Platypus Marxist reading group June 13 – August 22, 2010 Sundays 1–4PM at: New School University 25 E. 13th St. room 502 Please e-mail Pac Pobric at zpobric@gmail.com with any questions. Marx and Marxism Marx and Engels at work together Readings pp. from Robert C. Tucker, ed., Marx-Engels Reader (Norton 2nd ed., 1978) (* at [...]
June 7th, 2010 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedAnnouncements
Platypus Chicago summer 2010: Marx and Marxism
Platypus Marxist reading group June 5 – August 14, 2010 Saturdays 1–4PM at: School of the Art Institute of Chicago 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 707 Marx and Marxism Marx and Engels at work together Readings pp. from Robert C. Tucker, ed., Marx-Engels Reader (Norton 2nd ed., 1978) (* at marxists.org) June 5 Karl Marx [...]
June 1st, 2010 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Left Forum
Dear Platypi, Please join us on the weekend of March 19th at the 2010 Left Forum. Platypus members from Toronto, Chicago, Boston along with New York City members will be there both presenting and chairing these panels. Below are a list of Platypus organized panels along with their respective line-ups and time slots. – Session [...]
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NYC Forum: 30 Years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: The Tragedy of the Left
The Platypus Affiliated Society presents
30 Years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: The Tragedy of the Left
6:00pm Sunday, September 13, 2009
at The Brecht Forum 451 West St New York, NY
30 Years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran: the tragedy of the Left
Chicago New York City A moderated panel discussion and audience Q&A on the legacy and effects of the Islamic Revolution for the Left, both in Iran and internationally, addressing the still-vexing questions of the relationship of anti-imperialism, democracy, and religious fundamentalism for potential responses [...]
September 1st, 2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
notes to Constant and Kant (1)
I am writing with some very brief notes on the first week of readings from Kant, his essays on “What is Enlightenment?” and “The Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View,” and Benjamin Constant’s essay on “The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns.” http://platypus1917.org/2009/06/21/platypus-chicago-summer-2009-radical-bourgeois-philosophy/ We are moving [...]
July 19th, 2009 | Chris Cutrone | 0 comments | Continued
notes to Rousseau
The reading group schedule with links to the readings for the summer has been posted at: http://platypus1917.org/2009/06/21/platypus-chicago-summer-2009-radical-bourgeois-philosophy/ Platypus Marxist reading group summer 2009, June 28 – August 16 Radical bourgeois philosophy: Kant-Hegel-Nietzsche We will address the greater context for Marx and Marxism through the issue of bourgeois radicalism in philosophy in the 18th and 19th [...]
June 30th, 2009 | Chris Cutrone | 0 comments | Continued
Platypus Chicago summer 2009: Radical bourgeois philosophy
Platypus Marxist reading group June 28 – August 16 Sundays 1-4PM at: School of the Art Institute of Chicago 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 707 Radical bourgeois philosophy: Kant-Hegel-Nietzsche We will address the greater context for Marx and Marxism through the issue of bourgeois radicalism in philosophy in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Discussion will [...]
June 21st, 2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Platypus NYC summer 2009: Theory post-revolution — Georg Lukács
Platypus NYC summer 2009 readings
Theory post revolution: Georg Lukács
Saturdays, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
July 11th to August 29th
Puck Building, NYU (4th floor)
295 Lafayette St
my dialogue with Kliman on Chicago Political Workshop, Principia Dialectica and Marxist Humanism
[Andrew Kliman wrote:] Reply to Chicago Political Workshop, Chris Cutrone, and Principia Dialectica Posted: May 27th, 2009 | Author: Andrew Kliman | Filed under: Organization, Philosophy | Tags: concreteness, plagiarism, Postone | On plagiarism, Postone, and “the” present May 27, 2009 Dear Comrades, 1. First, I want to respond to the charge that I plagiarize [...]
May 28th, 2009 | Chris Cutrone | 2 comments | Continued