Black-Market Truths: Performative Wisdom in Passion, Grief and Madness. by Elisabeth Laasonen Belgrano

Performance philosophy is still something of a ‘wild frontier’ where fundamental questions can be re-posed concerning the nature of wisdom and love, life and truth. For if love and wisdom are not co-extensive with verbal communication, then philosophy may be legitimately pursued by performative means. In this session the participants aim is to enact and unfold a set of trajectories rather than describe or 'define' their work in words alone. Passion and grief are disruptive currencies. Passion and grief not only seem un-necessary for biological life, they frequently threaten it. Yet a life lived without them would seem impoverished. Whether one views these turbulent affects as parasites, invaders, or as the engines of higher culture, they inhabit philosophy as an ineradicable black-market haunts all states and empires. We aim to consider this under-zone on its own terms, weaving theory with demonstrations of transferable techniques for cross-disciplinary research.

WORLD CONGRESS OF PHILOSOPHY

"Philosophy Across Boundaries"

Sapienza University, Rome, AUGUST 1-8, 2024

International Association for Japanese Philosphy, August 5-6, 2024

You are also most welcome to visit the following Research Expositions:

Voicing Nothing as Experimental Philosophyzing (WCP Rome 2024, Thematic session: Experimental Philosophy, 3 August)

Black-Market Truths: Performative Wisdom in Passion, Grief and Madness (WCP Rome 2024, Invited Session dedicated to Performance Philosophy, 7 August)

No Self Can Tell (Research Project, 2019-ongoing)

Lessons in the Shadows of Death (Research Project, 2023-ongoing)

Allowing Peace

A Diffractive Reading through Zen, Christianity, Nothingness,

(and) Through the Shadows of Death

ABSTRACT

In January 2008 prof. Eiko Hanaoka declares that ”It would be a great pleasure for me, if this book is able to contribute in some ways to bring about dialogue among various religions and to realize world peace in the future" (2008:iv). She is refering to her book Zen and Christianity. From the Standpoint of Abolute Nothingness. In 2024, I find it extremely relevant to continue the same task by declaring that it would be a great pleasure for me, to follow prof. Hanaoka’s declaration and to begin a diffracting performance reading of the mentioned book, through a Christian’s priestly senses, through a French 17th century Lament, allowing Self to be led by/through Nothing.

Dr. Elisabeth LAASONEN BELGRANO (University College Stockholm)

IAJP programme (PDF)

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