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Interdisciplinary Conference on “#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice”
Interdisciplinary Conference on “#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice” @ Roosevelt House
Oct 5 all-day
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The CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC), the Center for the Humanities, and the Philosophy Program present an interdisciplinary conference on: “#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice” Over the past year, the #MeToo movement has forced into national consciousness what has long been an underground truth known by women: the horrifying pervasiveness of sexual harassment and assault as routine everyday occurrences, largely unpunished. How can one explain the resistance there has traditionally been, as recently brought[...]
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Interdisciplinary Conference on “#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice”
Interdisciplinary Conference on “#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice” @ Skylight Room (9100), CUNY Graduate Center
Oct 6 all-day
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The CUNY Graduate Center Advanced Research Collaborative (ARC), the Center for the Humanities, and the Philosophy Program present an interdisciplinary conference on: “#MeToo and Epistemic Injustice” Over the past year, the #MeToo movement has forced into national consciousness what has long been an underground truth known by women: the horrifying pervasiveness of sexual harassment and assault as routine everyday occurrences, largely unpunished. How can one explain the resistance there has traditionally been, as recently brought[...]
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Dimitris Vardoulakis on “Authority and Utility in Spinoza: From Epicureanism to Neoliberalism?” 6:00 pm
Dimitris Vardoulakis on “Authority and Utility in Spinoza: From Epicureanism to Neoliberalism?” @ Wolff Conference Room, D1103
Oct 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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The paper argues that Spinoza is influenced by epicureanism. This is evident particularly in the conflict between authority—understood as the kind of figure that is impervious to argumentation—and the calculation of utility (phronesis) that is the precondition of action. This conflict is complex because in certain circumstances we may calculate that it is to our utility to allow a person in authority to calculate on our behalf. The paper indicates, in addition, that the way[...]
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2017 Sep October 2018 Nov 2019