: what role does Nature play within our theories and practices concerning so-called Environmental Philosophy? Furthermore\ , what spaces\, practices\, and questions are made possible when we broade n our understanding of “environment” to include a more robust conceptualiz ation of the natural world and how the human being ought to be contextuali zed within it?\nThis conference asks how we might reorient the language an d practices of philosophy in a way that can enable us to adequately respon d to ongoing environmental crises. As a starting point\, we propose a need to reimagine the concepts “human\,” “nature\,” and “environment\,” as wel l as the reciprocal relations that constitute them. To recognize humans as natural organisms\, we must reevaluate the sensuous\, the material\, and the aesthetic and the roles they play in our attempts to construct\, under stand\, and preserve our environment(s). How should we make sense of our p ractices and our relations to those with whom we share our surroundings? H ow can we re-situate the human with/in the environment? Do we have the rig ht tools to guide these investigations? How might philosophy look beyond i tself—to literature\, architecture\, music\, film\, design—to better bring Environment\, and thus the world\, into view? In the spirit of this\, we invite paper as well as project submissions from current graduate students in any discipline.\nPossible Topics:\n● Environmental Aesthetics: Re-Considering Beauty + the Sublime\n● Environmental Justice + Rest orative Justice + Transformative Justice\n● Environmental Ethics + Sustainable Practices\n● Diversity + Biodiversity\n● Capital ism and Climate\n● Eco-phenomenology\n● Eco-deconstruction\n ● Environmental Racism/Racist Environments\n● Ecofeminist co nceptions of nature\n● Land Rights and Property Relations\n● Posthumanism + Object Ontologies\n● Afrofuturism + Technological U topias\n● Environmental Ethics In Narratives\n● Mastery of N ature in Philosophy\n● Anarcho-primitivism\n● Queer and Tran s Ecologies\n● Local and Global Ecologies\n● Regionalisms an d Globalisms in the Ecological Imagination\n \nConfirmed Conference Keynot es:\nSandra Shapshay\, CUNY Graduate Center\, New York\nEmanuele Coccia\, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)\, Paris\nDates and Lo cation:\nThis conference will be held at the New School for Social Researc h in New York City from Thursday\, April 14\, to Saturday\, April 16. Whil e we (tentatively) plan to hold the conference primarily in-person we woul d also like to provide a hybrid option for those who would prefer to parti cipate remotely. Following the conference\, on Sunday\, April 17\, all par ticipants and attendees are invited to participate in a conference hike in Cold Spring\, NY (about an hour and a half north of NYC and accessible by the Metro North commuter train).\nCall for Papers: Submission Procedure: \nPlease submit complete papers (Word Limit: 3500) and an abstract of 250 words or less by January 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) or P DF to WithInEnvironments@gmail.com. Please prepare your submission for bli nd review by removing any identifying information from the body of the pap er. In your email please include your name\, affiliation\, and paper title . Notification of acceptance will be sent by January 15.\nCall for Project s: Submission Procedure:\nPlease submit a project description (Word Limit: 1000) by December 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) to WithInE nvironments@gmail.com\, as well as:\nFor Visual Arts projects: submit 5 im ages of your work as .jpeg.\nFor Performing Arts projects: submit video/ a udio of your work in .mp4 format\nPlease prepare your submission for blind review by removing any identifying information. In your email please incl ude your name\, affiliation\, and project title. Notification of acceptanc e will be sent by January 15.\nIf you have any questions please email With InEnvironments@gmail.com\n https://withinenvironments2022.weebly.com/ \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220417 GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243 LOCATION:New School Dept. of Philosophy @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003 \, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:With/In Environments: Reimagining Frameworks and Practices for Envi ronmental Philosophy–Graduate Student Conference URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/with-in-environments-rei magining-frameworks-and-practices-for-environmental-philosophy-graduate-st udent-conference/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nSince Plato\, western philosophy has been set down a path pave d by a disavowal of the sensuous\, bracketed material bodies\, and delimit ed aesthetic conceptions\, leaving human beings and their built environmen ts separated from the natural world. Such exclusions have left philosophy ill-equipped to deal with the various environmental crises we currently fa ce\, as economic rationality and utilitarian logic further de-animate the world and sharpen the human/nature distinction. Even the concept “environm ent” often\, and ironically\, brings with it implicit anthropocentric assu mptions\, conceptualizing\, and thereby separating\, the human as independ ent from the surrounding world and reinforcing the human/nature divide. As a result\, our (mis)understandings of “nature” and “environment” may make us insensitive to and perpetuate\, rather than address\, climate change a nd other environmental catastrophes. To avoid ambiguities and clarify our understanding\, we must ask: what role does Nature play within our theorie s and practices concerning so-called Environmental Philosophy? Furthermore \, what spaces\, practices\, and questions are made possible when we broad en our understanding of “environment” to include a more robust conceptuali zation of the natural world and how the human being ought to be contextual ized within it?
