A twelve-hour philosophical symposium, featuring Verso author Frédéric Lordon

Co-presented by the French Embassy and the Brooklyn Public Library, A Night of Philosophy and Ideas returns to New York this winter after a year-long hiatus with an an all-night marathon of philosophical debate, original performances, art installations, screenings, readings, and music at the Brooklyn Public Library. On January 28-29, 2016, from 7 pm to 7 am, be a part of this free, 12-hour exchange of ideas, featuring top philosophers from around the world, including Verso authors Frédéric Lordon, author of Willing Slaves of Capital: Marx and Spinoza on Desire (2014), Peter Frase, of Four Futures: Life After Capitalism (2016), and Marc Augé, of The Future (2015).

Frédéric Lordon is an economist and Director of Research at the CNRS, Paris. His other works include Les Quadratures de la politique économique; La Politique du capital; L'intérêt souverain—Essai d'anthropologie économique spinoziste; and La crise de trop—Reconstruction d'un monde failli.

Peter Frase is an editor at Jacobin magazine, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, and has written for In These Times and Al Jazeera. He lives in New York City.

Marc Augé is Director of Studies at the Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris. His many books include Non-Places: An Introduction to Supermodernity and The Future.

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