Aesthetics and Modern Philosophy; The Smartness Mandate; The Life of the Mind
A conversation with Andrew Bowie; an event with Orit Halpern and Robert Mitchell; a group with Amogh Sahu
Dear all,
Our new print issue on “Punishment” will be published a week from tomorrow. For now, you can pre-order it with a 10% discount. Here are the contents:
Your Sunday Read
“The Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy”: a conversation with Andrew Bowie.
This wide-ranging conversation between Andrew Bowie and Andrés Saenz de Sicilia took place shortly after the publication of Andrew’s book, Aesthetic Dimensions of Modern Philosophy. It focuses primarily on the intersection of philosophy and art, highlighting areas where the abstractions of analytic philosophy can distort many of the phenomena it tries to explain. The conversation also explores the status of objects, the subject-object divide, modern alienation, and what it may mean to find oneself at home in the world. You can read the conversation here.
Monday Event: 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK
The Smartness Mandate
Orit Halpern and Robert Mitchell in conversation with Audrey Borowski
Smart Grids. Smart Cities. Smart phones. Smart Medicine. Today, growing concerns with climate change, energy scarcity, security, and economic volatility have turned the focus of urban planners, investors, scientists, and governments towards computational technologies as sites of potential salvation from a world consistently defined by catastrophes and “crisis”. The penetration of almost every part of life by digital technologies has transformed how we understand nature, culture, and time. But how? And for whom? What futures are we imagining, or foreclosing, through our “smart” infrastructures? You can find out more and register here.
Event Recordings
For those of you who missed last week’s conversation between Andre Bowie and Kate Warlow-Corcoran on “Adorno and Social Pathology”, you can watch the recording here:
For those of you who missed last week’s conversation between Tricia Rose and Robin D.G. Kelley on “Demystifying Metaracism”, you can watch the recording here:
“The Life of the Mind” - a seven-week course
Overview: What is thinking? What is it to think well? What conditions do we need, or what strategies might we employ, to be good thinkers? Why might we believe it is important to think well? Readings include The Intellectual Life by A.G. Sertillanges and Lost in Thought by Zena Hitz
Facilitator: Amogh Sahu (Columbia University)
Dates: Wednesday 15 May to Wednesday 26 June 2024 (weekly)
Times: 11am PT/2pm ET/7pm UK/8pm CET (on Zoom)
Full Details: https://t.co/OjeYd6SMRK
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Ending
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Wishing you all a lovely Sunday, wherever you are.
Anthony Morgan
Editor