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SUMMARY:Sovereignty and The Human: Exploring Bataille’s Accursed Share Project
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LOCATION:Bristol\, United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:<p>George Bataille is surely one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century &ndash\; drawing&nbsp\;attention from notable figures such as Heidegger (who once remarked that Bataille was &lsquo\;one of&nbsp\;France&rsquo\;s best minds&rsquo\;) as well as influencing Foucault\, Deleuze and Derrida. Today his impact is still&nbsp\;explicit in the work of Georgio Agamben and Jean-Luc Nancy\, with their respective works on&nbsp\;sovereignty and community. Bataille&rsquo\;s three volume Accursed Share project\, which can be perhaps&nbsp\;designated as the most systematic presentation of his thought\, is an outrageously enigmatic and&nbsp\;ambitious series of texts. It traverses a variety of disciplines\, including sociology\, psychology\,&nbsp\;anthropology\, political theory\, cultural studies\, and of course\, philosophy. This conference aims to&nbsp\;explore some themes from the texts and to cultivate the continuing discussion concerning&nbsp\;Bataille&rsquo\;s thought.</p>\n<p>We welcome papers on any themes that emerge from within the three volumes of The Accursed&nbsp\;Share. We are particularly interested in ambitious papers that pertain to contemporary issues &ndash\; be&nbsp\;they political\, cultural\, philosophical\, technological\, etc. Each paper will last for approximately 20&nbsp\;minutes\, followed by 10-15 minutes for questions.<br><br>Possible topics include\, but are not limited to:<br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Bataille&rsquo\;s relationship\, within the text\, with the history of philosophy. E.g. Ancient Greek<br>philosophy\, German Idealism\, etc.<br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Bataillean political philosophy &ndash\; his concern for community and collective activity.<br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Bataille&rsquo\;s metaphysics and Bataille&rsquo\;s use of science.<br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Bataille&rsquo\;s ethics\, and his concepts of value\, utility and utilization.<br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Bataillean approaches to film and literature.<br>- &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; Issues in contemporary philosophy that utilize Bataillean categories and concepts (knowingly&nbsp\;or not).<br><br>Please send 500 word abstracts\, and any questions\, to:&nbsp\;William.Stronge@uwe.ac.uk<br><br>Abstracts due:&nbsp\;January 18th.</p>
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