Dean's Lecture Series: Fred Moten on Plato, Dickinson, and the Philosophical Blues

"The Gorgias Nothings: Dickinson, Plato, and the Philosophical Blues" by Fred Moten We will conduct a paraphilological thought experiment in which we look for traces of Gorgias’ lost work, On Nature or the Non-Existent, in the folds of Emily Dickinson’s envelopes. Perhaps our findings will provide some occasion to celebrate and cultivate the mystical, poetical, and sophistical field that causes (so much trouble for) philosophy. Fred Moten works in the Departments of Performance Studies and Comparative Literature at New York University. He is concerned with social movement, aesthetic experiment, and black study and has written several books that address these concerns. https://www.sjc.edu/ Santa Fe | 1160 Camino de Cruz Blanca | Santa Fe, NM 87505 | 505-984-6000 Annapolis | 60 College Avenue | Annapolis, MD 21401 | 410-263-2371