Fwd: What is the Left: the Paris Commune through the eyes of Alain Badiou 10/2
Andrew Culp
Education presents a discussion of Alain Badiou's thoughts about the
Paris Commune.
The Paris Commune was the FIRST large scale experiment in socialism and
lasted from March 28-May 28 1871; it eventually ended in the massacre of
the brave & idealistic Paris Communards. As you might expect, the Paris
Commune had a very deep impact on the hearts and minds of every leftist of
that era and into the 20th century, influencing everyone from Marx & Engles
to Proudhon & Bakunin to the architect of the Bolshevik revolution--V. I.
Lenin.
Wiki sketches this out a bit more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune
And so as a way to look forward by looking backward, our Friday 10/2
discussion group will take up the following short piece by Alain Badiou:
http://abahlali.org/files/badiou.pdf
libcom's intro to the Badiou piece:
http://libcom.org/library/what-left
Looking ahead at future CCE events:
Throughout the month of October the CCE will be sponsoring a series of
Friday evening discussion groups. This one on the Paris Commune is the
first of these events. Later this month we will do some Marx, and we will
culminate the CCE's October Revolution w/a 2 part study of Lenin's "What is
to be Done" on 10/16 & 10/23.
These discussion groups will be facilitated by Matthew Mitchum (PhD.
Candidate European Graduate School, mentored by Alain Badiou, & Adjunct at
Columbus State CC) with assistance by Joey Pigg (PhD. Candidate OSU in
English ... Medieval Studies & Critical Theory).
Important Information:
CCE events are hosted outside the confines of the academy at ...
The Sporeprint Infoshop
172 E. 5th Ave Columbus
Time ... Friday from 7-9 pm
Contact ... matt.m...@gmail.com or pigg...@gmail.com or
in...@sporeprint.info
Refreshments ... YES! We will have free coffee, tea, cold drinks, and
munchies.
We hope to see soon.
--CCE
p.s.: Please pass this on to other interested parties