Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network

Please note a change in schedule, this Monday (6/25) we will be discussing Richard Kearney, next Monday, (7/02) we will be discussing Jean-Luc Marion

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/25 –Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

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

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/25 –Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/02 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

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

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

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

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 06/04 –]ean-Francois Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, “Categorical Examination of the Sublime”

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

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

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 06/04 –]ean-Francois Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, “Categorical Examination of the Sublime”
• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 05/28 – Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment, First Section, Second Book: “Analytic of the Sublime” (pp. 128-159)

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

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

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 05/28 – Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment, First Section, Second Book: “Analytic of the Sublime”
• 06/04 –]ean-Francois Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, “Categorical Examination of the Sublime”
• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

READING GROUP:

Join PCPN for our summer session, In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime. Don’t miss our meetings every Monday evenings (8:00pm) at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha.

This week:

• 05//21 – Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Part One: II, VII, X; Part Two: I-VIII; Part Four, XV-XVIII

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Please bring either a digital or hard copy of the text with you to the discussion.

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

OTHER NEWS:

• None

LOOKING AHEAD:

Upcoming in In its highest degree: Philosophy and the Sublime:

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

• 05/21 – Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Part One: II, VII, X; Part Two: I-VIII; Part Four, XV-XVIII
• 05/28 – Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment, First Section, Second Book: “Analytic of the Sublime”
• 06/04 –]ean-Francois Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, “Categorical Examination of the Sublime”
• 06/11 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness’: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology, “Not Only as Substance, but Also as Subject”
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, A Theology of the Sublime, “The Analytic of the Sublime”

Coming Soon!

A summer unit on the Philosophy of the Sublime, from Burke to Crockett.

Mondays at 8:00pm, at the Bloomfield Crazy Mocha

Tentative Schedule:

• 05/21 – Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful [excerpt]
• 05/28 – Immanuel Kant, Critique of the Power of Judgment [excerpt]
• 06/04 – Meg Armstrong, “The Effects of Blackness: Gender, Race, and the Sublime in Aesthetic Theories of Burke and Kant”
• 06/11 – ]ean-Francois Lyotard, “The Interest of the Sublime”
• 06/18 – Slavoj Zizek, The Sublime Object of Ideology [excerpt]
• 06/25 – Jean-Luc Marion, “The Saturated Phenomenon”
• 07/02 – Richard Kearney, “Evil, Monstrosity and The Sublime”
• 07/09 – Clayton Crockett, Interstices of the Sublime [excerpt]