Faculty of Foreign Languages and International Communication

A lecture of a professor from Rutgers University took place on March 11

A lecture of Sergey Anatolyevich Toymentsev, professor from Rutgers University (New Jersey) and winner of — Russian Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Technology`s award, took place on March 11. The subject matter discussed was «The Ways In &amp- Ways Out of the Language-Power Prison-House: Political Aspects of Linguo-Centrism in Continental Philosophy».

The topic of language and power was examined during the meeting through the example of philosophical works, authored by Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Roland Barthes, Maurice C. Blanchot, Jacques Derrida, Pierre Bourdieu and Judith Butler, whose theoretical views are characterized by radical linguistic determinism. According to these sophists, language and power not only identify an individual, but also give it an opportunity for free expression of its will against the initial expectations of the authorities.

Working language of the meeting was English.

Translated by Victoria Troshina