Institute for the Radical Imagination -

november, 2019

23nov12:00 pm2:00 pmMarxism after Marxwith Stanley Aronowitz

25nov6:30 pm8:30 pmThe Presocratics and their Contemporary Relevancewith Bruno Gulli

Event Details

In this course, we examine the metaphysics/ontology of individuation, rupture, singularity, and time. Indeed, the question that starts philosophical thinking (What is it?) is not only the question about the essence of reality, the whatness of things, but it is also the question of the process of individuation, change, and ultimately of singularity. The second, but more foundational, question, asked by Parmenides (Is it or is it not?), will, perhaps paradoxically, provide us with the critical tools for an understanding of the dialectics of existence, the vortex of becoming described by Heraclitus. The relationship between being and becoming, permanence and change (Parmenides and Heraclitus) will be central throughout the course. This is the question of time, which we will problematize starting from the original thought of Anaximander. Yet, the point is to also appreciate the importance of this early thinking for (and in) our own times. We will also make reference to other philosophical traditions, such as Taoism in China.

Time

(Monday) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

James Baldwin High School Rm 317

351 W 18th St New York, NY 10011 United States

Calendar GoogleCal

Ticket Section Title

Price $90.00

26nov6:30 pm8:30 pmGerman Idealism and its Aftermathwith Michael Pelias

Event Details

Given the multiple Left, Liberal and Neo-conservative interpretations of German idealism in terms of the end(s) of history and or its new beginning, we will interpret the world historical spirit 1. in the light of the enlightenment 2. a close reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology engage the contemporary world and its multiple variations. By thinking through the aftermath of the closure of Western philosophical thought and its meaning for the neo-liberal epoch, we will encounter some of the poetic responses to this closure and the attempts made philosophically to reorient thought. Authors read will include Kant, Hegel, Mallarme, and Rimbaud among others.

Time

(Tuesday) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

James Baldwin High School Rm 317

351 W 18th St New York, NY 10011 United States

Calendar GoogleCal

Ticket Section Title

Price $150.00

Inquire before buy

Marx, Hegel, Nietzsche

27nov6:30 pm8:30 pmOn Methods of Inquiry: From Aristotle to Evald IlyenkovWith Arto Artinian

Event Details

Much has been said about “dialectics” in the context of leftist thinking about politics, yet often the conversation is often vague on the specifics of what is it that dialectics in thinking actually means? What is gained by deploying “dialectical thought”? To counter this tendency, we will trace specific articulations of dialectical movement in thought, with the aim of gaining a clearer understanding of the fundamental concepts, ideas and methods that relate to this mode of thinking.

Our focus is on building a grounding in thinking about everyday life that seeks (rather than avoids) contradictions, and is capable of surviving (as Hegel said) the tensions that arise within it.

Readings will begin with a discussion of sections from Aristotle’s “Prior Analytics” and “Categories”. We will then follow with a few excerpts from Hegel’s studies of logic, while making explicit Hegel’s conversation with Aristotle. We will conclude with a close reading of Soviet philosopher Evald Ilyenkov’s presentation of dialectical thinking, in the context of the thread running from Aristotle, through Hegel and Marx.