\nThis conference asks how we might reorient the lan guage and practices of philosophy in a way that can enable us to adequatel y respond to ongoing environmental crises. As a starting point\, we propos e a need to reimagine the concepts “human\,” “nature\,” and “environment\, ” as well as the reciprocal relations that constitute them. To recognize h umans as natural organisms\, we must reevaluate the sensuous\, the materia l\, and the aesthetic and the roles they play in our attempts to construct \, understand\, and preserve our environment(s). How should we make sense of our practices and our relations to those with whom we share our surroun dings? How can we re-situate the human with/in the environment? Do we have the right tools to guide these investigations? How might philosophy look beyond itself—to literature\, architecture\, music\, film\, design—to bett er bring Environment\, and thus the world\, into view? In the spirit of th is\, we invite paper as well as project submissions from current graduate students in any discipline.
\nPossible Topics:
\n● Environmental Aesthetics: Re-Considering Beauty + the Sublim e
\n● Environmental Justice + Restorative Justice + Transform ative Justice
\n● Environmental Ethics + Sustainable Practice s
\n● Diversity + Biodiversity
\n● Capitalism an d Climate
\n● Eco-phenomenology
\n● Eco-deconstr uction
\n● Environmental Racism/Racist Environments
\n● Ecofeminist conceptions of nature
\n● Land Rights and Property Relations
\n● Posthumanism + Object Ontologies
\n● Afrofuturism + Technological Utopias
\n● Enviro nmental Ethics In Narratives
\n● Mastery of Nature in Philoso phy
\n● Anarcho-primitivism
\n● Queer and Trans Ecologies
\n● Local and Global Ecologies
\n● Reg ionalisms and Globalisms in the Ecological Imagination
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\nConfirmed Conference Keynotes:
\nSa ndra Shapshay\, CUNY Graduate Center\, New York
\nEmanuele Coccia\, École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)\, Paris
\nThis conference will be held at th e New School for Social Research in New York City from Thursday\, April 14 \, to Saturday\, April 16. While we (tentatively) plan to hold the confere nce primarily in-person we would also like to provide a hybrid option for those who would prefer to participate remotely. Following the conference\, on Sunday\, April 17\, all participants and attendees are invited to part icipate in a conference hike in Cold Spring\, NY (about an hour and a half north of NYC and accessible by the Metro North commuter train).
\n< strong>Call for Papers: Submission Procedure:
\nPlease subm it complete papers (Word Limit: 3500) and an abstract of 250 words or less by January 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) or PDF to WithInEnvironments@g mail.com. Please prepare your submission for blind review by removing any identifying information from the body of the paper. In your email plea se include your name\, affiliation\, and paper title. Notification of acce ptance will be sent by January 15.
\nCall for Projects: Subm ission Procedure:
\nPlease submit a project description (Wo rd Limit: 1000) by December 1st in the form of a Word attachment (.docx) t o WithInEnvir onments@gmail.com\, as well as:
\nFor Visual Arts projects: subm it 5 images of your work as .jpeg.
\nFor Performing Arts projects: s ubmit video/ audio of your work in .mp4 format
\nPlease prepare your submission for blind review by removing any identifying information. In y our email please include your name\, affiliation\, and project title. Noti fication of acceptance will be sent by January 15.
\nIf you have any questions please email WithInEnvironments@gmail.com
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Political Con cepts: A Critical Lexicon began as a multidisciplinary\, web-based journal in which an assemblage of contributions focused on a single concept with the express intention of re-situating its meaning in the field of politica l discourse. By reflecting on what has remained unquestioned or unthought in that concept\, this all-around collection of essays seeks to open pathw ays for another future—one that is not already determined and ill-fated. p>\n
From this forum for engaged scholarship\, a succession of academic conferences have sprung as a space for conversation and constructive debat e\, including last year’s Political Concepts Graduate Conference. Organize d by students of the Departments of Anthropology\, Philosophy\, and Politi cs at the New School for Social Research\, Political Concepts invites grad uate students from all fields of study to participate in our upcoming grad uate student conference in Spring 2023. Held at NSSR over March 24-5\, the conference will serve as a workshop of ideas on the multiplicity of power s\, structures\, problems\, and orientations that shape our collective lif e.
