Thursday, 21 May 2015 – 7pm: In collaboration with the Direct Action Monterey Network, this month’s Theory & Philosophy reading group is highlighting struggles against solitary confinement by featuring the prison writings of Marxist theorist, Antonio Gramsci. Continue reading Theory & Philosophy Reading Group X: Antonio Gramsci
Thursday April 23rd – 7pm: In collaboration with the Direct Action Monterey Network, this month’s Theory & Philosophy reading group is highlighting struggles against solitary confinement by featuring writings by Nadezhda Tolokonnikova who spent time in solitary while in a Russian prison for her protests as part of Pussy Riot. Continue reading Theory & Philosophy Reading Group IX: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova & Slavoj Zizek
Wednesday March 25th 2015, 6pm: Join with radicals, thinkers, activists, poets, and intellectuals on the Monterey Peninsula to read and discuss some of the world’s greatest philosophers.
For our eighth reading group, we’ll be looking at Discourse on Colonialism by Aimé Césaire. Continue reading Theory & Philosophy Reading Group VIII: Aimé Césaire
Ahoy there local book-lovers! Old Capitol Books is excited to start up our Thinking Critically about Society Series again this winter together with the Direct Action Monterey Network and the Monterey Community Education Project.
Continue reading Thinking Critically About Society Winter 2015 Seminar Series
January 14th 2015, 6pm: Join with radicals, thinkers, activists, poets, and intellectuals on the Monterey Peninsula to read and discuss some of the world’s greatest philosophers.
For our seventh reading group, we’ll be reading some of the reports of Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404—323 BCE). Continue reading Theory & Philosophy Reading Group VII: Diogenes of Sinope
November 19th 2014, 7pm: Join with radicals, thinkers, activists, poets, and intellectuals on the Monterey Peninsula to read and discuss some of the greatest philosophers of our time.
For our sixth reading group, we’ll be reading the introduction to Orientalism by Edward Said.
Continue reading Theory & Philosophy Reading Group VI: Edward Said’s Orientalism
October 16th, 2014 7pm-8m: Join with radicals, thinkers, activists, poets, and intellectuals on the Monterey Peninsula to read and discuss some of the greatest philosophers of our time.
For our fifth reading group, we’ll be reading The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus. Continue reading Theory & Philosphy Reading Group V: Albert Camus