Time

(Wednesday) 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

James Baldwin High School Rm 317

351 W 18th St New York, NY 10011 United States

Calendar GoogleCal

Ticket Section Title

Price $100.00

Inquire before buy

30nov12:00 pm2:00 pmMarxism after Marxwith Stanley Aronowitz

Slavoj Žižek: For A Left That Dares to Speak Its Name – October 8, 2019
October 18, 2019
FOR A LEFT THAT DARES TO SPEAK ITS NAME: Slavoj Žižek with Peter Bratsis and Jeremy Glick "With irrepressible humour Slavoj Žižek dissects our current...
Leave a Comment
Updates to our Fall 2019 Seminar Schedule
October 1, 2019
For those of you who will attend German Idealism and its Aftermath: Philosophical and Poetic Reactions with Michael Pelias, please be aware, due to Jewish...
Leave a Comment
Fall 2019 Seminars
September 15, 2019
Center for Critical Thought (CCT) and INSTITUTE FOR THE RADICAL IMAGINATION (IRI) : FALL 2019 SEMINARS
Comments closed
Fall 2019 Critical Thought Seminars begin Saturday, October 5th
September 4, 2019
The Institute for the Radical Imagination will begin Fall Seminars on Saturday, October 5th. Fall 2019 classes/seminars: *Class descriptions, reading list and online registration forthcoming. Mondays,...
1 Comment
Readings for Saturday Critical Thought Seminars – June 1, 2019
May 31, 2019
What Does It Mean to Be Left? with Stanley Aronowitz: Will be held at Stanley’s residence, 244 Madison Ave. #10-A at Noon-2 p.m.Reading is Now by The Invisible...
1 Comment
Readings for Saturday Critical Thought Seminars – May 25th, 2019:
May 23, 2019
What Does It Mean to Be Left? with Stanley Aronowitz:Will be held at Stanley's residence, 244 Madison Ave. #10-A at Noon-2 p.m.Reading is Now by The Invisible...
Leave a Comment
Readings for Saturday Critical Thought Seminars – May 4th, 2019:
May 1, 2019
What Does It Mean to Be Left? with Stanley Aronowitz:Georg Lukács, History and Class Consciousness – What is Orthodox Marxism? Freud and Philosophy: Overcoming the Self and its aporias with Michael...
Comments closed
Critical Thought Seminars postponed this weekend – April 20, 2019
April 19, 2019
Due to Passover and Easter weekend for many, we are postponing classes this Saturday until the following Saturday, the 27th. Readings For IRI...
Comments closed
Readings for Saturday Critical Thought Seminars – April 20th, 2019
April 10, 2019
What does it Mean to be Left? with Stanley Aronowitz: Left Turn: Forging a New Political Future – Chapter 5, "The Shape of Practice." Georg...
Comments closed
Readings for Saturday Critical Thought Seminars – April 6th, 2019
April 1, 2019
What does it Mean to be Left? with Stanley Aronowitz: Left Turn: Forging a New Political Future – Chapter 2: On Left Political Organization: From...
Comments closed
Readings for Saturday Critical Thought Seminars – March 30, 2019
March 27, 2019
What does it Mean to be Left? with Stanley Aronowitz: Manifesto of the Communist Party in its entirety – all four parts. Freud...
Comments closed
Readings for Saturday Critical Thought Seminars – March 23, 2019
March 19, 2019
What does it Mean to be Left? with Stanley Aronowitz: Manifesto of the Communist Party Freud and Philosophy: Overcoming the Self and its aporias with...
Comments closed
The Marx, Marxism and Philosophy Today — Saturday, March 2nd at 2 p.m. at Long Island University, Brooklyn
February 28, 2019
We will meet again on March 2nd at 2 p.m. for the definite finale on Negri and some thoughts on the status of Marxism today. We will...
Comments closed
Marx, Marxism and Philosophy Today will meet this Saturday, January 19th at 2 p.m. at Long Island University Brooklyn
January 17, 2019
Marx, Marxism and Philosophy Today will meet this Saturday, January 19th at 2 p.m. at LIU Brooklyn, Health Sciences Bldg. , room 224 . The...
Comments closed
Marx, Marxism and Philosophy, Today — Dec. 8th, 2018
December 8, 2018
We will meet this Saturday at 2 p.m. at LIU Brooklyn, Health Sciences Bldg., Room 224. Michael Pelias will introduce and engage Della Volpe and...
Leave a Comment
The Frankfurt School and the Paradoxical Idea of Progress — 12 Noon this Saturday, December 1st
November 30, 2018
Stanley will hold class at his residence at 12 Noon this Saturday, December 1st: A continuation of Benjamin's Concept of History (1940). 244 Madison Ave....
Comments closed
Marx, Marxism and Philosophy, Today — Postponement of Saturday class, December 1st
November 30, 2018
Due to a series of busted pipes that have affected my residence and require my presence in Montreal, I will have to postpone class this...
Leave a Comment
Marx, Marxism and Philosophy, Today — Saturday, December 1st at the People’s Forum
November 22, 2018
Dear All: Our next class is scheduled for Saturday, December 1st at the People's Forum at 2 p.m. We will sum up Lukacs, a short...
Comments closed
Della Volpe Reading Available — Marx, Marxism and Philosophy Today with Michael Pelias
November 15, 2018
Della Volpe, Galvano. “Italian Hegelianism: Croce and Galileo” pp. 229–246 in Logic as a Positive Science (NLB, 1980)
2 Comments
Marx, Marxism, and Philosophy, Today — Resume from Saturday, November 3, 2018
November 9, 2018
We began with a short summary of Marx’s use of technical vocabulary in the Paris manuscripts. The use of the term, Entfremden, literally to estrange...
Leave a Comment
A few preliminary remarks on Seminar 6: Marx, Marxism and Philosophy Today
November 2, 2018
Again, a thank you to Arto Artinian and Peter Bratsis for leading the seminar last week on the early Marx’s Paris Manuscripts and I will...
Comments closed

