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Conference Program! pdf available HERE

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CFP for the 2nd annual conference is up!

CFP for the 2nd annual conference is up!

Originally posted on Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network:

Big news! The CFP for the 2nd annual conference is up and ready for submissions (due July 15th)!

Already the excellent philosopher Fred Evans (Duquesne University) and the amazing podcast, The Partially Examined Life (http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/) have signed up to join us!

Here is a brief outline of the theme:

The…

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Hegel Contra Biblical Literalism

“For the theologians say that we ought to hold exclusively to the Bible. […] Theologians, however, they are not; such an attitude has nothing of a scientific, theological character. But just as soon as religion is no longer simply the reading and repetition of passages, as soon as what is called explanation or interpretation begins, as soon as an attempt is made by inference and exegesis to find…

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Top Ten Reads from 2014

Spending the semester teaching my first class, and focusing a bit more on articles than book-length texts, this year’s reading list was a little light. Nonetheless, there were some real gems this year, here are the top 10. 

10.) Jose Miranda: Marx and the Bible: A Critique of the Philosophy of Oppression Given its title, it is surprising how much more Miranda’s Marx and the Bibleis of “the Bible”…

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#Blacklivesmatter I have been pretty busy lately (with the end of the semester grading, preparations for Advent, protests, etc.) and haven't had the chance to post about the tragedies in Ferguson, Ohio, and New York.

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The Battle in Philosophy: Time, Substance, and the Void - Slavoj Zizek vs. Graham Harman

The Battle in Philosophy: Time, Substance, and the Void – Slavoj Zizek vs. Graham Harman

jleavittpearl:

Very interesting discussion over at “dark ecologies,” check it out.

Originally posted on dark ecologies:

In my pursuit to understand poetry and philosophy in our time I’ve found that “time” is the key: there is a great battle that has up till now been perpetrated under the auspices of subtantialist versus process philosophers – as in the recent battle over Graham Harman and Object…

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Check out the Pittsburgh Continental Philosophy Network Videos

Unfortunately, the comps process does not lend itself to very consistent updating of a long-form blog. So I apologize for the increasing irregularity of my posts. That being said, I have been anything but un-busy for the past few months. To see one of the projects that has been taking up some of my non-blogging thought and effort, check out the videos from a few of the public lectures that my…

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Capital in the 21st Century: Chapter 10

Following upon his analysis of the inequality of income, the tenth chapter of Piketty’s Capitaltackles the analogous–even, more strongly defined–disparity in capital ownership. This inequality, Piketty argues, is central, as it is precisely the radical gap in capital ownership that defined the dangerously unequal society of early 20th century Europe, and it is precisely this level of capital…

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Capital in the 21st Century: Chapter 9

In the ninth chapter of Capital, “Inequality of Labor Income,” Piketty expands the discussion of wage developed in the previous chapter and more thoroughly unpacks the central motif introduced in chapter eight, the “supermanager.”

He begins the chapter, as is his style, by dissmissing an overly simplistic paradigm that, while not entirely incorrect, fails to grasp the subtlety of the situation.…

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Capital in the 21s Century: Chapter 8

Capital in the 21s Century: Chapter 8

In the eight chapter of Capital, “Two Worlds,” Piketty contrasts two major classes of the “rich.” Whereas most economic analyses depend upon the 10% as the principle category of analysis, Piketty attempts to nuance those figures, with a recognition that the 1% live radically different lives (and earn radically different incomes) than the next 9%. In fact, he will even become more specific,…

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Capital in the 21st Century: Chapter 7

Capital in the 21st Century: Chapter 7

The seventh chapter of Piketty’s Capital, entitled “Inequality and Concentration: Preliminary Bearings” introduces the third major division of the work: “The Structure of Inequality.” Whereas the previous section was primarily directed toward the macro-phenomenon of the capital/income split, Piketty will here shift to the “individual level” (237), and examine the role of the World Wars and…

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Capital in the 21st Century: Chapter 6

Capital in the 21st Century: Chapter 6

In his sixth chapter of his Capital, Piketty investigates the evolution of the “Capital-Labor Split” throughout the 20th century. This ratio is determined by the so-called first law of capitalism–α = r * β–elaborated in the first chapter of the work. Here,  α corresponds to capital’s share of national income, thus conversely, labor’s share of income can be  simply determined by subtracting…

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Piketty and the Catholic Social Tradition

Piketty and the Catholic Social Tradition

In lieu of a further Piketty update (and I promise to soon end my hiatus from creating a chapter-by-chapter summary of his work), here is an analysis of Piketty from a Catholic Social position: 

Capital in the Twenty First Century (2/2): Piketty and CST (Kate Ward)

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Preaching Apocalypse: Christopher Rodkey’s “Too Good to be True”   Too Good to be True: Radical Christian Preaching, Year A by Christopher D. Rodkey Christian Alternative, 217 pp., $22.95…

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Caputo Lectures on the "New Materialism"

Caputo Lectures on the “New Materialism”

Here are John D. Caputo’s two lectures from the Philadelphia Summer School in Continental Philosophy (thanks again for a great day Leon Niemoczynski!) on the “New Materialism”/”Speculative Realism”

1.) Meillasoux + Malabou

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2.) Meillasoux + Malabou (wrap up),  and Latour + Brassier

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Business incentives that are a real leap of faith: State of Kentucky to help pay for Noah’s Ark

Business incentives that are a real leap of faith: State of Kentucky to help pay for Noah’s Ark

Check out TSBB contributer Michael Dise’s contribution at The Progressive Pulse: “Business incentives that are a real leap of faith: State of Kentucky to help pay for Noah’s Ark”

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My new favorite reaction gif.