BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news36@english.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180516T155724 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180518T160000 SUMMARY:Speculative Temporalities DESCRIPTION:It has often been said that we live in an historical moment whe n “it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capital ism” (Mark Fisher). We seem to be trapped in a heightened eternal presen t\, characterized by media saturation\, financial speculation\, and relent less entrepreneurial innovation. Everything is continually changing—righ t here\, right now—and yet nothing ever seems to be truly different. In a time of incessant novelty and intensified actuality\, we find it ever mo re difficult to envision any future that is not just continuous with the p resent. In his talk\, Steven Shaviro seeks to excavate a different sort of futurity: one that is “real but not actual” (a formulation that was p roposed\, independently of one another\, by the philosophers Alfred North Whitehead and Gilles Deleuze). Against the background of the ways that our sense of time has been molded by financialization and by schedules of ind ebtedness\, the talk will consider alternative futurities expressed in the fabulation of science fiction narrative\, and in the forms of rhythm gene rated in contemporary popular music and music videos.\\r\\nAfter the lectu re\, everyone is cordially invited to join us in celebrating the publicati on of Steven Shaviro’s latest book\, Die Pinocchio Theorie (German trans lation by Ridvan Askin).\\r\\nSteven Shaviro is the DeRoy Professor of Eng lish at Wayne State University in Detroit. He writes mostly about science fiction\, music videos\, and the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. His recent books include Discognition (2016)\, Digital Music Videos (2017)\, and Die Pinocchio Theorie (2018). X-ALT-DESC:
It has often been said that we live in an historical momen t when “it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of ca pitalism” (Mark Fisher). We seem to be trapped in a heightened eternal p resent\, characterized by media saturation\, financial speculation\, and r elentless entrepreneurial innovation. Everything is continually changing —right here\, right now—and yet nothing ever seems to be truly differe nt. In a time of incessant novelty and intensified actuality\, we find it ever more difficult to envision any future that is not just continuous wit h the present. In his talk\, Steven Shaviro seeks to excavate a different sort of futurity: one that is “real but not actual” (a formulation tha t was proposed\, independently of one another\, by the philosophers Alfred North Whitehead and Gilles Deleuze). Against the background of the ways t hat our sense of time has been molded by financialization and by schedules of indebtedness\, the talk will consider alternative futurities expressed in the fabulation of science fiction narrative\, and in the forms of rhyt hm generated in contemporary popular music and music videos.\n
After the lecture\, everyone is cordially invited to join us in celebrating the publication of Steven Shaviro’s latest book\, Die Pinocchio Theorie (German translation by Ridvan Askin).\n
Steven Shaviro is the DeRo y Professor of English at Wayne State University in Detroit. He writes mos tly about science fiction\, music videos\, and the philosophy of Alfred No rth Whitehead. His recent books include Discognition (2016)\, Di gital Music Videos (2017)\, and Die Pinocchio Theorie (2018). DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20180518T180000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR