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october, 2019

21oct7:00 pm9:00 pmEvent OverThe Presocratics and their Contemporary Relevancewith Bruno Gulli

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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.

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(Monday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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James Baldwin High School Rm 317

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

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22oct6:30 pm8:30 pmGerman Idealism and its Aftermathwith Michael Pelias

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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.

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

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James Baldwin High School Rm 317

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

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Marx, Hegel, Nietzsche

23oct6:30 pm8:30 pmOn Methods of Inquiry: From Aristotle to Evald IlyenkovWith Arto Artinian

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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.

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

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James Baldwin High School Rm 317

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

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26oct12:00 pm2:00 pmMarxism after Marxwith Stanley Aronowitz

28oct7:00 pm9:00 pmThe Presocratics and their Contemporary Relevancewith Bruno Gulli

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(Monday) 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

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James Baldwin High School Rm 317

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

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RELEVANT SEMINAR INFO

“On Methods of Inquiry: From Aristotle to Evald Ilyenkov with Arto Artinian” is cancelled this week

October 22, 2019

We will meet the following Wednesday, October 30th, at our usual time and location: 6:30pm at: James Baldwin High SchoolRoom 317351 West 18th StNew York, NY 10011 ...

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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...

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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...

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Fall 2019 Seminars

September 14, 2019

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

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Critical Thought Seminars postponed this weekend – April 20, 2019

April 18, 2019

Due to Passover and Easter weekend for many, we are postponing classes this Saturday until the following Saturday, the 27th. Readings For IRI...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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The Marx, Marxism and Philosophy Today — Saturday, March 2nd at 2 p.m. at Long Island University, Brooklyn

February 27, 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...

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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...

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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...

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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....

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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...

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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...

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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)

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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...

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