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Mexican Antigones: In Search of a Stolen Mourning, presented by Rosaura Martinez 6:00 pm
Mexican Antigones: In Search of a Stolen Mourning, presented by Rosaura Martinez @ Wolff Conference Room/D1103
Feb 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Analyzing the Mexican case of collectives of women currently looking for their disappeared relatives due to an escalation of violence related to the so-called War against Drugs that former president Felipe Calderón (2006–2012) started, this essay develops a new conception of politics grounded not only on rational thought but also on affect. These collectives put forward a materialistic, feminist, and performative mode of politics. Publicly lamenting their losses and literally digging bodies out of Mexican[...]
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Nietzsche and Music 6:00 pm
Nietzsche and Music @ Arnold Hall rm i400
Feb 2 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Nietzsche (1844-1900) is one of the few philosophers who have an intimate connection to music. This connection has much to do with his early music education. His contemporaries testify that he was a good pianist. His musical ambition, or his musical daimon, urged him to compose music, although he had no training in this area. Most of his compositions are from his late teens; his earliest inspirations are Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann and Wagner.[...]
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Nietzsche and the Politics of the Historical Dead. Christopher Myers (Fordham) 5:30 pm
Nietzsche and the Politics of the Historical Dead. Christopher Myers (Fordham) @ Fordham Lincoln Center
Feb 6 @ 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm
Fordham Workshop in Social and Political Philosophy February 6 – Christopher Myers (Fordham) – “Nietzsche and the Politics of the Historical Dead” March 12 – Tracy Llanera (UConn) April 16 – Ashley Bohrer (Notre Dame)
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