Reclaiming Equality and the Possibility of Political Action
Posted February 8, 2008 by jmacphee in Events
Reclaiming Equality and the Possibility of Political Action
with Todd May
Saturday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m.
New Community Church, 614 S St. NW Washington, DC
(directly across from the Howard University exit of the Shaw/Howard Metro, green line)
Co-hosted by the Institute for Anarchist Studies and the National Conference on Organized Resistance
How might we think about politics and political action in this period of political despair? One way is to consider political action--at least democratic political action--as collective action out of the presupposition of equality. We'll discuss what this means, how it works, and where we find it in our world.
For those unfamiliar with him, Todd is probably best known (in our circles) for his text The Political Philosophy of Poststructuralist Anarchism, but is also widely known for works on the philosophy of Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and more recently Jaques Ranciere. This weekend's discussion will be focused on what Ranciere offers in the way of reclaiming equality from the liberal tradition, in favor of a more radical application in collective political action, and what that might look like on the ground, in ongoing social movements.
Free, but donations are welcome!
This talk celebrates a second year of IAS collaboration on the NCOR Radical Theory Track. Bring your friends, lovers, family, and fellow workers to support the work of the IAS and NCOR.
For more info, e-mail: joshua@anarchiststudies.org
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