Chicago Saturdays 1–4PM School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) 112 S. Michigan Ave. room 920 Facebook invitation: http://www.facebook.com/events/339098822822962/ • required / + recommended reading Film screening: May 2012 • Last Party 2000 (2001) Week 1. May 26, 2012 Marx and democracy • Dick Howard, selections from The Specter of Democracy (2002) + Howard, [...]
May 14th, 2012 | admin | 0 comments | ContinuedFeature Article #1
Liberalism and Marx: An interview with Domenico Losurdo
Pam C. Nogales C. and Ross Wolfe Platypus Review 46 | May 2012 On March 17, 2012, Ross Wolfe and Pam Nogales of the Platypus Affiliated Society interviewed Domenico Losurdo, the author, most recently, of Liberalism: A Counter-History (2011). What follows is an edited transcript of their conversation. Full video of the interview can be found at <http://vimeo.com/38923840> Ross Wolfe: [...]
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Changes in art and society: A view from the present
Mary Jane Jacob, Robert Pippin, and Walter Benn Michaels Platypus Review 46 | May 2012 On 31 March 2012, the Platypus Affiliated Society invited Mary Jane Jacob (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Robert Pippin (University of Chicago), and Walter Benn Michaels (University of Illinois at Chicago) to speak on the theme of “Changes in Art [...]
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Splits, regroupments, war, and revolution in Germany, 1914–1920: A conversation with Ben Lewis
Spencer A. Leonard and Watson Ladd Platypus Review 46 | May 2012 Last winter, on their radio show Radical Minds on WHPK-FM Chicago, Spencer A. Leonard and Watson Ladd interviewed Ben Lewis, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and co-author and translator, together with Lars T. Lih, of Zinoviev and Martov: Head to Head in [...]
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Platypus Review editorial statement of purpose and submission guidelines
Statement of purpose Taking stock of the universe of positions and goals that constitutes leftist politics today, we are left with the disquieting suspicion that a deep commonality underlies the apparent variety: What exists today is built upon the desiccated remains of what was once possible. In order to make sense of the present, we [...]
Platypus Review editor | November 1st, 2007 | Continued
About Platypus
The Platypus Affiliated Society The Platypus Affiliated Society, established in December 2006, organizes reading groups, public fora, research and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the “Old” (1920s-30s), “New” (1960s-70s) and post-political (1980s-90s) Left for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today. [PDF] Get connected with the Platypus Yahoo! discussion group and the Platypus [...]
