Alex Taek-Gwang Lee in UP Baguio
10 August 2023 –ย Alex Taek-Gwang Lee in UP Baguio
The College of Social Sciences Lecture Series Committee, in partnership with the Department of History and Philosophy, and the UPB Philosophy Circle
presents
๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ง๐๐๐-๐๐ช๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐จ๐๐ข
๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ
๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐
Dr. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee is a professor of cultural studies at Kyung Hee University in South Korea and visiting professor at the University of Brighton. He is a member of the advisory board for The International Deleuze and Guattari Studies in Asia and the board member of The International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP).
๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
29 ๐ผ๐๐ | โ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ค๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ก๐๐ช๐ฏ๐โ: ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฎ
This reading session, to be facilitated by Dr. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee, aims to explore the rich philosophical connections between two influential thinkers, Baruch Spinoza and Gilles Deleuze. It seeks to delve into Deleuze’s interpretation and appropriation of Spinoza’s ideas, providing participants with an opportunity to engage in an intellectual journey that uncovers the profound impact of Spinoza’s philosophy on Deleuze’s own thought.
Venue and Time: TBA, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
*Open to all interested UPB Students
30 ๐ผ๐๐ | โ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐ฎโ: ๐ผ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ง. ๐ผ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ -๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐
Abstract: Why should we theoretically reconsider the term postmodernism today if it sounds so outdated, and can a term from the 1990s provide insight into the 21st century? Many misconceptions and prejudices stemming from the overuse of the term postmodernism need to be addressed, along with understanding the historical conditions that created the so-called โpostmodern phenomenonโ. Postmodernism, as an intellectual and cultural movement rather than a specific concept, needs to be reconsidered as a symptom of the contradictions and limitations of the European Enlightenment, not simply as an outdated university course of literary and cultural studies. Whether we define postmodernism as the cultural logic of late capitalism, as a repetition of modernism, or as a new epistemology that inevitably emerges under the conditions of the end of modernity, I believe that postmodernism can be defined as a reflection on European modernity, which experienced the devastation of two world wars and the subsequent emergence of the US-led world system. In other words, postmodernism is either a self-fulfilling prophecy or a self-destruction of the epistemology of the Enlightenment. As Gayatri Spivak points out, the missing link in this epistemology is the non-Western world, like the โAsiatic mode of productionโ. The problem is that even though it claims to be pluralistic, the centre of this pluralism is always set in Europe. The material foundations of European modernity were the nation-state and imperialism, and these fundamental conditions remain a legacy that still defines the world today. Postmodernism is not an artefact of the past that needs to be sealed away in a museum but an issue of the past that persists in the present and needs to be re-examined as a condition that defines us today. Beyond the limits of the formalist discussion, it is necessary to discuss the question of the material foundations that are inextricably linked to the phenomenon of postmodernism. From this perspective, this lecture seeks to examine the epistemological rift that postmodernism has created and to recall its lessons.
Venue and Time: CSS Audio-Visual Room, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
*Open to all UPB faculty and students (on-site)
Livestream of the lecture shall be available. Details to follow soon.
