brysonian.com » politics http://brysonian.com chandler b. mcwilliams Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:50:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Theory / Practice at The Public School http://brysonian.com/2009/12/31/theory-practice-at-the-public-school/ http://brysonian.com/2009/12/31/theory-practice-at-the-public-school/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:23:00 +0000 chandler http://brysonian.com/?p=100 Very excited about the inaugural meeting of a reading group I proposed at The Public School on Theory and Practice. We’ll periodically meet and interrogate this oft-encountered dichotomy in a variety of domains and contexts: politics, philosophy, art, ethics. The idea is that by looking at the issue from a number of angles, domains, and styles of thought, we will generate new connections and new articulations, and hopefully erode the boundaries between the two.

I’ll be leading the first session on January 24 with Sarah Kessler trying to lay a foundation and find some orientation for the class for other folks to pick up going forward.

More info and sign-up here.

]]> http://brysonian.com/2009/12/31/theory-practice-at-the-public-school/feed/ 0 Hegemony and Antagonism at The Public School http://brysonian.com/2008/09/15/hegemony-and-antagonism-at-the-public-school/ http://brysonian.com/2008/09/15/hegemony-and-antagonism-at-the-public-school/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:13:24 +0000 chandler http://brysonian.com/?p=91 Teaching a course (really more leading a reading group) at The Public School on Laclau and Mouffe’s concepts of Hegemony and Antagonism. The reading group will involve a close reading of “Hegemony and Socialist Strategy” and selections from Mouffe and Laclau’s writing on Antagonism. We will also explore related texts by Richard Rorty, Jurgen Habermas, and possibly Derrida.

The class will have three meetings on September 14, 23, and 28.

You can find more info here.

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