\nBecause Political Concepts does not predetermine what does or d oes not count as political\, the conference welcomes essays that fashion n ew political concepts or demonstrate how concepts deserve to be taken as p olitically significant. Papers should be dedicated to a single political c oncept\, like an encyclopedia entry\, but the analysis of the concept does not have to abide to traditional approaches. Some of the concepts contend ed with in last year’s vibrant conference included abolition\, survival\, statistics\, solitude\, resentment\, statistics\, dependence\, imaginary\, and solidarity. Other examples can be found in the published papers on th ePolitical Concepts website.
\nThe conference will take the format o f a series of panels across two days. Panels will contain two presenters w hose papers are thematically and theoretically related — creating a space for critical engagement between the authors\, as well as with other attend ees. Each presenter will have 25 minutes to present their paper\, along wi th 40 minutes for discussion at the end. This year\, there will be a facul ty roundtable with NSSR professors serving on the Political Concepts edito rial board\, namely\, Ann Laura Stoler\, Jay M. Bernstein\, and Andreas Ka lyvas.
\nAbstracts should be no longer than 750 words in a pdf forma t\, and prepared for blind review\, so please ensure that your abstract is free from any identifying personal details. Abstracts must be submitted t hrough this google form by December 15\, 2022 EST. Any inquiries can be se nt to politicalconceptsNSSR@gmail.com.
\nApplicants must be advanced graduate students and their concept must be a central part of a longer-te rm project in order to be accepted. Results will be informed in January. p>\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:cfp\,conference\,political END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-7877@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240328T194425Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://philevents.org/event/show/103578 DESCRIPTION:The New School for Social Research Philosophy Department is hos ting our annual Graduate Student Conference April 13-15th 2023 in person i n New York City.\nThis year’s topic is Textures of Change: Social Imaginar ies\, Narratives\, and the Possibility of Politics.\nKeynote Speakers:\nMa ría Pía Lara (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)\nFanny Söderbäck (Södert örn University)\nEva Von Redecker (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)\nIt has become common for political theorists and philosophers to insist on the n ecessity of new imaginaries and narratives. Crises of authority\, financia l meltdowns\, and environmental disasters compel us to look for alternativ e frameworks and practices. While the urgency of this claim is undeniable\ , the conceptual ground for the creation of new imaginaries and narratives is still unclear. How do we define imaginaries and narratives in relation to our political and social life? How can they become normative and gener ate conceptual and practical shifts? And who is in a position to shape\, d irect\, and take ownership of these emergent conceptions?\nThis conference focuses on the current debate on political imaginaries and narratives to investigate some of these questions. As a starting point\, we propose to c hallenge standard Marxist or epistemological approaches to the topic that either interpret imaginaries and narratives as ideological projections (a product of false consciousness) or merely as individual\, cognitive facult ies. Rather\, we suggest thinking about imaginaries and narratives as larg er sensuous and embodied practices that re-orient material structures of d omination and allow for a reflective rearticulation of collective demands. In particular\, we set out to clarify: the meaning of “imaginaries” and/o r “narratives” as forms of sense-making\; their ability to shift existing discourses and power relations\; the way in which they foster different wa ys of feeling\, seeing\, acting-in\, and experiencing the world in a time of crisis\; the way in which they are embedded in artistic and literary pr actices\; and the way in which they address—or fail to address—marginalize d subjects.\nWe invite papers that focus on the concepts of “social imagin ary” and “narrative\,” as well as on the connection between the two\, and on their political and ethical implications. It is our conviction that a c ritical understanding of these concepts can only emerge from attending to how they are practically embodied and situated in our practices. In this s pirit\, we welcome\, in addition to papers aimed at conceptual clarificati on\, papers that provide specific accounts of alternative forms of praxis\ , including (but not limited to) leftist\, feminist\, anti-racist\, decolo nial\, abolitionist\, indigenous\, environmentalist\, and utopian imaginar ies and narratives.\nWe are accepting submissions of up to 4000 words. Ple ase also submit a brief academic bio.\nPlease contact socialimaginarynarra tive@gmail.com with any queries or submissions.\nThe deadline is January 3 rd\, 2023 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230413 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230416 GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243 LOCATION:New School Philosophy Dept @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003\, U SA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Textures of Change: Social Imaginaries\, Narratives\, and the Possi bility of Politics URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/textures-of-change-socia l-imaginaries-narratives-and-the-possibility-of-politics/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nThe New School for Social Research Philosophy Department is ho sting our annual Graduate Student Conference April 13-15th 2023 in person in New York City.
