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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marko Stamenkovic <marko.stamenkovic@gmail.com> Date: Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 9:32 PM Subject: [KOTOR] Capitalism Never Takes a Vacation! To: Theory today, more than ever before, is not entitled to somnolence. Because, â*money never sleeps, and capitalism never takes a vacationâ*. *The Philosopherâs Piazza â âCapitalism Never Takes a Vacation!â* *http://www.kotorart.org/pjacaen.html* **6 â 13 August 2011 Kotor (Montenegro) Participants: *Giorgio Agamben // Renata Salecl // Zarko Paic // Mario Kopic // Boris Gunjevic //** * *Nebojsa Jovanovic // Tonci Valentic // Milica Jovanovic // Aleksandar Becanovic* Philosopherâs Piazza Editors: *Andrej Nikolaidis & Srecko Horvat* Programme: âHommage à Agambenâ *6 August 2011* The Cultural Center, 8 p.m. Mario Kopic, lecture on Giorgio Agamben, Philosopher The Cultural Center, 10 p.m. Zarko Paic, lecture on Giorgio Agamben, Philosopher *7 August 2011* The Square of the Cinema, 9 p.m. âWhat's left of the time, what's left of the politicsâ - Round table on Giorgio Agamben, Philosopher Speakers: Zarko Paic, Mario Kopic, Boris Gunjevic, Milica Jovanovic, Andrej Nikolaidis, moderator - Srecko Horvat *8 August 2011* The Church of the Holy Spirit, 8 p.m. Giorgio Agamben, lecture âHommage à Saleclâ *11 August 2011* The Square of the Cinema, 9 p.m. Book Presentation â *Choice* by Renata Salecl Speakers: Tonci Valentic, Nebojca JovanoviÄ and the author / film *12 August 2011* The Square of the Cinema, 9 p.m. Debate âWhat exactly are we talking about when we talk about Choiceâ Speakers: Aleksandar Becanovic, Nebojsa Jovanovic & Srecko Horvat, moderator - Andrej Nikolaidis / film *13 August 2011* The Square of the Cinema, 9 p.m. Renata Salecl, Lecture: âThe Matter of Choice in Late Capitalismâ This summer started with riots in Greece and a touching message Hilary Clinton sent to the African nations - she warned the citizens of the poorest continent about the imminent danger of the new colonialism: The Chinese. The circle has closed: the colonizers now warn the colonized about the dangers of colonialism. Then a notable economist from New York University, Noriel Roubini, announced the arrival of the *Perfect Storm *â the greatest economic crisis ever seen, due to start in 2013, when the global economy will be affected by the sum of a number of unfavourable conditions: a slowdown in the Chinese economy, European debt restructuring, and stagnation in Japan. And, as the icing on the cake, the American President, Barack Obama, has announced that 2012 will also be a year of economic crisis. In the semi-peripheral countries, such announcements are received without much interest: as if it has nothing to do with us. These are, certainly, the key processes that will in the long term determine the destiny of us all. The local form of capitalism combines the bare brutal exploitative strategies of the early forms of capitalism with the blasà cynicism of the later ones. Any alternative seems to be farther away than ever: however, it is much needed, now more than before. In the words of Terry Eagleton: âThe capitalist system is in trouble once people start talking about it.â That is exactly why, this summer in Kotor, we will be talking about capitalism. Even when you most stubbornly refuse to deal with it, capitalism still deals with you. In a series of presentations, many respectable theorists from this region along with this yearâs special Piazza guest - one of the most significant contemporary philosophers, Giorgio Agamben, will talk about the ways in which the modern state achieves full control over our bodies and existences. Mario KopiÄ will give a lecture on the different aspects of Agambenâs political philosophy (Mario is also his Croatian translator). Sometimes it seems that our destiny is locked and predetermined: there is nothing we can do to change it. At that moment, precisely, when faced by a multitude of illusory choices, when everything suggests that we actually do not have a choice, the matter of choice becomes fundamental. Renata Salecl of the London School of Economics will give a lecture entitled âThe Matter of Choice in Late Capitalismâ, while her book *Choice *will also be discussed. A team of respectable theorists will gather this summer in Kotor, in a working atmosphere, at the seaside, to try and answer the question: *what should we do*? Theory today, more than ever before, is not entitled to somnolence. Because, â*money never sleeps, and capitalism never takes a vacationâ*. BIOGRAPHY/BIBLIOGRAPHY: Renata Salecl is a prominent philosopher and legal theorist. She teaches at the London School of Economics. Every year she lectures for several weeks at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. She is a leading world expert on the relations between psychoanalysis and the law. *The Spoils of Freedom: Psychoanalysis and Feminism after the Fall of Socialism* (London - New York, Rutledge, 1994) *(Per)versions of Love and Hate* (London - New York, Verso, 1998) *Gaze and Voice as Love Objects* (co-ed.) (Durham - Duke University Press, 1996) *Sexuation* (ed.) (Durham - Duke University Press, 2000) *On Anxiety* (London - New York, Rutledge, 2004). *Choice* (London - New York, Profile Books, 2010). Giorgio Agamben is one of the most influential thinkers of our time. Two central concepts of his philosophy are *the state of exception and Homo sacer. *First and foremost, Agamben is a political philosopher and a legal philosopher. He lives quietly in Italy. In his youth he was friends with Elsa Morante, Alberto Moravia and Pasolini, in whose movie *The Gospel according to St Mathew*, Agamben played the Apostle Philip. According to his own account, Martin Heidegger initiated his encounter with the world of philosophy, in 1966 and 1968 when he attended seminars organized in Le Thor, in Provence, by the poet Renà Char. In many respects, the work of Agamben is a sort of dialogue with this great German thinker. As his second role model, who can be considered to be the most important in terms of the influence and significance he has had for Agamben, he mentions Walter Benjamin. Works available in local translation: *Homo Sacer:* *Sovereign Power and Bare Life*; *The Time that Remains: A Commentary on the Letter to the Romans;* *Remnants of Auschwitz; State of Exception; Idea of Prose; * *Nudities; Bartleby or On Contingency*. * * _______________________________________________ Nettime-ro mailing list Nettime-ro@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ro --> arhiva: http://amsterdam.nettime.org/