Untimely Mediations is a class discussion blog that covers a range of readings, including some of Foucault and secondary Foucauldian literature (Nealon).
Untimely Mediations: Ancient Rhetorics and Emergent Technologies
The itinerary for this directed study begins through a solid engagement with sophistry and pre-Socratic rhetorics before branching off into questions concerning the possible return of sophistic strategies in relation to contemporary information technologies. Texts include works by Gorgias, Aristophanes, Isocrates, Plato, Hegel, Foucault, Deleuze, Alexander Galloway, Leroi-Gourhan, Merlin Donald, Jeffrey Walker, Kathleen Welch, Jeffrey T. Nealon, Marx, Bernard Steigler, Werner Jaeger, Derrida, Lacan, Bataille, Isabelle Stengers, and Zizek.
Recent discussions have addressed Nealon’s Foucault Beyond Foucault and parrhesia.
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