Heavy Fundametalisms: Music, Metal and Politics
10- 12 November 2009, Salzburg, Austria
What makes metal powerful? Is it the power of amplification, the brutality of the music, the violence of its discourse? Is power essential to the core of metal? Is metal a mechanism for the dissemination of power? The terms ‘heavy metal’ and power [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Call for papers: Metal and Power
Posted in Calls for papers on April 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Nietzsche & Approaches to Ethics
Posted in Events on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Registration is now open for the conference Nietzsche and Approaches to Ethics, which is taking place on 8-9 July, 2009 at the University of Southampton, UK.
Speakers include:
Jessica Berry (Georgia State) Nietzsche’s Retreat from Ethics: The Skeptical Foundations of Nietzsche’s ‘Immoralism’
Allan Gibbard (Michigan): tbc
Robert Louden (Maine): Phantom Duty? Nietzsche versus Koenigsbergian Chinadom
Mark Migotti (Calgary): Bearing [...]
Nietzsche in New York
Posted in Events on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nietzsche in New York 2009
30 April - 2 May
Nietzsche in New York (NINY) is an annual meeting of scholars whose research focuses on Nietzsche’s philosophy and related areas. It is intended to be a productive, interactive event. The NiNY 2009 program is here; see also the conference website. This year’s event will take [...]
Nihilism conference
Posted in Events on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nietzsche on Nihilism and the Affirmation of Life
15-16 May, 2009
Venue: Stewart House, London, UK. More information here.
May 15
10.00 Coffee & Registration
10.30 – 12.15 Bernard Reginster: “Nihilism, Affirmation, and the Cult of the Untrue”
Lunch 1.30 – 3.15 Simon May: “Affirmation without Justification”
Tea
3.30 – [...]
