Poetry – Communism – Philosophy

The Poetry – Communism – Philosophy project at University of Dundee  aims to take seriously and examine systematically the political implications of the fact that there is no poetry that is not addressed to all.

Overview

Context of  Poetry – Communism – Philosophy project at University of Dundee

If poetry creates a “gift to language” (A. Badiou) it can be taken to be an expression of a desire for what is shared, for the common; for a poetry as a commons.

• Poetry is an art of the common(s) because it manifests as an invention in and of what is most common: language.

Poetry is an art of the commons because it makes plain the speculative and affirmative possibilities of form.

Program Structure

• • The project examines the interlinkage of poetry and egalitarian politics, by being attentive to the variform modalities and specificities which may best articulate their relationship.
  • The project allows for an exploration of poetic communisms, poetic articulations of the common, of comparative studies of the politics of poetry, or of philosophical explorations of the relationship between poetry or poetries and communism(s).

Admission requirements