Rupert's Read

I am running this new series; all welcome; do come along!:   http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Cinema_City/news/item/Uea_Philosophers_At_The_Cinema/     UEA Philosophers at Cinema City Cinema City is teaming up with the   University of East Anglia   for a season of films with philosophical themes. The screenings are followed by a Q&A with a philosopher, and informal drinks in the bar where the discussion can continue. No prior knowledge of philosophy required!   MAN ON WIRE (12A) Monday 8 October, 6.00 Introduced by Tom Greaves. Director: James Marsh. Featuring: Philippe Petit. UK 2008. 94 mins.   This documentary recounts how, on 7 August 1974, a 24-year-old French high-wire artist named Philippe Petit performed one of the most astonishing stunts of the late 20th century: he strung a thin cable between the two towers of the World Trade Centre and walked across from one building to another, s...

A little piece on my take on Kuhn's STRUCTURE at 50: http://blog.talkingphilosophy.com/?p=5837

My top 15 philosophical films relevant to psychopathology: Lord of the Rings trilogy (see 'LOTR', here: http://www.uea.ac.uk/~j339/publications.htm  ) Prospero's Books Total Recall (original version) ( http://www.facebook.com/notes/rupert-read/the-new-total-recall-an-enjoyable-disappointment/10152105590670301  ) Hiroshima mon amour L'annee dernier en Marienbad Manhunter Memento (see http://rupertread.fastmail.co.uk/Memento-A%20Philosophical%20Investigation.doc  ) Avatar (see http://www.radicalanthropologygroup.org/old/journal_04.pdf  - p.35f.; see also http://rupertread.fastmail.co.uk/Avatar%20and%20cinema.doc ) Persona (See http://rupertread.fastmail.co.uk/BERGMAN%20AS%20PHILOSOPHER.doc  ) Fight club Melancholia (see http://www.facebook.com/notes/rupert-read/an-allegory-of-a-therapeutic-reading-of-a-film-of-melancholia/10150882831905301  ) Breaking the waves Festen Vertigo Donnie Darko      And fi...

The green party in the Eastern Region are pleased to announce that RUPERT READ will be their lead candidate in the European elections in 2014. Read received very strong support from Green Party members in Eastern England in the member's ballot, that has just been counted, and so will head the list again in 2014, as he did in 2009.   Rupert Read is a teacher and educator. He lives in Norwich with his wife Juliette. He works with UEA's environmental scientists on political philosophy, environmental philosophy and on philosophy of economics. He is chair of Greenhouse (www.greenhousethinktank.org ) and leads the Green Party in the East of England. He is a former Green Councillor on Norwich, having served two terms there.   Read said "My top priority, if I become an MEP here in the East in 2014, will be to work for a big investment in green jobs: good jobs for the future, in areas like sustainable local agriculture, public transport, and renewable energy ...

Check out my multi-signed letter, along with a bunch of Syrian and Arab intellectuals, laying into Fisk's sad piece on Syrian jails: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/letters/ios-letters-emails--online-postings-9-september-2012-8120055.html?origin=internalSearch Scroll down for it.

Climate is Culture =================================== David Buckland, the Director of Cape Farewell, will be giving this talk on Thursday 20 September at 5.30 in E Fry 01.05. It is organised to mark the commencement of the new UEA MA/MSc Degree (that I am Course Director of) , between HUM and SCI, in Environmental Sciences and Humanities , and all are welcome to attend. David Buckland is an artist, writer, curator and film director who created and now directs the international Cape Farewell programme. The Cape Farewell project has over the past 12 years involved some of our best creative minds to create a different language of engagement and begin to vision what a sustainable future might look like. During this presentation, David Buckland will show films and artworks from the international artists and present just why we need a cultural shift and how this is a positive and exciting opportunity.