Philosophy Talk LIVE: "The Art of Non-Violence" with Judith Butler

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Stanford University philosophers John Perry and Ken Taylor, hosts of Philosophy Talk (http://philosophytalk.org/), the Bay Area's favorite philosophy radio show, will be taping two live programs at The Marsh (https://themarsh.org/box-office/) in downtown Berkeley. Our meetup will be for the 12 noon show (http://philosophytalk.org/events/live-marsh-berkeley-march-15)with Judith Butler (http://complit.berkeley.edu/?page_id=168), the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at UC Berkeley. She will be speaking on "The Art of Non-Violence":

• We all hope for peace. Yet in the face of violence, it often seems the only recourse is more violence. Advocates of non-violence claim it’s not necessary to respond to war in kind, and that responding violently, even in self-defense, just perpetuates the cycle of violence. So how can we practice non-violence under the direct threat of violence? Can non-violent acts be spread to stop aggression and war? And are there times when violence is, in fact, necessary? John and Ken keep the peace with renowned cultural critic Judith Butler.

If you want to read ahead on the guest's views, perhaps to find things to ask her about or challenge her with in the live Q&A, you can download Prof. Butler's 2009 book Frames of War:
http://humanities.wisc.edu/assets/misc/Butler.pdf
Chapter 5, pages 165 to 184, is on "The Claim of Non-Violence". (In the PDF file, these are pp. 87-97.)

You will need to buy your own tickets for this show by phone or in person at the Marsh (https://themarsh.org/box-office/), or online (https://themarsh.org/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/register&id=555&reset=1).
Members of Berkeley Philosophy Reading Group get a 50% discount! Use the discount code "ptfan".

Our group can also meet up after the show at one of many nearby cafés.

But wait, there's more!

John Searle (http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~jsearle/), the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at UC Berkeley, will be the guest at a second live taping of Philosophy Talk at 3:00 p.m., on the subject of "How Words Work: From Noise to Meaning":

• Humans have an amazing capacity to communicate. By uttering sounds we are able to convey meaning to those around us. These noises we make take on properties – they mean certain things, they are true or false, etc. Some animals also use forms of language: bees, for example, use dances and pheromones to communicate to each other. What gives these signals – words and movements – their linguistic meaning? How is it possible to communicate complex propositions simply by making noise? John and Ken cut through the noise with celebrated philosopher of language John Searle.

Tickets for the John Searle event must be purchased separately (https://themarsh.org/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/register&id=556&reset=1). The same discount code "ptfan" applies to get 50% off.