Praxis Reading Groups 2023/24
2º Semester
Filosofia Animal (7º Ciclo): As Origens Animais da Cultura de Dominique Lestel
Organized by Dirk Michael Hennrich and Luanda Francine Garcia da Costa
No 7º ciclo o Grupo de Leitura Filosofia Animal abre espaço para estudarmos o livro “As Origens Animais da Cultura”, do etólogo e filósofo francês Dominique Lestel. O estudo de Lestel rompe com a separação dogmática entre natureza e cultura através de uma apresentação meticulosa de descobertas etológicas da segunda parte do século XX e efetua uma extensão dos conceitos de sujeito e de cultura às comunidades animais e ao animal não-humano em sua singularidade. Entender as ciências do animal como ciências sociais e ampliar a etologia para o campo da etnologia é uma das mais significativas tentativas de Dominique Lestel.
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
Organized by Mariana Teixeira and Silvia Locatelli
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is one of the most important – and difficult – texts in the history of philosophy, with its original mode of narrative that focuses on the development of human consciousness and spirit over time, introducing the idea of dialectical progression where ideas and concepts evolve through contradiction.
Since its first publication in 1806-1807, it has captivated generations of philosophers and social theorists, having influenced many schools of thought, such as Marxism, existentialism, feminism and contemporary critical theory. But its importance can also be attested by the passionate responses it provoked among its critics, from Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche to more recent approaches such as post-structuralism.
Individuating Simondon
Organized by Ricardo Mendoza-Canales
The purpose of this reading group is to introduce and deepen our understanding of Gilbert Simondon’s theory of individuation. To this end, we will close-read in its entirety his major work, Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information. The goals are: 1) to unravel together the dense web of concepts unfolded in this work (such as individuation, singularity, pre-individual, ontogenesis, operation, metastability, transduction, modulation, allagmatics, transindividuality, etc.); 2) to explore the ontological, ethical, political, and aesthetic consequences of thinking of individuation as a process that takes place in different regimes of reality (physical, biological, psychic, social); and 3) to grasp the significance of this philosophy of nature and a “genetic encyclopedism” that Simondon advocates, as well as its implications in our digital age and technological environment.
1º Semester
Individuating Simondon
Organized by Ricardo Mendoza-Canales
The purpose of this reading group is to introduce and deepen our understanding of Gilbert Simondon’s theory of individuation. To this end, we will close-read in its entirety his major work, Individuation in Light of Notions of Form and Information. The goals are: 1) to unravel together the dense web of concepts unfolded in this work (such as individuation, singularity, pre-individual, ontogenesis, operation, metastability, transduction, modulation, allagmatics, transindividuality, etc.); 2) to explore the ontological, ethical, political, and aesthetic consequences of thinking of individuation as a process that takes place in different regimes of reality (physical, biological, psychic, social); and 3) to grasp the significance of this philosophy of nature and a “genetic encyclopedism” that Simondon advocates, as well as its implications in our digital age and technological environment.
Filosofia Animal (6º Ciclo): Sobre a alma e razão nos animais: perspectivas históricas
Organized by Dirk Michael Hennrich and Luanda Francine Garcia da Costa
No 6º ciclo do Grupo de Leitura Filosofia Animal estudaremos o problema da determinação da alma e da razão como os critérios fundamentais da distinção entre o humano e o animal. Propondo uma investigação histórica, trabalharemos trechos escolhidos de Platão, Aristóteles, Porfírio, Plotino, Agostinho, Tomás de Aquino, Montaigne, Descartes, La Mettrie, Condillac, a fim de analisar os movimentos e desdobramentos das ideias sobre a alma e a razão nos animais, que alimenta a tradição humanista especista.
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit
Organized by Mariana Teixeira and Silvia Locatelli
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit is one of the most important – and difficult – texts in the history of philosophy, with its original mode of narrative that focuses on the development of human consciousness and spirit over time, introducing the idea of dialectical progression where ideas and concepts evolve through contradiction.
Since its first publication in 1806-1807, it has captivated generations of philosophers and social theorists, having influenced many schools of thought, such as Marxism, existentialism, feminism and contemporary critical theory. But its importance can also be attested by the passionate responses it provoked among its critics, from Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche to more recent approaches such as post-structuralism.