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Workshop: Technology, Time, and the Political. Modernity and Memory from Heidegger to Stiegler
ATTENTION! CHANGE OF LOCATION !
Football on campus forced us to change the location of the workshop. The workshop will be held in the Heritage Room of the Kellogg Conference Center, 55 South Harrison Avenue, in East Lansing (west of campus, close to the I-127 Trowbridge Exit). Check the map here. Parking will be $5 (whole day); coffee can be purchased in the "Lounge." Please use the Kellogg Center parking structure on Harrison and mention to the attendant that you attend the MSU philosophy workshop. Parking around campus will be extremely limited.
Time and memory are predominate themes throughout Continental Philosophy. This workshop begins with Heidegger's meditations on historical time and existence and connects them to contemporary discussions on technology and the political, looking closely at Bernard Stiegler's thesis in "Technics and Time" that technics is not the result but the condition of human life and its cultural evolution. In addition, Jean-Luc Nancy's reflections on world and globalization, as well as Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe's reflections on Heidegger will be addressed. The workshop will problematize these connections through David Barison and Daniel Ross' documentary film "The Ister," which deals with the problem of technology in connection with Heidegger's interpretation of Hölderlin's poem "The Ister," and features Nancy, Lacoue-Labarthe, and Stiegler. Of special concern are questions about how technology mediates, determines, and narrates human existence, social life, creativity, history, and the environment. The film will be featured during the workshop followed by brief introductions and extended discussions. More information about "The Ister" can be found at http://www.theister.com.
Website: http://www.msu.edu/~lotz/modernityworkshop2009
Organization: Prof. Christian Lotz / Prof. Kyle Whyte, Dept. of Philosophy, MSU
RSVP: lotz@msu.edu or kwhyte@msu.edu
