Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

Coming up:

• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and Part 2
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Students for a Democratic Society, “The Port Huron Statement”
• 11/28 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 12/05 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/12 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 01/16 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/23 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/30 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 02/06 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/13 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/20 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/27 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 03/05 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/12 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/19 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/26 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 04/02 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/09 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/16 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/23 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

Coming up:

• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and Part 2

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and Part 2
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Students for a Democratic Society, “The Port Huron Statement”
• 11/28 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 12/05 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/12 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 01/16 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/23 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/30 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 02/06 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/13 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/20 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/27 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 03/05 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/12 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/19 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/26 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 04/02 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/09 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/16 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/23 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

Coming up:

• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and Part 2

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and Part 2
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Students for a Democratic Society, “The Port Huron Statement”
• 11/28 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 12/05 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/12 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 01/16 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/23 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/30 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 02/06 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/13 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/20 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/27 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 03/05 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/12 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/19 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/26 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 04/02 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/09 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/16 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/23 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

Coming up:

• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and “Democracy”
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 11/28 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/05 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/12 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/16 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/23 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 01/30 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/06 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/13 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/20 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 02/27 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/05 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/12 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/19 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 03/26 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/02 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/09 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/16 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

Coming up:

• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and “Democracy”
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 11/28 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/05 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/12 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/16 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/23 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 01/30 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/06 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/13 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/20 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 02/27 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/05 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/12 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/19 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 03/26 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/02 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/09 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/16 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), most Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm.

Coming up:

• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and “Democracy”
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 11/28 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/05 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/12 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/16 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/23 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 01/30 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/06 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/13 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/20 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 02/27 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/05 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/12 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/19 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 03/26 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/02 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/09 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/16 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm, starting September 12th.

Coming up:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and “Democracy”
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”; The Public and Its Problems, Chapter 5
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 11/28 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/05 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/12 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/16 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/23 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 01/30 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/06 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/13 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/20 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 02/27 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/05 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/12 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/19 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 03/26 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/02 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/09 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/16 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

The PCPN reading group is back next week to kick off a discussion of Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm, starting September 12th.

Coming up:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”

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: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: Yinz Coffee, 4525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15224 (look for the nerds in the back)

SCHEDULE:

• 09/12 – Holloway, Travis. “Seven Procedures for a Democratic Future”
• 09/19 – Spinoza, Benedict. Tractatus Politicus, Preface, Chapters 1-5, 11
• 09/26 – Winstanley, Gerrard. “The True Levellers Standard Advanced”
• 10/03 – Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man, Second Part, Chapters 3-4
• 10/10 – Marx, Karl. Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Introduction and “Democracy”
• 10/17 – Dewey, John. “Creative Democracy – The Task Before Us”
• 10/24 – Goldman, Emma. “The Individual, Society and the State”
• 10/31 – No Meeting, Happy Halloween!
• 11/07 – Ramnath, Maia. Decolonizing Anarchy, “Decolonization: The Highest Form of Anarchism”
• 11/14 – Horkheimer, Max. Critical Theory: Selected Essays, Preface and Introduction
• 11/21 – Newton, Huey P. “Revolutionary Intercommunalism”
• 11/28 – Gaddafi, Muammar. “The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: The Authority of the People” in The Green Book
• 12/05 – Walzer, Michael. “Philosophy and Democracy”
• 12/12 – Laclau, E. and Mouffe, C., “Hegemony and Radical Democracy” in Hegemony and Socialist Strategy: Towards a Radical  Democratic Politics
• 12/19-01/02 – No Meetings, Happy Holidays!
• 01/09 – Fraser, Nancy. “Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy”
• 01/16 – Bookchin, Murray. “Communalism: The Democratic Dimension of Anarchism”
• 01/23 – Honneth, Axel and John M. M. Farrell. “Democracy as Reflexive Cooperation: John Dewey and the Theory of Democracy Today”
• 01/30 – Badiou, Alain. “Highly Speculative Reasoning on the Concept of Democracy” and “The Democratic Emblem”
• 02/06 – Derrida, Jacques. “The Last of the Rogue States: The Democracy to Come, Opening in Two Turns” in Rogues: Two Essays on Reason
• 02/13 – Hardt, Michael & Antonio Negri. Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire, 3.3 “Democracy of the Multitude”
• 02/20 – Rancière, Jacques. “From Victorious Democracy to Criminal Democracy” in The Hatred of Democracy
• 02/27 – Brown, Wendy. “We are all Democrats Now”
• 03/05 – Nancy, Jean-Luc. The Truth of Democracy
• 03/12 – Dean, Jodi. Democracy and other Neoliberal Fantasies, Chapter 3
• 03/19 – Öcalan, Abdulah. Democratic Confederalism
• 03/26 – Robbins, Jeff. Radical Democracy and Political Theology, Chapter 1 and Conclusion
• 04/02 – Crimethinc, From Democracy to Freedom 
• 04/09 – Esposito, Roberto. “Postdemocracy and biopolitics”
• 04/16 – Pabst, Adrian. The Demons of Liberal Democracy, Introduction and Chapter 1

Pdfs of the readings can be found: HERE

Need even more continental philosophy in your life? The Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences is hosting a free and public online reading group of the phenomenological sociologist Alfred Schutz’s The Phenomenology of the Social World. Each monthly meeting (Sept.-Nov.) features a short mini-lecture by a prominent scholar of Schutz, followed by a seminar-style discussion of the chapters.

REGISTER NOW!

Schedule:

• September 18: Intro, Preface, Chapter 1 (Carlos Belvedere)
• October 16: Chapters 2-3 (Daniela López)
• November 13: Chapters 4-5 (Michael Barber)

In order to accommodate the different time zones of the presenters, all three meetings will be held at 6:00pm ET.

Get the book here:

https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810103900/phenomenology-of-the-social-world/
https://www.amazon.com/Phenomenology-Social-Studies-Existential-Philosophy/dp/0810103907

The PCPN reading group is back soon, with a discussion of Continental Philosophy and Radical Democracy. You can find us at Yinz Coffee in Bloomfield (Liberty Ave), Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:30pm, starting September 12th.