The second Telos Student Seminar will pair an essay by Huimin Jin, “Cultural Self-Confidence and Constellated Community: An Extended Discussion of Some Speeches by Xi Jinping” (Telos 195, Summer 2021, pp. 93–113), with an excerpt from Cornelius Castoriadis, “The Crisis of Western Societies” (Telos 53, Fall 1982, pp. 17–28). Our virtual gathering will feature Prof. Jin, who will be joining us from China, as well as a scholar representing the views of Castoriadis.
Modeled on the study groups from which Telos first grew, yet reconceived for the digital age, the Telos Student Seminars (TSS) provide a forum for students around the world to engage with critical theory by discussing a common set of paired texts from Telos—one current essay, and one pertinent essay from our archives—to connect the past and present of the journal to its future. TSS also provides an opportunity for students to be published on TELOSscope.
We seek teachers and scholars from around the world under whose aegis TSS groups can meet and who can provide students with intellectual encouragement and support. An institutional library subscription to Telos is necessary. Would you like to join us? Contact tss@telospress.com.
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