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Wednesday 13th March | 5-7pm

Margaret Macmillan Building (MMB) 220

Goldsmiths, University of London

London SE14 6NW



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Part of the Pluralistic Variations Lecture Series

Organised by Dr Martin Savransky (Sociology)





THEORY OF METAMORPHOSIS

Emanuele Coccia (EHESS)



Since Darwin, we know that every biological identity is the result of a

metamorphosis: every species is only a transformation of the one that preceded

it. Based on some of the most remarkable examples (such as the transformation

of the caterpillar into a butterfly), this talk would like to question the

structure of life in its most extreme power: that of metamorphosis. In it is

shown the fact that all life is unassignable to a specific anatomical and

ecological identity and that all living beings participate in a single and

unique life that crosses all forms and species. We will articulate the

analysis of the forms of metamorphosis in three stages: mutation, nutrition

and sexuality.



Emanuele Coccia is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Ecole des Hautes

Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, and formerly taught in Freiburg im

Breisgau, Germany. He has worked extensively on biology and aesthetics, and

has written about contemporary art and fashion. His publications include

Sensible Life (Fordham University Press, 2016), Goods:Advertising, Urban Space

and the Moral Law of the Image (Fordham University Press, 2018), and The Life

of Plants (Polity Press, 2018). With Giorgio Agamben, he edited an extensive

anthology covering angels in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Angeli.

Giudaismo, Cristianesimo, Islam (Neri Pozza, 2009). He recently published with

Donatien Grau a book on the history and the meaning of concept stores, The

Transitory Museum (Polity Press, 2018).



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Dr. Martin Savransky

Lecturer | Department of Sociology

Director, Unit of Play (UoP)

Convenor, MA Critical & Creative Analysis

Goldsmiths, University of London

London SE14 6NW



m.savransky@gold.ac.uk

Goldsmiths Staff

Website

Academia.edu Website





Unit of Play



The Adventure of

Relevance  | Speculative Research: The Lure of Possible

Futures | Isabelle Stengers

and The Dramatization of Philosophy

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