Seminar 4 - Security, Terror, Democracy and Violence

For our first seminar of 2013 we are going to be looking at something very upbeat - the concepts of security, terror, democracy and violence after 9/11.

The seminar will take place on Thursday, February 7th at 5pm in T101 in the Tara Building in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick.

Looking at the ideas of state, we will discuss how all of these concepts have changed dramatically in the 21st century, and how this is reflected in society.

Using a lecture from Giorgio Agamden "The State of Exception" we will look at the idea of emergency powers and increased control exercised by Governments in supposed times of crisis. What does this extension of power mean for the individual, the citizen and democracy?

The essay is available on the European Graduate School website:
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/giorgio-agamben/articles/state-of-exception/

For those interested in further writing a number of Giorgio Agamden's articles are available here:
http://www.egs.edu/faculty/giorgio-agamben/articles/

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Also I just wanted to draw your attention to a performance of The Third Policeman on next week in The Lime Tree Theatre

The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien
With Stephen Rea as The Narrator
Music by Colin Reid

Accompanied by a live quartet:  Neil Martin (Cello), Niamh Crowley (Violin), Colin Reid (Piano) and Becky Joslin (Cello).

A murder thriller, an hilarious comic satire about an archetypal village police force, a surrealistic vision of eternity, the story of a tender brief unrequited love affair between a man and his bicycle, and a chilling fable of unending guilt…

A music and spoken word presentation of Brian O’Nolan’s blackly comic masterpiece, featuring one of this country's most exceptional actors, Stephen Rea.

Saturday, 9th February @ 8pm

Tickets €20/€16

Lime Tree Theatre Box Office - 061 774 774 or book online www.limetreetheatre.ie.