University of Melbourne Summer School

The Significance of Hegel Today

Wood Theatre, University of Melbourne
9am - 4pm Friday 5th February

• Hegel & Freedom - Ute Bublitz & Cyril Smith (by videoconference from Britain),
  Reading: Introduction to Hegel's History of Philosophy & Absolute Freedom & Terror, from The Phenomenology
• Hegel's concept of Labour & the State - Paul Ashton,
  Reading: Lordship & Bondage from The Phenomenology and The System of Wants from The Philosophy of Rright.
• Hegel & Totalisation - Geoff Boucher,
  Reading: Introduction to The Phenomenology and last three pages of Philosophy of History;
  Sartre, Critique of Dialectical Reason, Int ch 2, s 3: Totality & Totalisation & bk II, ch 8, s 4: Intelligibility of History; Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man: Introduction.
• Hegel & the Problem of Perspective - Bill Deller,
  Reading: Ilyenkov's Dialectical Logic, Essays 5, 6 & 7.

Each presenter will speak for about 30 minutes, to be followed by discussion and reply. To cover the international ISDN costs, there will be a charge of $20 / $10 concession. To register contact Andy Blunden, tel. 9380 XXXX or Kathryn Clarke 03 9344 8985.

Knowledge & Value: An investigation of the commodification of knowledge, Andy Blunden, Thtre E Old Arts Fri 19 Feb.