The School of Philosophy, Research School of Social Science, Australian National University, is pleased to announce a day long colloquium to engage with the implications of Jean-Luc Nancy’s notion of “abandoned being”. The colloquium is held under the auspices of the Peter Herbst bequest.

Papers

The Sense of the Image: Nancy's Ontological Rehabilitation of the Image
Alison Ross (Monash University)

Souls at the Limits of the Human
Fiona Jenkins (Australian National University)

Biopolitical Being: Politics, Ontology and the Abandonment of Life
Jessica Whyte (University of Western Sydney)

The Bandit and the Ensign: Sovereignty and Secrecy in Two Early Modern Works
Charles Barbour (University of Western Sydney)

Abandonment and Plasticity: Ontological intersections in Heidegger, Nancy, and Malabou
Alexander C. Karolis (Australian National University)

“Lawlessness controls the laws.” Iphigenia’s Abandonment to the nomos in Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis
Nicolas Lema (Australian National University)

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Attendance is free, however for catering purposes please register with Alexander.Karolis@anu.edu.au

Morning and afternoon tea will be provided.