The University in the Face of a Pharmacology of the Mind
Wednesday, 10 February 201014:15 - 16:00
Location: CRASSH Seminar Room, 17 Mill Lane
The University in the Face of a Pharmacology of the Mind
NB. This lecture will be delivered in French with English translation provided.
A lecture by the leading French philosopher, Bernard Stiegler, Director of the Department of Cultural Development at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Bernard Stiegler, cultural development department director at the
Centre Georges-Pompidou, is a philosopher and a doctor of École des
Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). He was a program director
at the Collège international de philosophie, a professor at the
Université de Compiègne (UTC), a vice director at the Institut National
de l’Audiovisuel (INA), and a director at the Institut de recherché et
de coordination acoustique/musique (IRCAM). His works include: La
techique et le temps (Galilée, 1994-), De la Misère symbolique
(Galilée, 2004-2005), Mécréance et discrédit (Galilée, 2004-), Aimer,
s’aimer, nous aimer (Galilée, 2003), Constituer l’Europe (Galilée,
2005), Passer à l’acte (Galilée, 2003), Philosopher par accident
(Galilée, 2004), and L’Échographie de la télévision (with Jacques
Derrida, Galilée, 1996). He is also a co-founder of Ars Industrialis,
an international association for the promotion of an industrial
politics of spirit.
The lecture will be followed by a discussion and a reception.
All welcome. No need to register.
For administrative enquiries please email Michelle Maciejewska.
