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The Philosophy of Georges Bataille: An 8-Week Course

Taught by Nina Power, PhD and Justin Murphy, PhD.

Content

When you enroll, you're given a 8-week reading list on the themes listed above. You're also given 8 pre-recorded lectures (videos as well as text and podcast equivalents). All course content is hosted within the course community.

Seminar Schedule

If you enroll in a tier including discussion seminars, we'll meet as a group on Zoom weekly. It's likely we'll do another cohort eventually, but we don't have one planned yet.The final seminar is the Proseminar, an optional public panel discussion (see past proseminars on Leo Strauss, Georges Bataille, and Deleuze and Heidegger).

Community

After enrolling, you receive an email inviting you to join a private community forum, accessible only to participants in the course. This is where participants exchange ideas, ask questions, develop written work, and organize extra-curricular events.

Network

Every course is hosted within the IndieThinkers.org network, the world's only membership community dedicated to independent intellectuals working outside of institutions.The course community is private, but it's embedded in a larger community with currently 300+ academics, bloggers, authors, podcasters, Youtubers, founders, and investors working on long-term intellectual projects.

Develop your work

Many participants bring or start research projects as a part of their course experience.Producing your own work is not required, but many participants have found this to be a most rewarding aspect of our courses.For particularly ambitious participants who could benefit from additional structure and support—something like an indie PhD supervisor—the Creator tier adds a series of private meetings with the lecturer.

Share your work

New posts in the "Share Your Work" channel now frequently solicit dozens of thoughtful and constructive replies. Members of the network routinely guest on each others' podcasts.And the proseminar is an excellent opportunity to share with a public audience whatever insights you've won from 8 weeks of patient reading, thinking, discussing, and writing.

Raven Connolly, Podcaster

"My thinking was challenged and reshaped... Brings together intellectuals, artists, and entrepreneurs. Collaborations have outlasted the length of the course."

Michael Gibson, Investor

"Avoided all the maddening, boring, and pretentious atmosphere that fogs difficult philosophy in an academic setting. Fire the pedantic scholars! Get the straight dope here!"

Kevin McCoy, Artist

"Justin brings people and ideas together in a great way. He sets up a dynamic conversation between his co-teachers and the course participants, one that continues long after the class is finished."

David Perell, Writer

"I'm wildly impressed... A reaction to the intellectual claustrophobia of academia... I hope more philosophers can use the internet to pursue ideas that need to be discussed."

Maran Nelson, Founder

"I really enjoyed this course, and felt supported by the community Justin built up. Highly recommend to anyone on the fence! "

Alex Talan, Composer

"I enjoyed the lectures and will be revisiting them in the future. The course discussions were well facilitated, encouraging an atmosphere of fellowship and open dialogue."

Lurker

$500

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Interlocutor

$1000

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Creator

$1500

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