LECTURES & LITERATURE

    Are Catastrophes Virtual?

    Are Catastrophes Virtual?

    Presented by Penn Humanities Forum at University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium

    October 13, 2010


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    Threats of catastrophe have become a part of our daily life: ecological disasters, social unrest, financial collapse, biogenetic freaks, terrorist attacks. Cultural critic Slavoj Žižek, dubbed “the most dangerous philosopher in the West,” argues that the virtual aspects of these catastrophes make up a crucial and often unanticipated part of their effects. Join him as he explores the virtual and ideological dimensions of life-altering events in a perilous world.

    Part of the 2010-2011 Penn Humanities Forum on Virtuality.


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        University of Pennsylvania Museum- Harrison Auditorium

        33rd and Spruce Streets
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        Free and open to the public. Pre-registration required.

        Info Phone: 215-573-8280

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        October 13, 2010

        Times:

        5:00pm – 6:30pm

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