C14: Ancient Atomism and Modernity

Seminar Leader: James I. Porter, University of Michigan

Friday, April 16, 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Crowne Plaza Room 150

Eric Baker, University of Minnesota: �Atomism, Laughter, and the Sublime in Kant�

Mark Buchan, Princeton University: �Marx, Atoms, and Ideology�

James I. Porter, University of Michigan: �Nietzsche, Atomism, and the Will to Power�

Eric Downing, University of North: �Lucretius at the Camera: Walter Carolina Benjamin, Ancient Atomism, and Early Photographic Theory