Events

Savle Tsereteli Institute of Philosophy hosts workshop: Civil War as a

political paradigm: Giorgio Agamben and the “Politics of the End-times”.

For registration, please email us at stefanomelispiroddi@gmail.com.

Registration deadline: 25th August.

Studying civil war

Why civil war? And why now?

In today’s globalized and fragmented world, civil war is a constant, yet its nature is rarely investigated. While scholars prefer to see civil war as one of the many facets of the question of war itself, Giorgio Agamben has set to examine the question of civil war as separate altogether and, in contrast to the established discourse, as even more ancient. From his defiant assertion that civil war lays at the foundation of Western political thought, we will consider the practices and the implications that civil war poses on human civilization. We will analyse if

Agamben’s inquiry can be the first step in the inauguration of a newer and proper political thought. The goal is equipping future politics to face upcoming

challenges such as AI, environmental collapse, and dehumanisation.

What should participants expect from the seminar?

Participants will analyze constructs and tenets at the basis of modern political thinking. They will learn to assess and scrutinize between similar yet different concepts. Participants will also be tasked with reading English language papers and documents, as well as providing response papers.

Dr. Stefano Piroddi has graduated with merit from the University of Bath. He has taken part in project and seminars at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of Trento. He holds a M.A. in Political Science and International Relations and a Bachelor’s in Sociology.

Main readings: ‘Stasis’ by Giorgio Agamben, ‘Society Must Be Defended’ by Michel Foucault’, ’Liquid Modernity’ by Zygmunt Bauman.

Additional readings: ‘Homo Sacer’ by Giorgio Agamben, ’State of Exception’ by Giorgio Agamben, ’Before the Law’ by Franz Kafka, plus more.

All resources will be provided in full.

Full attendance is strongly recommended.