\nThis year’s topic is Textures of Change: Social Imaginaries\, Narratives\, and the Possibility of Politics.
\nKeynote Speakers:
\nMaría Pía Lar a (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana)
\nFanny Söderbäck (< em>Södertörn University)
\nEva Von Redecker (Humboldt-Unive rsität zu Berlin)
\nIt has become common for political theorist s and philosophers to insist on the necessity of new imaginaries and narra tives. Crises of authority\, financial meltdowns\, and environmental disas ters compel us to look for alternative frameworks and practices. While the urgency of this claim is undeniable\, the conceptual ground for the creat ion of new imaginaries and narratives is still unclear. How do we define i maginaries and narratives in relation to our political and social life? Ho w can they become normative and generate conceptual and practical shifts? And who is in a position to shape\, direct\, and take ownership of these e mergent conceptions?
\nThis conference focuses on the current debate on political imaginaries and narratives to investigate some of these ques tions. As a starting point\, we propose to challenge standard Marxist or e pistemological approaches to the topic that either interpret imaginaries a nd narratives as ideological projections (a product of false consciousness ) or merely as individual\, cognitive faculties. Rather\, we suggest think ing about imaginaries and narratives as larger sensuous and embodied pract ices that re-orient material structures of domination and allow for a refl ective rearticulation of collective demands. In particular\, we set out to clarify: the meaning of “imaginaries” and/or “narratives” as forms of sen se-making\; their ability to shift existing discourses and power relations \; the way in which they foster different ways of feeling\, seeing\, actin g-in\, and experiencing the world in a time of crisis\; the way in which t hey are embedded in artistic and literary practices\; and the way in which they address—or fail to address—marginalized subjects.
\nWe invite papers that focus on the concepts of “social imaginary” and “narrative\,” as well as on the connection between the two\, and on their political and ethical implications. It is our conviction that a critical understanding o f these concepts can only emerge from attending to how they are practicall y embodied and situated in our practices. In this spirit\, we welcome\, in addition to papers aimed at conceptual clarification\, papers that provid e specific accounts of alternative forms of praxis\, including (but not li mited to) leftist\, feminist\, anti-racist\, decolonial\, abolitionist\, i ndigenous\, environmentalist\, and utopian imaginaries and narratives.
\nWe are accepting submissions of up to 4000 words. Pl ease also submit a brief academic bio.
\nPlease contact socialimagin arynarrative@gmail.com with any queries or submissions.
\nThe deadli ne is January 3rd\, 2023
\nHow does objectivity shape power\, and how does power shape ob jectivity?
\nWelcome to “Unmasking Objectivity: A Critical Examinati on of the Nexus between Universal Truth Claims and Emergent Power Structur es\,” a conference that plunges into the intricate relationship between kn owledge and power. In this conference\, we will uncover how epistemologica l standpoints intersect with systems of coercion\, marginalization\, and o ppression. Our topic extends to alternative visions of knowledge\, truth\, and learning\, offering the potential for shared beliefs while addressing the adverse impacts of entrenched power structures.
\nHow have clai ms to absolute\, objective\, or scientific truth driven oppression through ideologies like religious absolutism\, colonialism\, technocracy\, and sc ientific sexism and racism? Contemporary debates further emphasize the sig nificance of this intersection.
\nOur discourse will also scrutinize epistemic injustice\, examining whether universalist epistemologies privi lege specific knowledge systems while silencing valid alternatives. We aim to shed light on social and political issues overlooked by dominant knowl edge frameworks through inclusive dialogues. This conference fosters criti cal exploration and inclusive discourse\, drawing on interdisciplinary stu dies in philosophy\, sociology\, and political theory.
\nTogether\, we will assess the ethical implications of our epistemological practices a nd explore pathways to creating more equitable systems of knowledge and so cial learning. Join us at “Unmasking Objectivity” as we navigate the intri cate web of knowledge and power\, aiming for a just and inclusive future w here the notion of objectivity is both scrutinized and harnessed for socia l transformation.
