{"id":350,"date":"2016-08-05T15:09:42","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T19:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/nietzsche1313\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2023-04-09T17:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T21:12:19","slug":"extra-seminars","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/nietzsche1313\/extra-seminars\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra Seminars"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to the Nietzsche 13\/13 seminars, we are delighted to present several extraordinary lectures to complement the conversation, open to the public<\/h4>\n

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Past Events:<\/h1>\n

A Genealogy of Human Dignity<\/a><\/h1>\n

Antonio Pele,\u00a0Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro<\/a>,\u00a0with Andrew Dilts, Loyola Marymount University<\/a><\/h2>\n

Listen to the discussion from 11\/11 below:<\/p>\n\nhttps:\/\/echo.law.columbia.edu:8443\/ess\/echo\/presentation\/b9d80f0d-7bd1-4f89-bb49-d9f05551b9a2\/media.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Human dignity is not usually studied through the lens of critical theory, as it might be conceived as a \u201cmoral shibboleth\u201d and an offspring of humanism. Nonetheless, reframing this idea into a foucauldian perspective can be productive. It might help us to understand how the human person has been embedded with a supposed intrinsic and absolute worthiness. The question raised will not consist in defining the origins of this notion (we will briefly address and criticize Kant<\/span>\u2019s conception of dignity<\/span>), but in understanding the conditions of possibility that have turned human dignity into an element of our political horizon. Thus, one might wonder what kind of relations and tensions can be established between this value and the construction of modern subjectivities. Also, the contemporary emergence of human dignity \u2013 in legal and political fields \u2013 might also be related to a genealogy of power relations. In this sense, and more particularly, how human dignity might be conceived within biopolitics and neoliberalism? How can human dignity even be reframed within Foucault\u2019s exaltation about the \u201cdeath of man\u201d? We will discuss those issues \u2013 and hopefully many more – in an attempt to bring out a fruitful debate.
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Alain Badiou’s Lectures on Nietzsche<\/a><\/h1>\n

Alain Badiou,\u00a0\u00c9cole normale sup\u00e9rieure<\/a>,<\/em>
\nwith Bruno Bosteels,\u00a0Columbia University<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n