All sessions will take place in room F 673 (staircase G2, 2nd floor) at the Université Paris Descartes, Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales – Sorbonne, 1 rue Victor Cousin 75005 Paris. The Rencontres and Débats are open to the general public (space permitting). The program is subject to change, and the ‘material’ will be updated in the coming months.
Nota bene: the symbol * indicates that the event will take place in French with a rough simultaneous English translation (which will be typed and projected on a screen). The Q&A will take place in French and in English.
JULY 5
1:30-2:45 p.m.
Introduction
3-5 p.m.
Débat I
Gabriel Rockhill et Jan Spurk: “La théorie critique: hier et aujourd’hui”*
Material:
- Gabriel Rockhill, “Pulling the Emergency Break on Critical Theory in Retreat: Interview with Gabriel Rockhill“
- Jan Spurk, Pour une théorie critique de la société, Lyon, Parangon, 2006, notamment section III, chapitre 1
5 p.m.
“Pot d’accueil” catered by Côte2Bœuf in the Jardin du Luxembourg (rain date: July 6 at 5 p.m.)
JULY 6
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Recherche en cours I
Pierre-Antoine Chardel et Gabriel Rockhill: “Pour une socio-philosophie du monde contemporain”*
Material:
- Pierre-Antoine Chardel et Gabriel Rockhill, “Regards croisés sur les enjeux de la pensée aujourd’hui“
JULY 7
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Débat II
Vidya Kumar, Gabriel Rockhill and Julian Sempill: “Law, Norms and Social Transformation”
Material:
- Vidya Kumar, “International Law, Kelsen and the Aberrant Revolution: Excavating the Politics and Practices of Revolutionary Legality in Rhodesia and Beyond” (circulated via e-mail)
- Karl Marx, “On the Jewish Question” (1843)
- Karl Marx, Three Letters to Ruge in 1843
- Gabriel Rockhill, “Declarations and the Meanings of Revolutions“
JULY 8
10-11 a.m.
Preparation for Rencontre
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Rencontre I
Souleymane Bachir Diagne*
Material:
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne, L’encre des savants. Reflexions sur la philosophie en Afrique, Paris, Présence Africaine, 2013, notamment l’introduction
2-5 p.m.
Groupes de travail I
JULY 11
11 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Recherche en cours II
Gabriel Rockhill and Ádám Takács: “What Is Historical Ontology?”
Material:
- Ádám Takács, “Matter and Memory: Historicity, Facticity and the Question of Phenomenological Realism” (forthcoming)
JULY 12
10-11 a.m.
Preparation for Rencontre
11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Rencontre II
Domenico Losurdo*
Material:
- Domenico Losurdo, Liberalism: A Counter-History (London: Verso Books, 2011), particularly the Introduction and Chapter 1
JULY 13
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Recherche en cours III
Gabriel Rockhill, Julian Sempill and Ádám Takács: Book Discussion regarding G. Rockhill, Interventions in Contemporary Thought: History, Politics, Aesthetics
Material:
- Gabriel Rockhill, Interventions in Contemporary Thought: History, Politics, Aesthetics (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, July 2016), particularly this excerpt from the Introduction
2-5 p.m.
Groupes de travail II
JULY 14-18
Break for French holidays
JULY 19
10-11 a.m.
Preparation for Rencontre
11-1 p.m.
Rencontre III
Amy Allen
Material
- Amy Allen, The End of Progress: Decolonizing the Normative Foundations of Critical Theory (New York: Columbia University Press, 2016), particularly the Preface and Chapter 1
JULY 20
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Débat III
Amy Allen and Patricia Gherovici: “Psychoanalysis and Social Criticism”
Material
- Amy Allen, “Psychoanalysis and the Methodology of Critique” (forthcoming in June 2016 in Constellations)
- Patricia Gherovici, “Psychoanalysis Needs a Sex Change” and Lecture on “Psychoanalysis Needs a Sex Change”
1 – 2 p.m.
Groupes de travail III: “Interventions on the Subject” (Reeda Alji, Chris Carlton, Amanda Holmes, Jéssica Passos, Charles Prusik)
JULY 21
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
Débat IV
Patrice Maniglier, Jean-Michel Rabaté and Gabriel Rockhill: “Where Is Contemporary Francophone Thought Headed?”
Material
- Patrice Maniglier, “Vers un nouveau ‘moment’ philosophique?“
- Jean-Michel Rabaté, “‘You Cannot Make a Living Just Being a Theoretician‘”
- Gabriel Rockhill, excerpt from the Introduction to Interventions in Contemporary Thought: History, Politics, Aesthetics
JULY 22
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Groupes de travail III: Final Conference
7 p.m.
Final dinner at Le berthoud, 1 rue Valette, 75005 Paris