Become a YouTube Subscriber – Click Subscribe!

Become a YouTube Subscriber – Click Subscribe!

By radicalimagination on November 22, 2019

If you’re a IRI fellow traveler, please subscribe to our youTube channel so we can reach 1000 subscribers. That way we can bring you even…

Prosperity Marxism – Episode 2: What is Prosperity Marxism?

Prosperity Marxism – Episode 2: What is Prosperity Marxism?

By radicalimagination on November 18, 2019

In the second episode of Prosperity Marxism, Michael Pelias and Peter Bratsis discuss how to conceptualize “Prosperity Marxism” and how they came to the idea.…

New Situations Journal Issue: Volume <span class="caps">VIII</span>, nos.1 <span class="amp">&</span> 2 (Summer 2019)

New Situations Journal Issue: Volume VIII, nos.1 & 2 (Summer 2019)

By radicalimagination on November 5, 2019

In this Issue: Agnes Heller, 1929 — 2019, Robert Cowan, Tony Iantosca, Chris Knight, Dominic Wetzel, Ross Wolfe, Bruno Gulli

Slavoj Žižek: For A Left That Dares to Speak Its Name – October 8, 2019

Slavoj Žižek: For A Left That Dares to Speak Its Name – October 8, 2019

By radicalimagination on October 18, 2019

FOR A LEFT THAT DARES TO SPEAK ITS NAME: Slavoj Žižek with Peter Bratsis and Jeremy Glick “With irrepressible humour Slavoj Žižek dissects our current…

Marxism after Marx with Stanley Aronowitz — Update

Marxism after Marx with Stanley Aronowitz — Update

By radicalimagination on October 17, 2019

Stanley is recovering and will be discharged from NYU Langone (Room 1526) tomorrow, Friday the 18th at 12 Noon. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will…

Slavoj Zizek speaking at Borough of Manhattan Community College this coming Tuesday!

Slavoj Zizek speaking at Borough of Manhattan Community College this coming Tuesday!

By radicalimagination on October 7, 2019

Updates to our Fall 2019 Seminar Schedule

Updates to our Fall 2019 Seminar Schedule

By radicalimagination on October 1, 2019

For those of you who will attend German Idealism and its Aftermath: Philosophical and Poetic Reactions with Michael Pelias, please be aware, due to Jewish…

Fall 2019 Seminars

Fall 2019 Seminars

By radicalimagination on September 15, 2019

Center for Critical Thought (CCT) and INSTITUTE FOR THE RADICAL IMAGINATION (IRI) : FALL 2019 SEMINARS

Fall 2019 Critical Thought Seminars begin Saturday, October 5th

Fall 2019 Critical Thought Seminars begin Saturday, October 5th

By radicalimagination on September 4, 2019

The Institute for the Radical Imagination will begin Fall Seminars on Saturday, October 5th. Fall 2019 classes/seminars: *Class descriptions, reading list and online registration forthcoming. Mondays,…

Godzilla vs. Bambi? American monopoly capitalism vs. European public service broadcasting

Godzilla vs. Bambi? American monopoly capitalism vs. European public service broadcasting

By radicalimagination on July 25, 2019

Dennis Broe reports from the recent Fontainebleau conference on series TV, and the growing conflict between American-owned media companies and European public service broadcasters