Critical Readings: Didier Eribon - Return to Reims (3)

Thursday, 5 November

Critical Readings: Didier Eribon - Return to Reims (3)

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Critical Readings book reading club continues discussing a new book: Return to Reims by Didier Eribon (2009)

In short, Didier Eribon (a sociologist/philosopher, currently living in Paris) tries to explore why people from working class background do not tend to vote for the left parties anymore and stared at some point to sympathize with the right-wing – sometimes extremists, even though these do not stand for their interests and rights. He goes back to Reims where he comes from to explore this phenomenon. He meets after a long time his parents who went in the last decades throw this shift and comperes his nowadays life in Paris with the reality of Reims.

Other topics explored in this book: theory applied on the real life and personal experiences, LGBTQ+, xenophobia, life in the center x periphery.

We consider this book easier to read and we decide to move fast and read more chapters this time, but is not required to read all of them in order to attend.

In this meeting usual attendants of the group will review and present:

* Chapter 1 of Part II (13 pages)
* Chapter 2 of Part II (12 pages)
* Chapter 3 of Part II (15 pages)
* Chapter 4 of Part II (10 pages)

After this or/and in between, we will discuss the content reviewed.
And the end of the meeting we decide the chapters and presenters for the next meeting.

The book is available in epub here

https://cloud.d-zona.cz/index.php/s/xJSBSHbd7ndrbY7

This is the link to the virtual room where it will start, at 19:00:

https://call.nolog.cz/b/ott-xmp-nmb

**The activities in D-Zona are all held in English, unless specified. If attendants with other language needs arrive, we would try to translate on demand by ourselves, if that is the decision of the people itself attending the activity**

Date & Time: 

Thursday, 5 November, 2020 - 19:00

Category: 

  • discussion/presentation
  • meeting

Topics: 

  • book reading club
  • book reading
  • book presentation

Price: 

  • free
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11000 Prague
Czech Republic

Directions: 

Building B: Room 1B

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