Hey there critical thinkers! Old Capitol Books, the Direct Action Monterey Network, and the Monterey Community Education Project work together to bring you exciting seminars series on social theory four times a year – and we’ve just announced our Summer seminars! Queer Theory, Reading Marx, Psychedelics and Society, and Intellectual Property & CopyLeft! Wow!
Category Archives: Reading Groups
Theory & Philosophy Reading Group XII: George Jackson
Thursday 23 July 2015, 6-7pm: Our most recent reading group was a huge success and we’re super excited to continue our readings highlighting theorists, thinkers, and philosophers who have been imprisoned. These reading groups have been chosen in solidarity with statewide actions against solitary confinement. For our twelfth reading group, we’ll be reading excerpts fromContinue reading “Theory & Philosophy Reading Group XII: George Jackson”
Theory & Philosophy Reading GroupXI: Angela Davis
23 June 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 writings of Angela Davis. For this reading group, we’ll be exploring her work, Are Prisons Obsolete?
Theory & Philosophy Reading Group X: Antonio Gramsci
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.
Theory & Philosophy Reading Group IX: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova & Slavoj Zizek
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.
Theory & Philosophy Reading Group VIII: Aimé Césaire
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.
Thinking Critically About Society Winter 2015 Seminar Series
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.
Theory & Philosophy Reading Group VII: Diogenes of Sinope
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).
Theory & Philosophy Reading Group VI: Edward Said’s Orientalism
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.
Theory & Philosphy Reading Group V: Albert Camus
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.
