On the Concept of Scenario in Contemporary Philosophy

First session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, introduces by Clara Royer (CEFRES) and led by Benedetta Zaccarello (CEFRES): On the Concept of Scenario in Contemporary Philosophy

Where: CEFRES library – Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Prague 1 (to be confirmed)
When: every second Thursday from 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Language: English

Texts :
Emmanuel de Saint Aubert: “Le scénario cartésien. Recherches sur la formation et la cohérence de l’intention philosophique de Marleau-Ponty”, Paris, Vrin, 2005, p.272

The Concept of Propaganda. Positive and Negative Connotations

Sixth session of IMS / CEFRES Epistemological Seminar, led by:

Tomáš Mareš (IMS FSV UK)

The Concept of Propaganda. Positive and Negative Connotations

Readings:

Jowett, G.; O`Donnel, W. (2012): Propaganda and Persuasion. Fifth Edition. Sage Publications. London (only chapters: a) Jowett and O`Donnel `s definition of propaganda; b) Forms of propaganda; numbered pp. 6 – 27)
Barneys, E. (1928): Propaganda. Available at:
http://www.historyisaweapon.org/defcon1/bernprop.html
(only chapters: a) IV – The psychology of public relations; b) VI –
Propaganda and political leadership)
Herman, E.; Chomskey, N. (1988): Manufacturing Consent – The Political Economy of The Mass Media. Pantheon books. NY
(only the first chapter: A Propaganda Model, numbered pp. 1 – 35) available at:
https://focalizalaatencion.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/herman-chomsky-2002-manufacturingconsent.pdf)

Where: CEFRES library – Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Prague 1
When: 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Language: English

Urban Margins in the Context of Budapest

The fifth session of CEFRES / IMS epistemological seminar will be led by Ludovic LEPELTIER-KUTASI (Tours University / associated PhD fellow at CEFRES)

Wacquant L., « Ghettos and Anti-Ghettos: An Anatomy of the New Urban Poverty », Thesis Eleven, 1 août 2008, vol. 94, n^o 1, p. 113‑118.
Auyero Javier et Lara Agustín Burbano de, « In harm’s way at the urban margins », Ethnography, décembre 2012, vol. 13, n^o 4, p. 531‑557.

Where: CEFRES library – Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Prague 1
When: 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Language: English

The Concept of Political Power: Third Party Politics in the United States

Fourth session of IMS / CEFRES Epistemological Seminar led by
Zdeněk KRÁL (IMS FSV UK).

Where: CEFRES library – Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Prague 1
When: 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Language: English

Text to be read:
Talcott Parsons, “On the Concept of Political Power” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 107, No. 3 (Jun. 19, 1963), pp. 232-262
https://www.hse.ru/data/2012/11/27/1301625729/Parsons%20Power.pdf

The Concept of Ideology

Third session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, led by Ayşe Yuva (CEFRES-FMSH)

Where: CEFRES library – Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Prague 1
When: 3:30 pm to 5 pm
Language: English

Texts to read

K. Marx/F. Engels, The German Ideology, 3 shorts extracts:

Extract 1: “Social being and social consciousness” (§4) – here
Extract 2: “History: fundamental conditions” – here
Extract 3: “Ruling class and ruling ideas” – here

2. K. Marx, “Preface to a contribution to the critique of political economy” (also a short text) – here

3. L. Althusser, “Ideology and ideological state apparatuses” (especially from the chapter “Infrastructure and Superstructure”, up to the end) – here

The Concept of Sex

Second session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, led by Magdalena Cabaj (CEFRES-ENS Ulm-Warsaw University)

Texts to read

Judith Butler, “Doing Justice to Someone: Sex Reassignment and Allegories of Transsexuality”, in idem, Undoing Gender, 2004, p. 57- 74.
Alice Domurat Dreger, “Ambiguous Sex: Or Ambivalent Medicine? Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Intersexuality”, The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 28, no. 3, May-June 1998, p. 24-35.

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