Friday, JUNE 5th 2009 at 7PM
Bluestockings Bookstore, 172 Allen Street, NYC 10002
Discussion of “Giorgio Agamben’s ‘What is an Apparatus?’
The discussion will begin as a conversation with translators David Kishik and Stefan Pedatella of the recently published english translation of Giorgio Agamben’s “What is an Apparatus? The three essays collected in this book offer a succinct introduction to Agamben’s recent work through an investigation of Foucault’s notion of “apparatus” (or dispositif), a meditation on the intimate link of philosophy to friendship, and a reflection on the singular relation with one’s own time that we call contemporariness. The evening will also offer a sneak peak of “Nudity,” Agamben’s forthcoming book.
The event will take place at Bluestockings Bookstore and is free (suggested donation/purchase the book).