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The Great Experiment: Questioning Democracy, a Seminar Series | Radical Prescription for Democracy WAITLIST ONLY

BAM announces a new seminar series with Think Olio comprising intimate lectures and discussions on one of the thorniest issues of our time—the nature and execution of democracy.

The series includes close examination of vital historical texts on democracy and discussions of their contemporary relevancy led by scholars in the field. At a moment when there is renewed concern of the fracturing and challenges posed to our democracy, this series aims to examine the tensions that have been inherent since its inception and deconstruct the two ideas at its foundation—the Greek demos (“people”) and kratos
(“power”)—and the relationship between the two.

The Great Experiment: Questioning Democracy, a Seminar Series with BAM and Think Olio includes four seminars; each contains three 15-minute lectures, followed by a 20-minute discussion and text analysis by lecturers and participants.

The second seminar is Radical Prescription for Democracy with BMCC-CUNY Assistant Professor Jamie Warren. Democracy contains a paradox: in order for everyone in a society to obtain freedom, each individual must consent to give up certain rights. But what exactly does it mean to consent to be governed? Which kind of human has such capacity? Michel Foucault grappled with this question in his lectures “Society Must Be Defended” and in an interview just before his death. This seminar examines his radical prescription for democracy rooted in an aesthetical commitment to pleasure and care of the self. What if, Foucault seductively suggests, instead of rights, we build a democracy to secure our most basic pleasures?

*Tickets to all BAM x Think Olio events are sold here*

BAM Fisher Hillman Studio (321 Ashland Pl.)











When: Thu., Mar. 15, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Where: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
30 Lafayette Ave.
718-636-4100
Price: $25
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BAM announces a new seminar series with Think Olio comprising intimate lectures and discussions on one of the thorniest issues of our time—the nature and execution of democracy.

The series includes close examination of vital historical texts on democracy and discussions of their contemporary relevancy led by scholars in the field. At a moment when there is renewed concern of the fracturing and challenges posed to our democracy, this series aims to examine the tensions that have been inherent since its inception and deconstruct the two ideas at its foundation—the Greek demos (“people”) and kratos
(“power”)—and the relationship between the two.

The Great Experiment: Questioning Democracy, a Seminar Series with BAM and Think Olio includes four seminars; each contains three 15-minute lectures, followed by a 20-minute discussion and text analysis by lecturers and participants.

The second seminar is Radical Prescription for Democracy with BMCC-CUNY Assistant Professor Jamie Warren. Democracy contains a paradox: in order for everyone in a society to obtain freedom, each individual must consent to give up certain rights. But what exactly does it mean to consent to be governed? Which kind of human has such capacity? Michel Foucault grappled with this question in his lectures “Society Must Be Defended” and in an interview just before his death. This seminar examines his radical prescription for democracy rooted in an aesthetical commitment to pleasure and care of the self. What if, Foucault seductively suggests, instead of rights, we build a democracy to secure our most basic pleasures?

*Tickets to all BAM x Think Olio events are sold here*

BAM Fisher Hillman Studio (321 Ashland Pl.)

Buy tickets/get more info now