[SydPhil] Critical Antiquities Workshop – Peter Fenves

[Andrew Poe]

Dear all,



At the next Critical Antiquities Workshop, we are pleased to host *Prof.
Peter Fenves (Northwestern University)*, who will deliver his paper, “The
Many Things Happening around Marx’s Dissertation”.


Here is the abstract:



The aim of this talk is to identify and discuss the many things that are
happening not only in the dissertation Marx submitted to the University of
Jena but also in the extant notes he developed both in preparation for, and
in reflection on, this project from around 1839 to 1841.  The basic theme
pursued in the dissertation is the distinction between the original form of
Greek atomism, represented by Democritus, and its derivative—or,
alternatively, completed—form, which is seen to take shape in Epicurus’
writings.  Marx seems to have been drawn to this theme from two primary
impulses: an interest in materialism, which would obviously represent a
challenge to German idealism in general, and an interest in the predicament
of those who are forced to live in the shadow of a totalizing
philosopher—after Aristotle in the case of Epicurus, after Hegel in Marx’s
own case.  The dissertation and its surrounding notes are, moreover,
concerned with many more things, some of which return in Marx’s work in
surprising ways.



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This event will be held in a hybrid format in the *Kevin Lee Seminar Room* at
the University of Sydney and on Zoom on *Wednesday, June 3, 10:00 am -
12:00 noon (Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne time)*.



Here is the time in other locations:



   - Los Angeles/Vancouver: *Tuesday, June 2, 5:00-7:00 pm*
   - Chicago/Mexico City: *Tuesday,  June 2, 7:00-9:00 pm*
   - New York: *Tuesday,  June 2, 8:00-10:00 pm*
   - Santiago/Buenos Aires/Rio de Janeiro: *Tuesday,  June 2, 8:00-10:00 pm*
   - Dublin/Belfast/London: *Wednesday,  June 3, 1:00-3:00 am*
   - Paris/Berlin/Rome: *Wednesday, June 3, 2:00-4:00 am*
   - Johannesburg/Athens/Cairo: *Wednesday, June 3, 3:00-5:00 am*
   - Beijing/Singapore/Perth: *Wednesday, June 3, 8:00-10:00 am*
   - Tokyo: *Wednesday, June 3, 9:00-11:00 am*
   - Darwin: *Wednesday, June 3, 9:30-11:30 am*
   - Brisbane: *Wednesday, June 3, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon*
   - Adelaide: *Wednesday, June 3, 9:30-11:30 am*


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We hope to see you there,



Tristan Bradshaw (UoW)

Ben Brown (USyd)

Tom Geue  (ANU)

Andy Poe (ACU)



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