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July’s Not School Groups

July 3, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

This July, our Not School groups are reading Walker Percy, Slavoj Zizek, Aeschylus and Charles S. Peirce. Come join us, and don’t forget the ep. 118 Aftershow coming up on 7/12!

Come Join Not School in June

June 4, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Come start a new discussion group during June, or explore Epicurean philosophy with the Fiction Group.

Not School Report: Philip Auslander on Postmodern Theater

May 7, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Citizens can now listen to the Philosophy and Theater Group’s discussion of Philip Auslander’s From Acting to Performance.

Not School In May: Levinas, Zizek, Heidegger, Murakami, Auslander

May 5, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Tackle a trendy continental figure, read an intriguing novel, or propose something of your own! Isn’t it time to stop just listening and get in there and actively read & discuss?

Not School Theater Group: Philip Auslander on Post-Modern Theater

April 19, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

The Philosophy and Theater group discusses From Acting to Performance: Essays in Modernism and Postmodernism, covering the therapeutic value of catharsis, deconstruction in theater, and Willem Dafoe’s acting methods. Featuring Daniel Cole, Philip Cherny, Carlos Franke. Recorded April 19, 2015.

April’s Not School Groups: Jesus, Murakami, Auslander, Heidegger

April 4, 2015 by Daniel David 1 Comment

Not School

April’s Not School Groups are talking about the historical Jesus, and reading Murakami, Auslander and Heidegger. Join the flock or propose a new group.

Not School Report: Grotowski’s ‘Akropolis’

March 18, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

The Philosophy and Theatre Group’s discussion of Grotowski’s Akropolis is now available to PEL Citizens.

Not School Offerings In March

March 4, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

This month features groups on Zizek, Gadamer, Charles Taylor, Paolo Friere, Virginia Woolf and Philip Auslander. Join up with them or propose your own group.

Not School Theater Group: Jerzy Grotowski’s Sourcebook

February 15, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

The first of two discussions on Jerzy Grotowski, the famous Polish director whose productions first stunned audiences in the 1960s with their distinctive physicality. Featuring Daniel Cole, Philip Cherny, Carlos Franke. Recorded January 4, 2015.

Not School Happenings In February

February 5, 2015 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Our Not School groups are reading Karl Jaspers, Charles Taylor, Paolo Friere, and possibly Woolf or Nabokov. Don’t forget the upcoming Aftershow discussion of Whitehead too. Come join up!

Not School Discussion: Finding Philosophy in Grotowski

January 15, 2015 by Daniel David 2 Comments

Listen to the Not School Philosophy and Theater Group’s discussion on the work of Jerzy Grotowski.

Not School in January

January 3, 2015 by Daniel David 1 Comment

January’s Not School groups are reading Zizek and Diderot. Come join them, or start your own group.

Not School Groups In December

December 4, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

December’s Not School Groups are reading Houellebecq and Grotowski. Maybe some Rorty, Proudhon, and Heidegger too. Come check them out, or start your own group!

Not School In November

November 5, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

November’s Not School groups are reading from Heidegger, Oakeshott, Houellebecq and Grotowski. Or propose a new one!

The Theater Group Discusses Victor Turner’s “From Ritual to Theatre”

November 4, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Listen to the Philosophy and Theater Group’s discussion on the work of Victor Turner.

Not School Theater Group: Victor Turner’s “From Ritual to Theatre: The Human Seriousness of Play”

October 12, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Turner was a true inter-disciplinarian, and this book draws from his own work in anthropology, as well as philosophy, drama, and sociology. Turner believed that acting out the rituals of other cultures provides a rich, sympathetic connection to them that can’t be accessed from detached observation or the perusal of data. Turner saw drama and ritual all over the place in developed societies, with plenty of parallels to the tribal cultures he’d studied in Africa. Featuring Daniel Cole, Philip Cherny, and Carlos Franke. Recorded October 12, 2014.

October Not School Happenings

October 7, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

October’s Not School groups are reading Roberto Bolano, Soren Kierkegaard, Victor Turner and Martin Heidegger, and we have proposals for a few more. Join up and come check them out!

Not School Happenings in September

September 3, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Sign up for Not School this month to join reading groups on the subjects of Greek philosophy, Marxism, ritual, Heidegger, computation, economics, and a novel by Umberto Eco.

Not School Discussion on Antonin Artaud Posted

September 2, 2014 by Daniel David 1 Comment

Our Philosophy and Theater group’s two discussions on Antonin Artaud’s “The Theater and Its Double” are now available for listening by PEL Citizens. Sign up to get ’em!

Not School Theater Group: Antonin Artaud’s “The Theater and Its Double”

August 31, 2014 by Daniel David Leave a Comment

Two discussions are combined here about theater and consciousness. Arnold’s views are deeply metaphysical yet rooted in the carnality and cruelty of material life. Featuring Daniel Cole, Philip Cherny, and Carlos Franke. Recorded August 17 and 31, 2014.

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