Bibliography:
1. What is Enlightenment?(1984) [France] Author: Michel Foucault Translator: Kang Li
2. Mille Plateaux, Chapter one: Rhizome (excerpt) [France] Félix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze,Translator: Jiang Yuhui, Shanghai Bookstore Publishing House
3. Politique de La Litterature [France] Jacques Ranciere, Translator: Zhang Xinmu, Nanjing University Press
4. L’avenir Dure Longtemps [France] Louis Althusser,Translator: Cai Hongbin, Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe
5. Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life [Italy] Giorgio Agamben,Translator: Wu Guanjun, Sanhuibooks/Central Compilation&Translation Press
6. Infancy and History: the Deconstruction of Experience [Italy] Giorgio Agamben, Translator: Yin Xing, Henan Unversity Press
7. Accelerate Manifesto, Alex Williams&Nick Srnicek, Translator: Lan Jiang
8. La Vie de Laboratoire: La Production des Faits Scientifiques [France] Bruno Latour, Translator: Diao Xiaoying / Zhang Bolin, The Oriental Press

In the face of the new world situation, ideological circle has also responded. Such as Marxism, since the drastic changes in the Soviet Union, has been once at a low ebb. While with the outbreak of financial crisis, it proved Marx’s insight again. “The return of Marx” has become a new trend of thought. Another example is Carl Schmitt. After the US election, some people compare him with Trump. And Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Deleuze are still providing us the energy of thinking and the power of criticizing. Moreover, contemporary radical thinkers, such as Rancière, Agamben, Badiou and Zizek, have never let go of the opportunity to express dissents, which themselves constitute an action.

Therefore, we have particularly invited eight scholars/artists. They will analyze their selected classics in the one-hour reading session. Through eight hours of continuous reading, with a sense of ritual and symbolic practice and action, we intend to start a storm of thought.

Readers
Chen Yue (professor in the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Shanxi Normal University); Jiang Hongsheng (professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University); Jiang Yuhui (professor in the Department of Philosophy, East China Normal University); Lan Jiang (professor in the Department of Philosophy, Nanjing University); Wang Jianwei (artist, writer); Wu Guanjun (professor in the Department of Politics, East China Normal University); Zhang Xu (professor in the School of Philosophy, Renmin University of China); Zhao Wen (professor in the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Shanxi Normal University)