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politics

Shakespeare, The Tempest

Shakespeare, The Tempest

Robert Crawford gives what he calls a somewhat unconventional reading of The Tempest, arguing that we can see it as a directly political play in the sense that it may function as a criticism of King James I.

Posted in lecture, powerpoint, Repetition Compulsion, Rob Crawford, video | Tagged with C17th, drama, England, politics, Shakespeare, The Tempest

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

Video of lecture by Rob Crawford for the “Remake/Remodel” theme in 2014; also video by Robert Crawford in 2015 for the “Repetition Compulsion” theme.

Posted in lecture, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, Rob Crawford, video | Tagged with Africa, C19th, Conrad, England, Enli, imperialism, modernism, novel, politics, postcolonialism, race, violence

Ian Hacking, Rewriting the Soul

Ian Hacking, Rewriting the Soul

Video of lecture by Jill Fellows for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in Jill Fellows, lecture, Remake/Remodel, video | Tagged with C20th, Canada, Discourse, Hacking, history, Identity, Medicine, memory, philosophy, politics, Sociology, truth

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

Video of lecture by Robert Crawford for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in Christina Hendricks, lecture, Monster in the Mirror, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, Rob Crawford, video | Tagged with C17th, England, Hobbes, philosophy, politics

Plato, Gorgias

Plato, Gorgias

Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Christina Hendricks for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in Christina Hendricks, lecture, powerpoint, Remake/Remodel, video | Tagged with Classics, Greece, justice, oratory, Plato, politics, rhetoric

J M Coetzee, Foe

J M Coetzee, Foe

Video of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Monster in the Mirror” theme

Posted in lecture, Monster in the Mirror, powerpoint, video | Tagged with C20th, Coetzee, gender, Jon Beasley-Murray, narrative, novel, politics, South Africa, voice

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto

Powerpoint of lecture by Renisa Mawani for the “Explorations and Encounters” theme

Posted in Explorations and Encounters, lecture, powerpoint, Renisa Mawani | Tagged with C19th, colonialism, Communism, Engels, Germany, Marx, Marxism, politics

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