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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Philosophy Seminars 2013</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Writing and Society Research Centre and Philosophy@UWS<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>present:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Peter Banki</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Associate Member of the Philosophy Research Initiative (UWS) </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">TITLE: </span><b>What is Properly Romantic?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">DATE/TIME: Wednesday 6 March, 3.30-5pm</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">PLACE: University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, Building 3, Room 3.G.54<span style="color:#1F497D"> <a href="http://www.uws.edu.au/campuses_structure/cas/campuses/bankstown">[How to get to Bankstown Campus]</a></span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Abstract:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In this paper, I will explore this question and the irony that is proper to it through the celebrated readings of Walter Benjamin, Lacoue-Labarthe and Nancy, Paul de Man and others. Particular attention will be paid to a chapter in Friedrich
Schlegel’s novel <i>Lucinde</i> (1798) and his essay “On Nonunderstanding” (<i>Über die Unverständlichkeit</i>) (1800), which was the final piece included in the journal
<i>The Athenaeum</i>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Consideration will be given to Lacoue-Labarthe and Nancy’s thesis in
<i>The Literary Absolute</i> that “Romanticism defines the epoch to which we still belong” and also the hypothesis that what is called Romanticism cannot be reduced to any particular epoch, because it is undecidable.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Peter Banki holds a Ph.D in German from New York University (September, 2009) and a D.E.A. in Philosophy from the Université Marc Bloch (Strasbourg). He attended Jacques Derrida’s seminars in Paris from 1993-1996, which was a formative
experience for his general philosophical orientation. He has published articles in French and English on the work of figures such as Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean-Francois Lyotard as well as recently Simon
Wiesenthal’s <i>Die Sonnenblume</i>. His current research interests include Romanticism, Sex/Philosophy and the globalization of scenes of reconciliation and forgiveness.<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">For the entire 2012 program of the Philosophy seminar series at UWS see:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.uws.edu.au/philosophy/philosophy@uws/events/research_seminars_2013">http://www.uws.edu.au/philosophy/philosophy@uws/events/research_seminars_2013</a>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Mariana Fragueiro<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Administration Coordinator, Philosophy@UWS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">University of Western Sydney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Bankstown Campus Building 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Locked Bag 1797<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Penrith NSW 2751<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">+61 2 9772 6190</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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