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Title Reconciling subjectivity and substance : Hegel's critique of pure personhood Description Audio recording of a lecture given on September 2, 2019 by Jonathan Hand as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series. Creator Hand, Jonathan Publisher St. John's College Coverage S ...  Show more

Title Exploring Aristotle's Poetics through the eyes of a modern novelist Description Audio recording of a lecture given on September 13, 2019 by William Kowalski as part of the Dean's Lecture and Concert Series. Creator Kowalski, William, 1970- Publisher St. John's College Cover ...  Show more

Slavoj Žižek discussing the process of the event in relation to Alain Baidou. Slavoj Žižek speaking about consciousness, neurobiology, awareness, David Chalmers, Daniel Dennett, the Ptolemization of string theory, Catherine Malabou, Jacques Derrida, sublation, difference of organ ...  Show more

Slavoj Žižek speaking about Hegel and Hegelian concepts of history and historicity, drawing not only on the works of Marxs Grundrisse and Jacques Lacan, but also on opera, Schoenbergs atonal revolution, the experience of impossibility, Freuds death drive, Steven King, … Continue ...  Show more

Slavoj Žižek discussing the problem of negation and self reflection of life in Hegel, the logic of desire, Lacans master signifier and the object small a, opera, the masturbatory circle and the sexual act, as opposed to authentic love, Lars … Continue reading → 

Slavoj Žižek discussing Hegel in reference to Charlie Chaplins The Great Dictator, Leni Riefenstahl, fascism, the Nazi propaganda film Kolberg, Alfred Hitchcocks Vertigo, objectivity in film. He also spoke about Peter Sloterdijk and Jürgen Habermas as well as ethics, dignity, … C ...  Show more