\n\n\n\n\nPolitical Con cepts: A Critical Lexicon began as a multidisciplinary\, web-based journal in which an assemblage of contributions focused on a single concept with the express intention of re-situating its meaning in the field of politica l discourse. By reflecting on what has remained unquestioned or unthought in that concept\, this all-around collection of essays seeks to open pathw ays for another future—one that is not already determined and ill-fated. p>\n
From this forum for engaged scholarship\, a succession of academic conferences have sprung as a space for conversation and constructive debat e\, including its Graduate Conference at the New School for Social Researc h organized by students of the Departments of Anthropology\, Economics\, P hilosophy\, Politics\, and Sociology. Political Concepts invites graduate students from all fields of study to participate in our upcoming conferenc e in Spring 2024. Held at NSSR over March 29-30\, the conference will serv e as a workshop of ideas on the multiplicity of powers\, structures\, prob lems\, and orientations that shape our collective life.
\nBecause Po litical Concepts does not predetermine what does or does not count as poli tical\, the conference welcomes essays that fashion new political concepts or demonstrate how concepts deserve to be taken as politically significan t. Papers should be dedicated to a single political concept\, like an ency clopedia entry\, but the analysis of the concept does not have to abide to traditional approaches. Some of the concepts contended with in previous y ears’ vibrant conferences included abolition\, survival\, catastrophe\, re sentment\, money\, dependence\, trans\, imaginary\, and solidarity. Other examples can be found in the published papers on the Political Concepts we bsite.
\nAbstracts should be no longer than 750 words in a pdf forma t\, and prepared for blind review\, so please ensure that your abstract is free from any identifying personal details. Please title your abstract wi th your concept. Abstracts must be submitted through this google form (htt ps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyVC0H0LSpcyJ3QpcbAvZjEkcUYoS-TCp0k Pc6ObTg4YFSiQ/viewform) by December 7\, 2023 EST. Any inquiries can be sen t to politicalconceptsNSSR@gmail.com.
\nApplicants must be advanced graduate students and their concept must be a central part of a longer ter m project in order to be accepted. Results will be informed in January.
\n\n X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:cfa\,conference\,political END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8140@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240328T194425Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/eyoewara DESCRIPTION:This talk reads contemporary debates about structural racism an d US history from the perspective of philosophical questions about identit y and difference. While many people have argued that America needs to come to terms with or “work through” the racism in its history that has shaped and continues to shape its present structures\, it remains difficult to e xplain what connects this past and the present. Are we talking about one r acism with many different past and present forms? Or are there multiple ra cisms that only share some similar features? In this talk\, I draw attenti on to how these divisions play out particularly in contemporary Black Stud ies and argue that the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze can offer us resources for thinking about these questions through his discussions of repetition. I argue that understanding our conversations about structural racism and history as conversations about a racism that repeats\, can help us to bett er understand why racism seems to reappear\, how to think its disparate fo rms together\, and what presuppositions operate in many attempts to “work through” the past.\nBio: Eyo Ewara is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. His teaching and research explores the relatio nships between 20th Century Continental Philosophy\, Critical Philosophy o f Race\, and Queer Theory. His work has appeared in Theory and Event\, Pu ncta\, Philosophy Today\, Critical Philosophy of Race\, Political Theology \, and other venues. His current research project is particularly interest ed in engaging work in Continental Philosophy\, Queer Theory\, and Black S tudies to address questions of identity and difference amongst concepts of race\, forms of racism\, and forms of anti-racism. How can we better acco unt for the relations between at times radically disparate concepts\, stru ctures\, and practices such that they can all specifically and recognizabl y be called racial? What might our account of these relations say about ou r ability to address racism’s harms?\nTickets: https://event.newschool.edu /eyoewara. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T200000 GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243 LOCATION:Wolff Conference Room/D1103 @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Strange Returns: Racism\, Repetition and Working Through the Past presented by Eyo Ewara URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/strange-returns-racism-r epetition-and-working-through-the-past-presented-by-eyo-ewara/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThis talk rea ds contemporary debates about structural racism and US history from the pe rspective of philosophical questions about identity and difference. While many people have argued that America needs to come to terms with or “work through” the racism in its history that has shaped and continues to shape its present structures\, it remains difficult to explain what connects thi s past and the present. Are we talking about one racism with many differen t past and present forms? Or are there multiple racisms that only share so me similar features? In this talk\, I draw attention to how these division s play out particularly in contemporary Black Studies and argue that the p hilosophy of Gilles Deleuze can offer us resources for thinking about thes e questions through his discussions of repetition. I argue that understand ing our conversations about structural racism and history as conversations about a racism that repeats\, can help us to better understand why racism seems to reappear\, how to think its disparate forms together\, and what presuppositions operate in many attempts to “work through” the past.
\nBio: Eyo Ewara is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. His teaching and research explores the relatio nships between 20th Century Continental Philosophy\, Critical Philosophy o f Race\, and Queer Theory. His work has appeared in Theory and Event\, Pu ncta\, Philosophy Today\, Critical Philosophy of Race\, Political Theology \, and other venues. His current research project is particularly interest ed in engaging work in Continental Philosophy\, Queer Theory\, and Black S tudies to address questions of identity and difference amongst concepts of race\, forms of racism\, and forms of anti-racism. How can we better acco unt for the relations between at times radically disparate concepts\, stru ctures\, and practices such that they can all specifically and recognizabl y be called racial? What might our account of these relations say about ou r ability to address racism’s harms?
\nTickets: https://event .newschool.edu/eyoewara.
X-TAGS;LANGUAGE=en-US:history\,race X-TICKETS-URL:https://event.newschool.edu/eyoewara END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-8141@www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress DTSTAMP:20240328T194425Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:New School for Social Research CONTACT:https://event.newschool.edu/stephanesymons DESCRIPTION:In the final part of The Human Condition (1958) Hannah Arendt t urns to the danger of ‘world- alienation’. Based on a variety of discoveri es and evolutions that are constitutive of modernity (globalization\, Prot estantism\, the invention of the telescope)\, modern man has adopted an Ar chimedean\, external position vis-à-vis the world. According to Arendt\, this ‘view from without’ has gradually jeopardized the experience of a sha red world\, endangering the foundation of all meaning-giving activities.\n My talk can be considered as a reply to Arendt’s pessimistic account of mo dern ‘world-alienation’. It builds on the idea that some of the most influ ential thinkers of the twentieth century (Ernst Jünger\, Georg Lukács\, Ernst Bloch\, Theodor Adorno\, Walter Benjamin\, Aby Warburg\, Sigmund Fre ud) did not equate the loss of a shared world with the loss of meaning. Ra ther\, the conceptual framework of a substantial part of early twentieth c entury German philosophy centers on the exploration of a productive opposi tion\, negation or fragmentation of the world. From the perspective of the se thinkers\, the world’s ‘durability’ (Arendt) is not simply a source of shared meaning since it can be experienced as the mark of its indifference to change and renewal.\nBio:\nStéphane Symons is Full Professor of Philos ophy at the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Leuven\, Belgium. His research is focused on interwar German thought (Frankfurt School) and postwar French philosophy (structuralism and post-structuralism).\nTicket s: https://event.newschool.edu/stephanesymons. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T200000 GEO:+40.73702;-73.992243 LOCATION:Wolff Conference Room/D1103 @ 6 E 16th St\, New York\, NY 10003\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Concept of World-Alienation in Twentieth Century German Thought – presented by Stéphane Symons URL:https://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/event/the-concept-of-world-ali enation-in-twentieth-century-german-thought-presented-by-stephane-symons/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nIn the final part of The Human Condition (1958) Hannah Arendt turns to the dan ger of ‘world- alienation’. Based on a variety of discoveries and evolutio ns that are constitutive of modernity (globalization\, Protestantism\, the invention of the telescope)\, modern man has adopted an Archimedean\, ext ernal position vis-à-vis the world. According to Arendt\, this ‘view from without’ has gradually jeopardized the experience of a shared world\, end angering the foundation of all meaning-giving activities.
\nMy talk can be considered as a reply to Arendt’s pessimistic account of modern ‘wo rld-alienation’. It builds on the idea that some of the most influential t hinkers of the twentieth century (Ernst Jünger\, Georg Lukács\, Ernst Bl och\, Theodor Adorno\, Walter Benjamin\, Aby Warburg\, Sigmund Freud) did not equate the loss of a shared world with the loss of meaning. Rather\, t he conceptual framework of a substantial part of early twentieth century G erman philosophy centers on the exploration of a productive opposition\, n egation or fragmentation of the world. From the perspective of these think ers\, the world’s ‘durability’ (Arendt) is not simply a source of shared m eaning since it can be experienced as the mark of its indifference to chan ge and renewal.
\nBio:
\nStéphane Symons is F ull Professor of Philosophy at the Institute of Philosophy of the Universi ty of Leuven\, Belgium. His research is focused on interwar German thought (Frankfurt School) and postwar French philosophy (structuralism and post- structuralism).
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