[Mitai-announce] 'Examined Life' TONIGHT!

[kayvan zainabadi]

Hope you can join us tonight at 6pm in
6-120<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=6&mapsearch=go>for a
free screening of Examined
Life <http://zeitgeistfilms.com/examinedlife/>, followed by dinner and a
discussion led by MIT Professor of Philosophy Sally Haslanger. Details
below..

'Examined Life' free movie screening & discussionThursday, July 02, 2009

Time: 6:00p–8:00p

Location: 6-120 <http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=6-120&mapsearch=go>


<http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=6-120&mapsearch=go>

In Examined Life, filmmaker Astra Taylor accompanies some of today's most
influential thinkers on a series of unique excursions through places and
spaces that hold particular resonance for them and their ideas.

Peter Singer's thoughts on the ethics of consumption are amplified against
the backdrop of Fifth Avenue's posh boutiques.

Slavoj Zizek questions current beliefs about the environment while sifting
through a garbage dump.

Michael Hardt ponders the nature of revolution while surrounded by symbols
of wealth and leisure.

Judith Butler and a friend stroll through San Francisco's Mission District
questioning our culture's fixation on individualism.

And while driving through Manhattan, Cornel West compares philosophy to jazz
and blues, reminding us how intense and invigorating a life of the mind can
be.

Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from
moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's
power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place
in it.

Dinner and discussion facilitated by MIT Philosophy Professor Sally
Haslanger to follow the movie.
Web site: http://zeitgeistfilms.com/examinedlife/


 Sponsor(s): Amnesty International, Department of Linguistics and
Philosophy, LSC, Graduate Student Life Grants, Graduate Student Council