Seminars
February
The Singular, part I
Tuesday 05 February 2008
15:00 Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
March
The Singular, part II
Tuesday 04 March 2008
15.00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
April
The Singular, part III
Tuesday 01 April 2008
14:00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
May
The Dual, part I
Tuesday 06 May 2008
14:00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
June
The Dual, Part II
Tuesday 03 June 2008
14:00h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
July
The Dual, Part III
Wednesday 02 July 2008
14:00 auditorium
September
The Multiple, Part I
Tuesday 09 September 2008
17h30 room 204
November
The Universal, Part I
Tuesday 04 November 2008
15:00 h Auditorium, Jan van Eyck Academie
December
Versus Laboratory 2008 final triple session: Alliez, Riha, multiple, universal
Monday 01 December 2008 - Sunday 02 November 2008
Auditorium
January
Versus Laboratory 2009 Presentation - Matter Matters
Thursday 15 January 2009
13h45 Jan van Eyck Academie
February
Negation/Consistency 1
Thursday 05 February 2009
1030h-1230h auditorium
March
Negation/Consistency 2
Wednesday 11 March 2009
1030h-1230h auditorium
April
Negation/Consistency 3
Thursday 09 April 2009
1030h-1230h auditorium
May
Matter/Knowledge 1
Thursday 21 May 2009
14h-16h RM 204
June
Imagination/Dialectic 1
Sunday 14 June 2009
14h-18h RM 204
September
Imagination/Dialectic 2
Thursday 03 September 2009
14h-15h Auditorium
October
Stasis/Rupture 1
Thursday 08 October 2009
14h Auditorium
November
Stasis/Rupure 2
Thursday 05 November 2009
14h
December
Stasis/Rupture 3
Tuesday 01 December 2009
14h
February
Historical contingency/Subjective necessity
Wednesday 03 February 2010
10h30-12h30 Auditorium
April
Index, Suject, Form of Life
Thursday 08 April 2010
14h Auditorium
May
Sociological reflexivity/Philosophical reflexivity
Thursday 27 May 2010
14h Auditorium
Sociological reflexivity/Philosophical reflexivity
Thursday 27 May 2010
14h Auditorium
The idea of a “reflexive sociology” is one of the cornerstones, if not the main one, of Pierre Bourdieu’s entire intellectual enterprise, underpinning his claims to provide distinctive and “scientific” knowledge of the social world and, in particular, a scientific knowledge of knowledge products (including the philosophical).
During the last two decades this idea has, on one hand, been applied to the analysis of philosophy by some of Bourdieu scholars (Pinto, etc.) inaugurating a new clash between scientific fields, but also giving new instruments for analyzing philosophical discursivities; on the other hand, while in his earlier writings Bourdieu stood against the use of sociology as a means for political activism, in his later intellectual career, launching himself into the role of a public intellectual, he stressed the political importance of the reflexive analysis that any intellectual agent should have.
In this seminar, we will clarify the precise signification of the Bourdieusian notion of “reflexivity” underlining its originality, distinguishing it from a phenomenological conception among others.
Starting from the three key notions of habitus, capital, and field, that circumscribe Bourdieu’s analysis, we will address the consequence of the original idea of epistemic reflexivity on philosophy and politics starting from some precise cases of analysis taken from the history of twentieth century French philosophy.
Texts:
Pierre Bourdieu, Pascalian Meditations (first three chapters). link.