Civilisation and Its Class-A Discontents: 97th Session of The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Finance

Title: Civilisation and Its Class-A Discontents
Date:  February 17, 2012
Time:  6 to 8pm
Venue: room 516, 319 Regent Street, University of Westminster
Dinner:  Thai or Persian or Just Drinks Depending 

Le Menu

For the 97th Session of the Philosophical Foundations of Law and Finance, we will examine the quasi-Freudian concept of CIVILISATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS through three and a half lenses:

(1) The Myth of the High Flyer 

      (a) Please play and meditate on the morphisms, functors and categories implied by:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6REtT0B1VA&feature=youtube_gdata_player) 

(2) The Myth of Financialisation via Securitization

     (a) Kettering, K.C. (2008) Securitization and Its  Discontents, The Dynamics of Financial Product Development, at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1012937

     (b) Went, P. (2011) Securitization and Its Discontents, at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1888410

(3) The Myth of Western Civilisation via The Koan of Bafflement

     (a) Denuding the Delusions of Complexification, see Jon Jandai (3 August 2011) Life is Easy, at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21j_OCNLuYg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

(3.5) The Half-Myth of Socialism

     (a) On the homotopy of socialism or why socialists such as President Obama believe Hopium Overrides Arithmetic, see:   http://www.zerohedge.com/news/biderman-beyond-baffled-bos-budget
     
After this opetopic journey (the combining of the many into the One), we will adjourn to a nearby restaurant for a meal and some refreshments.  

ciao
joe