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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">The Philosophy Research Initiative at the University of Western Sydney and the State Library of New South Wales present a Sydney Seminar on the Arts and Philosophy:</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Sydney Seminar 23</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Gianni Vattimo: “Politics in the Era of its Technical Neutralization”</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">November 29</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">6.00 PM to 7.30 PM
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Metcalfe Auditorium, Macquarie Building, State Library of New South Wales</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Cost:
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Adults $15, Friends and Concessions $10.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Booking essential</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">:
</span><a href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/events_talks/events/sydney_seminar_gianni_vattimo.html"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/events/events_talks/events/sydney_seminar_gianni_vattimo.html</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Neutralization is a political phenomenon which is spreading across many countries, Italy being an example. If it happens that the main political parties cannot form
a coalition or find an agreement, they delegate the political decisions to so-called 'experts' or 'technicians', usually economists. However, technicians are not "neutral" as they pretend to be: they represent the official science and inevitably tend to the
conservation of the status quo. Democracy is seriously threatened by this phenomenon.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Programme</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Chair</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> Alex Ling</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">6:05 pm
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Welcome by Dimitris Vardoulakis (director of the Sydney Seminar)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">6:10 to 6:55
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Gianni Vattimo</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Politics in the Era of its Technical Neutralization</span></i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">6:55 to 7:05
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Response by Jeff Malpas</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">7:05 to 7:30
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Question and Answer
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Gianni Vattimo</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> is one of the most important living philosophers. He is also
a member of the European Parliament. His most recent book, <i>Hermeneutic Communism</i> (2011) was co-authored with Santiago Zabala.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Jeff Malpas</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black"> is Distinguished Professor at the University of Tasmania and author
of numerous books on topics in philosophy, art, architecture, and geography.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">For more information about the Sydney Seminar for the Arts and Philosophy, please visit:
</span><a href="http://www.sydneyseminar.org"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">www.sydneyseminar.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">
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