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The tragic irony of life. Renaudie Pierre Jean
6:00 pm
The tragic irony of life. Renaudie Pierre Jean
@ Wolff Conference Room, D1103
Mar 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
According to a pervasive and widespread literature, we came, whether we want it or not, to surround our existences with all sorts of narratives: retrospective interpretations of what came before us and how we were born, anticipative stories about what is to come and what we should expect, and, most of all, restless attempts to describe what our present is made of so that we know how to make sense of it. First-person narratives occupy[...]
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Munich/ NYC Workshop in Ethics
Munich/ NYC Workshop in Ethics
@ Columbia U Philosophy Dept. 716
Mar 7 – Mar 8 all-day
Contact Professor Katja Vogt for more info.
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The Social and Individual Conference
The Social and Individual Conference
@ Columbia U Philosophy Dept.
Mar 13 – Mar 14 all-day
Contact Professor Gooding-Williams for more info.
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Zōē, Politics, and Human Animality: Aristotle contra Agamben. Sara Brill
6:00 pm
Zōē, Politics, and Human Animality: Aristotle contra Agamben. Sara Brill
@ Wolff Conference Room, D1103
Mar 26 @ 6:00 pm
A recent spate of critical engagements with Giorgio Agamben’s construction of the zōē, /bios distinction calls for renewed evaluation of the political valence of zōē in Aristotle’s political theory. While there may be ways of responding to these criticisms from within Agamben’s work, I am more interested in proposing an alternative account of zōē, one that better accommodates the breadth of Aristotle’s thinking about living beings, the context of ancient Greek conceptions of life, and[...]
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