Showing posts with label Civilisation and its discontents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civilisation and its discontents. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 February 2012

97th Session of the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Finance - Civilisation and Its Class-A Discontents

Title: Civilisation and Its Class-A Discontents
Date:  February 17, 2012
Time:  6 to 8pm
Venue: room 516, 319 Regent Street, University of Westminster
Dinner:  Thai or Persian or Just Drinks Depending 

Le Menu

For the 97th Session of the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Finance, we will examine the quasi-Freudian concept of CIVILISATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS through three and a half lenses:

(1) The Myth of the High Flyer 

      (a) Please play and meditate on the morphisms, functors and categories implied by:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6REtT0B1VA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

(2) The Myth of Financialisation via Securitization

     (a) Kettering, K.C. (2008) Securitization and Its  Discontents, The Dynamics of Financial Product Development, at:http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1012937

     (b) Went, P. (2011) Securitization and Its Discontents, at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1888410

(3) The Myth of Western Civilisation via The Koan of Bafflement

     (a) Denuding the Delusions of Complexification, see Jon Jandai (3 August 2011) Life is Easy, at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21j_OCNLuYg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

(3.5) The Half-Myth of Socialism

     (a) On the homotopy of socialism or why socialists such as President Obama believe Hopium Overrides Arithmetic, see:   http://www.zerohedge.com/news/biderman-beyond-baffled-bos-budget
     
After this opetopic journey (the combining of the many into the One), we will adjourn to a nearby restaurant for a meal and some refreshments.  

ciao
joe
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