Praxis Reading Groups 2022/23
Filosofia Animal (5º Ciclo): O que os animais nos ensinam sobre política (2º Semester)
Organized by Dirk Michael Hennrich and Luanda Francine Garcia da Costa
O quinto ciclo do Grupo de Leitura Filosofia Animal abre o convite para o estudo do livro O que os animais nos ensinam sobre política, do filósofo canadense Brian Massumi. No âmbito da dissolução da ideia de que os animais sejam mecanismos dominados pelo automatismo instintivo sem espaço para criação, Massumi põe em discussão, de modo ímpar, o tema do jogo, do brincar e da criação, a fim de pensar a pertença singular humana no continuum animal, sustentando tanto as zonas de indistinção como as zonas de diferença.
Philosophy of Technology: Social and Political Perspectives (2º Semester)
Organized by Antonio Oraldi (antonio.oraldi@edu.ulisboa.pt)
This reading group will focus on some of the main authors who engaged with the question of technology. We will explore how technology has been theorized from a variety of perspectives – critical, ontological, anthropological, and political. Central questions will involve the relationship between technology and agency, the role of technology in history, the status of technology as ideology, the idea of automation, the environmental dimension of technology, and more.
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (2º Semester)
Organized by Silvia Locatelli (locatelli.silvia.96 [at] gmail.com)
The Phenomenology of Spirit represents one of the main texts for getting in touch with Hegelian systematic thought. Through the integral reading of the text, in this Reading Group an attempt will be made to understand how action and knowledge on the part of consciousness (or Spirit) develop in the course of the search for truth (of oneself and of the world). Within the Praxis research group, the reading of this text will ensure a deeper understanding of the formation of the subject as a conscious and willing being, which begins to be possible with the figure of Antigone, who puts an end to the ethicality of the Greek state.
Philosophy between Space and Place: Relational Sites (2º Semester)
Organized by Maribel Sobreira (maribel.sobreira [at] campus.up.pt) & Sara Romão (sromao [at] campus.up.pt)
The philosophical questioning around the concepts of place and space has occupied a central position in contemporary literature. Nonetheless, it can become a slippery road since the use of spatial terminology is frequently unexamined and widely spread, fitting different meanings and scopes. This semester, we will focus particularly on exploring the relationships between space, place and gender. The objective is to analyze these concepts in the light of an aesthetical and political construction of relational sites.
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Organized by Dr. Dirk Michael Hennrich (Praxis-CFUL – dh [at] letras.ulisboa.pt) & Luanda Francine Garcia da Costa (Praxis-CFUL – luanda.francine [at] gmail.com)
No quarto ciclo do Grupo de Leitura Filosofia Animal, lançamos a proposta de trabalharmos a questão dos animais sob o prisma dos estudos da filósofa Judith Butler e do filósofo Emmanuel Levinas — autor com um importante lugar no pensamento de Butler. As discussões sobre uma ontologia do corpo, a precariedade como condição compartilhada da vida — “que une animais humanos e não humanos” — e a divisão política que estabelece quais vidas são dignas de pertencimento social e de luto, apresentadas no livro Quadros de Guerra de Butler, serão os pontos de partida para nossos estudos, que também deixarão espaço para os temas da alteridade e da resposta ética perante o rosto do outro, tratados por Levinas.
‘Philosophy of History’ in the German Philosophical Tradition (1º Semester)
Organized by Silvia Locatelli (locatelli.silvia.96 [at] gmail.com) & Maura Ceci (mauraceci [at] edu.ulisboa.pt)
The philosophical questioning around the concept of history has always been a lively topic of discussion, traversing different currents of thought and animating debate since ancient Greek philosophy. In general, this philosophical discipline questions the meaning of history and its unfolding, raising issues and debates around the cyclical nature or linear progress of history and the rationality or randomness of historical events. In particular, this cycle of readings focuses on German philosophical thought around the concept of history.