Reading Group: Schmitt on Sovereignty

READING GROUP:

PCPN is excited to continue our summer/fall session — Critical Theory: Politics and the Frankfurt School — tomorrow (08/22) with a discussion of Schmitt and political sovereignty.

Reading:

• 08/22: Carl Schmitt, “On Sovereignty” and “The Problem of Sovereignty as the Problem of the Legal Form of the Decision” from Political Theology

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Bloomfield Crazy Mocha (4525 Liberty Ave).

As a reminder, even though we have moved to thematic groups, there is no expectation that people participate in every week, so even if you can’t commit to the whole section, you are still more than welcome to join us when you can.

OTHER EVENTS THIS WEEK:

• None this week

OTHER NEWS:

Ever wondered how much we have really covered in reading group? Check out the new link that includes a (nearly) comprehensive list of every text that has been covered by the reading group since its inception a few years ago. LINK HERE

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Dr. Fred Evans’ keynote from (un)commons: theory and public space is now available on youtube and our video page. Check it out!

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in Critical Theory: Politics and the Frankfurt School

• 08/22: Carl Schmitt, “On Sovereignty” and “The Problem of Sovereignty as the Problem of the Legal Form of the Decision” from Political Theology
• 08/29: Benjamin, “Theses on the Philosophy of History”
• 09/12: Pollock, “State Capitalism: Its possibilities and Limitations”
• 09/19: Bataille, “The Meaning of General Economy” and “Laws of General Economy” from The Accursed Share
• 09/26: Marcuse, “Repressive Tolerance”
• 10/03: Horkheimer, “The Authoritarian State”
  Horkheimer, “The End of Reason”
• 10/17: Adorno, “Freudian Theory and the Pattern of Fascist Propaganda”
  
• 10/24: Adorno and Horkheimer, “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception” from Dialectic of Enlightenment
• 10/31: Kirchheimer, “Changes in the Structure of Political Compromise”
• 11/07: Jürgen Habermas, The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (Excerpts)
• 11/14: Marcuse, “Marxism and Feminism”
  Brown, “Feminist Theory and the Frankfurt School”
• 11/21: Said, “Introduction” Orientalism
  Said, “Traveling Theory”