Is Possibility Higher than Actuality? Towards a Community of Care or Philosophy and the Pirates, Part I
The Institute for the Radical Imagination presents:
Is Possibility Higher than Actuality? Towards a Community of Care or Philosophy and the Pirates, Part I
Facilitator: Michael Pelias (LIU Brooklyn, Philosophy and Humanities; Brooklyn College, Political Science)
Schedule: Six-session seminar, Monday evenings, March 31st – May 5th, 6:30 p.m.
Location: LIU Brooklyn (B, Q, and R trains to DeKalb; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to Nevins; D, N to Pacific Terminal)
Virtual Option: Available for participants outside of the city or abroad
Cost: $100 for all six sessions | $20 per class
Is Possibility Higher than Actuality? Towards a Community of Care or Philosophy and the Pirates, Part I
Facilitator: Michael Pelias (LIU Brooklyn, Philosophy and Humanities; Brooklyn College, Political Science)
Schedule: Six-session seminar, Monday evenings, March 31st – May 5th, 6:30 p.m.
Location: LIU Brooklyn (B, Q, and R trains to DeKalb; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 to Nevins; D, N to Pacific Terminal)
Virtual Option: Available for participants outside of the city or abroad
Cost: $100 for all six sessions | $20 per class
Through a careful reading of Bernard Stiegler, this seminar will explore the possibilities of revolutionary care and its connection to what is now called pirate care. Our discussions will critically redefine care in an era marked by extreme capitalist neglect and systemic waste.
This investigation will also analyze the epistemic-juridical-medical hegemony that shapes our daily lives—subjecting bodies to constant regimes of “health,” enforcing the normalization of productivity, and perpetuating the surveillance of the self.
We will ask:
Is philosophical discourse, particularly its Hegelian invocation of the wisdom of the Sage, essential for constructing a culture of revolutionary care?
What existing structures can we build upon to resist and redefine care beyond capitalist constraints?
Readings will include sections on care (Sorge) from Heidegger’s Being and Time, Eva Kittay on interdependency, and contemporary works on care work and pirate care.
Part II of this course will begin in late September and continue for another six weeks, concluding in mid-November 2025.
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