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http://www.egs.edu/ Slavoj Žižek, contemporary philosopher and psychoanalyst, discusses Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki, Western Buddhism, the West, capitalism, science, ideology, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, psychoanalysis, bodhisattva, samsara, enlightenment, kharma, nirvana, war, Thomas Metzinger, free will, Benjamin Libet, Martin Heidegger, Patricia and Paul Churchland, and The Lion King. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communi...

‪http://www.egs.edu/ Slavoj Žižek, philosopher and author, talking about the truth and irony of Buddhism. In this lecture Slavoj Žižek discusses Badiou's conception of the Event and supernumerary element, the universality of truth, the paradox of inactivity, the temporality of analysis, American ideology, the problem of bodhisattva, politics of sacrifice and the gap between ethics and enlightenment in relationship to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Ayn Rand, Jean Pierre Dupuy, Alain Badiou, Ka...

‪http://www.egs.edu/ Slavoj Žižek, philosopher and author, talking about the structure of belief and the mediation of desire. In this lecture Slavoj Žižek discusses his polemic with Badiou on the notion of subtraction as a political and philosophical category, object a as cause of desire, the event, inconsistency in the symbolic order and the function of the master signifier in relationship to Jacques Lacan, Alain Badiou, Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Jacques Rancière and Charles Darwin focusin...

Free learning with The Open University http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=2748 --- Author Iain Banks talks to Open University Lecturer in Creative Writing Derek Neale about the digitisation of books, his writing process, the impact of world events on his work and much more. (Full) --- Interview also available as audio only http://audioboo.fm/boos/263163-author-iain-banks-in-conversation-with-the-open-university Study 'Creative writing' with the OU http://www3.op...

Novelists reflected contemporary attitudes and influenced the way the City was seen both by the wider public at the time and then by later generations. Could long dead novelists have been far more powerful than long dead economists? Consider the fact that our view of Victorian society is so influenced by the negative images of Dickens when, at the time, Britain was the richest and most advanced country in the world! The transcript and downloadable versions of this event by Professor Ranald...

From the impressions of his first youthful visit, to his mature years when all doors opened for him, London was an important backdrop to much of Conan Doyle's life and work. From the Sherlock Holmes stories to The Lost World (in this, the 100th anniversary year of Professor Challenger's first great adventure) this lecture examines some of the locations which influenced him. It will also touch on some of his lesser known works and include the place which perhaps meant more to him than any oth...

In this video from my Fall 2011 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, I discuss Plato's Apology, reasons why Socrates has been viewed as a model by philosophers, several of the explanations and arguments made in the speech, and the questions "who is wise?" and "what kind of wisdom do they have?"

Hear Jeffrey Berg, English '69, in conversation with Professor Samuel Otter, Chair of the Department of English, and Professor Kevis Goodman. Mr. Berg is the Chairman and CEO of International Creative Management, one of the world's largest talent agencies, representing artists in the fields of motion pictures, television, music, publishing, live performance, new media, and other entertainment. In this video, he talks about how he got from a Cal English BA to his present position, what it...

In this lecture from my Fall 2011 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we discuss Plato's Republic bk 1, specifically the rival conceptions of justice, the character of Thrasymachus, and Socrates arguments against Thrasymachus' position

In this lecture from my Fall 2011 Ethics class at Marist College, we start Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics and discuss the range of answers to the question: What is Happiness? We also discuss means, ends, and disciplines.

Filmed during 2002 World Festival of Sacred Music-LA, the documentary shows the remarkable connections between people of diverse faiths, races, and musical traditions as they share their spaces, work together as artists and speak to the importance of bringing cultures together. This film offers 3 major sections with interviews that highlight the interactions of three international groups from New Caledonia, Taiwan, and Bali (Indonesia) as they perform with American artists in the Hindu Templ...

Captured February 1, 2013 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. Resources for further study: http://apps.biola.edu/apologetics-store/collections/the-symposium-at-purdue-product-recommendations Apologetics Events Around the World: http://www.apologeticsevents.com Get Your M.A. in Christian Apologetics: http://www.biola.edu/apologetics

Speaker(s): His Holiness the Dalai Lama Chair: Professor Conor Gearty Recorded on 20 June 2012 in Peacock Theatre, Portugal Street. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is visiting the LSE to deliver the opening speech of a one' day conference entitled Tolerance in a Just and Fair Society, at the invitation of Frederick Bonnart Braunthal Trust, Matrix Chambers, the Sigrid Rausing Trust and the London School of Economics & Political Science. HH the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual leader o...

In this lecture, we begin to study one of Soren Kierkegaard's most important works: Fear and Trembling. This lecture provides an overview of the text as a whole, and then examines all of the sections, except for the three problemata at the center of the book (covered in the second lecture). We discuss in particular the relationship between faith, religion, theology, reason, philosophy -- and lived experience. We also focus on Kierkegaard's treatment of Abraham and how he transcends the cate...

Center for Public Scholarship | http://www.newschool.edu/cps March 5-6, 2009: The 20th conference in the Social Research series explored the tension between religion and secularism in the United States, which is long-standing, widespread, and increasingly intense. These issues were addressed from the perspectives of religious studies, legal studies, political science, sociology, and philosophy. Charles Taylor, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at McGill University, addressed "The Poly...

Bevis Marks Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the UK (consecrated 1701), and is the 'cathedral synagogue' of a community which arrived in England in 1656 with the blessing of Oliver Cromwell, thus ending over three-and-a-half centuries of Jewish exile from this country. For the last 350 years this community has existed as an integral part of religious and cultural life in the City of London. This lecture explores the history of this interaction, with a particular focus on how it has af...

In this lecture from my Fall 2011 Introduction to Philosophy class at Marist College, we discuss Anselm's Proslogion, chapters 2-4, where Anselm makes several arguments about the existence of God (including the so-called "ontological" argument)

Speaker: Professor Richard Sennett, Dr Rowan Williams This event was recorded on 14 May 2010 in Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building A dialogue between a social philosopher and theologian about ritual and narrative.

Speaker(s): Dr Jonathan Chaplin, Alan Craig, Claire Fox, Professor Tariq Modood Chair: Jane Little Recorded on 20 October 2011 in Old Theatre, Old Building. Recent years have seen politicians and commentators of all stripes lining up to condemn multiculturalism. This event asks whether we are right to bury state multiculturalism, having once praised it so energetically. The debate coincides with the launch of Multiculturalism: a Christian retrieval from Theos. Jonathan Chaplin is the first ...

Evolution has provided a new understanding of reality, with revolutionary consequences for traditional Christian beliefs. What should a rational Christian think of issues such as Adam and Eve or Original Sin which appear to be at odds to modern thinking on evolution? These issues will be explored in this lecture to mark Jack Mahoney's new book. The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from the Gresham College website: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-eve...