Οur next meeting is Thursday, November 29 at 4pm in Hagerty 159 when we’ll continue discussion of Laurel’s review of chapter 1 of Jappe, la société autophage; if there’s time we’ll continue with Book I Chapter 1 part 1 of Capital. We also decided to discuss this brief essay by Robert Kurz:

https://libcom.org/history/expropriation-time-robert-kurz

Thinking and Being

Thought and Judgment

Thursday at 4pm in Hagerty 159 we’ll continue reading section 1 of chapter 1 of Marx, Capital; we’re currently about halfway through.

Also, here is the French text of the Lacan pages that Zizek mentions in the reading we discussed on November 1, which some of us may want to discuss on Thursday.

Laurel might also have something to say about the first chapter of Anselm Jappe, la société autophage.

Here is a good discussion (in French) of the book. The video has CC subtitles in French which may make it easier to follow.

Ben suggests the following essay may be pertinent to today’s discussion:

http://www.lacan.com/zizlacan4.htm

We’re meeting at 4pm in Hagerty 159.

For those who know French, this discussion of Sade may be of interest: