2009 Part One examining arguments from the European philosophical tradition. Seminar #3 - Monday 18th May 2009 The Contingency of the Encounter as Political Condition (introduced by Amanda Beech and Suhail Malik) Reading: Louis Althusser, 'The underground current of the materialism of the encounter', from "Philosophy of the Encounter”, (London: Verso, 2007, pp.163-207) for an overview/review of Althusser's thinking see: www.borderlands.net.au/vol4no2_2005/morfino_lexicon.htm or for PDF click here Seminar #2 - Tuesday 10 March 2009 (introduced by Amanda Beech and Suhail Malik) Reading: V I Lenin, 'Materialism and Empirio-criticism'
(Chapters One and Four) For PDF click here (introduced by Amanda Beech and Suhail Malik) |