We continue our reading of Eva von Redecker’s book Praxis and Revolution on 5 May 2022, at 2:30pm. For this meeting, we tackle the second and third chapters (“The Materiality of Praxis” and “The Connections Between Practices”). Join us! CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read texts […]
Join us for a manuscript workshop on Michael Albert‘s forthcoming book: Navigating the Polycrisis: Mapping the Futures of Capitalism and the Earth. The book explores possible futures in an era of intersecting ecological and political-economic crises and is forthcoming with MIT Press. Respondents: Troy Vettese Mathias Thaler Claire Duncanson Thomas Homer-Dixon […]
CRITIQUE – EEHN Joint Discussion Group Members of CRITIQUE and the Environmental Humanities Network will hold a joint discussion session around an art exhibition – The Accursed Share – shown at Talbott Rice Gallery. The visit to the Gallery will be followed by an informal conversation on the central themes […]
We begin our reading Eva von Redecker’s book Praxis and Revolution on April 21 2022, at 3pm. For this first meeting, we tackle the Introduction and chapter 1, “The Rules of Praxis”. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read texts selected by members. All meetings currently take […]
Wrapping up our reading of Dipesh Chakrabarty’s “The Climate of History in a Planetary Age” (2021), we will be discussing the remainder of the chapters, from chapter 6 to the end of the book, including the conversation with Bruno Latour. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read […]
Proceeding with our reading of Dipesh Chakrabarty’s “The Climate of History in a Planetary Age” (2021), we will be discussing chapters 4 and 5. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read texts selected by members. All meetings currently take place online, via Zoom. To join, please email […]
We are reading Dipesh Chakrabarty’s “The Climate of History in a Planetary Age” (2021), Chapters 2 and 3. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read texts selected by members. All meetings currently take place online, via Zoom. To join, please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk.
We are reading Dipesh Chakrabarty’s “The Climate of History in a Planetary Age” (2021), Introduction and Chapter 1. CRITIQUE’s Critical Theory Reading Group meets regularly to discuss pre-read texts selected by members. All meetings currently take place online, via Zoom. To join, please email critique_centre@ed.ac.uk.
This event is co-sponsored by GenderED and RaceED. Participants will reflect on what decolonising research involves from within their own disciplines, focusing on the challenges such efforts face. They will also comment on the risks associated with a discourse of decolonising research if it becomes de-coupled from discussions about material redistribution, reparations, and […]
Whether in the growing gap between the rulers and the ruled, the decline of electoral participation, the rise of populism or the loss of confidence in democratic institutions, signs of the dysfunction of representative democracy proliferate across the globe. In response, scholars and activists have put forward various proposals to […]
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