Reza Negarestani, “Thus Spake al-Khawrazmi”, lecture
28 September 2024, 19:00
BERLIN, COLLABORATIONS, ARCHIVE
This talk revolves around re-examining the Rational Mechanics, a schema made by the philosopher René Descartes to re-invent and re-engage with the perennial messages of philosophy after their corruption by the scholastic readings of Aristotle in the Middle Ages. According to Descartes, this computational schema holds the keys to a stury emancipatory and revolutionary Enlightenment. Yet later on, a counter-revolution emerged in Europe in the guise of the Enlightenment, whose consequences, as we now truly witness, are not just philosophical and artistic impulses but fundamentally and historically significant ethical and political catastrophes. Thus, this talk is a plea for a radicalized version of enlightened philosophy and a humanity that is concretely able to withstand the assaults of counter-emancipation.
The Pickle Bar event is part of Reza Negarestani's 2024 European Tour, co-organized by The New Centre (Berlin), with RADIUS (Delft), the German Pavilion (Venice), ESAP (Porto), AIL Angewandte Interdisciplinary Lab (Vienna), and the Academy of Fine Arts (Prague).
Admission: 5€ (cash at the door)
Language: English
Duration: 40 mins
Door opens at 18:30.
Lecture starts at 19:00.
Reza Negarestani is a philosopher. He has contributed extensively to journals and anthologies and lectures at numerous international universities and institutes. His current philosophical project is focused on rationalist universalism beginning with the evolution of the modern system of knowledge and advancing toward contemporary philosophies of rationalism, their procedures as well as their demands for special forms of human conduct.
The New Centre for Research & Practice is an international, non-profit, higher education institute in the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences, offering online graduate & professional-development level certificates, programs, workshops, seminars, exhibitions, residencies, and conferences.
Language: English
Duration: 40 mins
Door opens at 18:30.
Lecture starts at 19:00.
Reza Negarestani is a philosopher. He has contributed extensively to journals and anthologies and lectures at numerous international universities and institutes. His current philosophical project is focused on rationalist universalism beginning with the evolution of the modern system of knowledge and advancing toward contemporary philosophies of rationalism, their procedures as well as their demands for special forms of human conduct.
The New Centre for Research & Practice is an international, non-profit, higher education institute in the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences, offering online graduate & professional-development level certificates, programs, workshops, seminars, exhibitions, residencies, and conferences.