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Concepts & Practices in Contemporary French Philosophy
Regards Croisés / Joint Seminar 2007-2008 Local | Vital | Legal
"What is Local? Topical, Topographic, Topological"
McKenzie Wark
New School for Social Research
McKenzie Wark opened the 2007-2008 Regards croisés seminar series on October 23rd, 2007 at The American University of Paris with a talk entitled “What is Local? Topical, Topographic, Topological”, exploring the concept of the "local" in light of his work in virtual geographies, cyberspace and the global digital network.
McKenzie Wark is Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at Eugene Lang College and of Sociology at the New School for Social Research. His many publications include Gamer Theory (2006), A Hacker Manifesto (2004), Dispositions (2002), Celebrities, Culture and Cyberspace (1998), The Virtual Republic (1997), and Virtual Geography (1994).
The 'Regards croisés' seminar series in 'Concepts and Practices in Contemporary French Philosophy' presents different French and Anglo-saxon perspectives on twentieth and twenty-first century French philosophy around the concepts of 'Local, Vital, Legal'. Papers are presented by specialists in contemporary French philosophy as well as by those who are engaged in examining the impact of French philosophy within other domains and disciplines: literature, law, politics, art, and the sciences. The joint seminar in 'Concepts and Practices in Contemporary French Philosophy' is organized by the Critical Theory Collective at The American University of Paris in partnership with the Centre International d'Étude de la Philosophie Française Contemporaine (CIEPFC) at the École normale supérieure and Columbia University Paris - Reid Hall.
For more information, please visit our websites:
AUP | Critical Theory Collective
http://www.critical-theory-collective.org
ENS | Centre International d'Étude de la Philosophie Française Contemporaine
or contact us at contact@critical-theory-collective.org
Critical Theory Collective
For more information, comments, or questions, please send email to:
What is Local?
Topical, Topographic, Topological
McKenzie Wark
author of ‘A Hacker Manifesto’
& ‘Gamer Theory’
18h30 Tuesday
October 23 2007
Grand Salon
The American University of Paris