By Bernard E. Harcourt “I consider Marxism to be the unsurpassable philosophy of our time.” — Jean-Paul Sartre, Critique of Dialectical Reason (1960)[1] These now-famous words rocked the French intellectual scene in the late 1950s, sending ripples across generations of… Continue Reading
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Vincent Edin, « Le numérique est beaucoup plus futé et tenace que l’humain », Usbek&Rica, 13 janvier 2020
By Seyla Benhabib I. What is Critique? The purpose of this year’s Critique 13/13 Seminars is, simply put, to read iconic texts critically. This immediately raises questions such as “iconic” texts for whom? In which language? In which tradition etc.? We… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt “Never is he more active than when he does nothing, never is he less alone than when he is by himself.” — Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition, 325 (quoting Cato) These enigmatic words of Cato form… Continue Reading
Primary Readings Hannah Arendt, The Human Condition (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1958). Please read the whole book. We will be focusing our discussion on the following passages: Part I. The Human Condition, pp. 1-21 Part II. The Public and the Private Realm,… Continue Reading