Kojin Karatani at the Yale Critical Theory Initiative
The Yale Critical Theory Initiative is pleased to announce that we will host Kojin Karatani for this fall’s Intensive Seminar Series and associated public lecture, November 5-8, 2019.
Kojin Karatani is an internationally renowned theorist and philosopher. Previously, he was a professor at Hosei University in Tokyo, Kinki University in Osaka, and Columbia University in New York. His many books include Origins of Modern Japanese Literature, Transcritique: On Kant and Marx, Architecture as Metaphor, The Structure of World History, and Isonomia and the Origins of Philosophy. At Yale, he will present new work on world capitalism.
The lecture, “Why the mode of exchange?,” is open to the public, and will take place at 6:00 PM, November 6, WLH 208.
Accompanying the lecture are three intensive seminars, from 9:00-11:00 AM on the mornings of November 5, 7, and 8.
Seminar 1: “Power and mode of exchange A”
Seminar 2: “Power and mode of exchange B, C, and D”
Seminar 3: “Power and the modern world”
Advance registration is required for the seminars, as space is limited.
To register, please visit forms.gle/xm8H8nigXJU1KXop8
For more information, visit campuspress.yale.edu/criticaltheory
Please contact Matt Shafer, matthew.shafer@yale.edu, with any questions.
The Working Group on Recent Critical Theory, which is sponsored by the Initiative and by the Whitney Humanities Center, will hold several meetings on Karatani’s work in the weeks preceding his visit to campus. See campuspress.yale.edu/criticaltheory/workinggroup for more information.
The Yale Critical Theory Initiative is supported by the Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund and by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.