[SydPhil] [Sydney Seminar] Gianni Vattimo: Politics in the Era of its Technical Neutralization

[Philosophy@UWS]

The Philosophy Research Initiative at the University of Western Sydney and the State Library of New South Wales present a Sydney Seminar on the Arts and Philosophy:

Sydney Seminar 23

Gianni Vattimo: "Politics in the Era of its Technical Neutralization"

November 29
6.00 PM to 7.30 PM

Metcalfe Auditorium, Macquarie Building, State Library of New South Wales

Cost: Adults $15, Friends and Concessions $10.
Booking essential: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/events_talks/events/sydney_seminar_gianni_vattimo.html


Neutralization is a political phenomenon which is spreading across many countries, Italy being an example. If it happens that the main political parties cannot form a coalition or find an agreement, they delegate the political decisions to so-called 'experts' or 'technicians', usually economists. However, technicians are not "neutral" as they pretend to be: they represent the official science and inevitably tend to the conservation of the status quo. Democracy is seriously threatened by this phenomenon.


Programme

Chair                          Alex Ling

6:05 pm                     Welcome by Dimitris Vardoulakis (director of the Sydney Seminar)

6:10 to 6:55              Gianni Vattimo
Politics in the Era of its Technical Neutralization

6:55 to 7:05              Response by Jeff Malpas

7:05 to 7:30              Question and Answer


Gianni Vattimo is one of the most important living philosophers. He is also a member of the European Parliament. His most recent book, Hermeneutic Communism (2011) was co-authored with Santiago Zabala.

Jeff Malpas is Distinguished Professor at the University of Tasmania and author of numerous books on topics in philosophy, art, architecture, and geography.


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For more information about the Sydney Seminar for the Arts and Philosophy, please visit: www.sydneyseminar.org<http://www.sydneyseminar.org>

Dr Alex Ling
Research Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies
University of Western Sydney
School of Humanities and Communication Arts
Locked Bag 1797
Penrith, NSW 2751
Tel: + 61 2 9772 6168 | Fax: + 61 2 9772 6373
Office: 5.G.22 (Bankstown campus)
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