Oregon Institute for Creative Research

Ethics, Æsthetics, Ecology, Education

“Readings for Now” Seminar #1: Truth and Falsehood (“His face is turned toward the past”)

The inaugural “Readings for Now” seminar was held at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 523 NE Morrison Street — Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 523 NE Morrison Street

Texts for discussion (click to view):

**Hannah Arendt, “Lying in Politics,” Crises of the Republic, 3–13**

**Vilém Flusser, “Criteria—Crisis—Criticism,” Vilém Flusser: Writings, 42–50**

**Georg Simmel, “Knowledge, Truth, and Falsehood in Human Relations,” The Sociology of Georg Simmel, 307–316**

**Henri Lefebvre, “The Idea of Reality,” Critique of Everyday Life: Foundations for a Sociology of the Everyday, vol. II, 487–500**

**Theodor W. Adorno, “Opinion Delusion Society,” Critical Models: Interventions and Catchwords, 105–122**