The Art of Appropriation: Between Literature and Music
Peter Szendy
Eduardo Cadava
Laura Odello
Liana Theodoratou
Emily Apter
Thursday 05 April, 2012
7pm, $0
New York University, Maison Français
16 Washington Mews
Taking as a starting point a short excerpt from the archives of the Collège international de philosophie (an excerpt in which Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Nancy briefly discuss the notion of responsibility), this event will focus on the concept of appropriation, approaching it from a philosophical, literary, and musical point of view.
How can we be responsible for something that we cannot foresee or control? What would it mean to answer for such a thing, appropriating it while at the same time letting it expropriate us? Starting with the example of responsibility – always more than a mere example among others ‑, the presentations will reflect, directly and indirectly, on the oscillating structure that Derrida called exappropriation.
How can we be responsible for something that we cannot foresee or control? What would it mean to answer for such a thing, appropriating it while at the same time letting it expropriate us? Starting with the example of responsibility – always more than a mere example among others ‑, the presentations will reflect, directly and indirectly, on the oscillating structure that Derrida called exappropriation.