A Double Dose of Authors@MIT

Authors@MIT presesnts:

TONIGHT:

IRVING SINGER, professor of Philosophy at MIT, discusses his new book, Ingmar Bergman, Cinematic Philosopher: Reflections on His Creativity

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 6:00pm
MIT 14S-200, Humanities Library Reading Room, 2nd floor, Hayden 
Memorial Library, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
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Known for their repeating motifs and signature tropes, the films of  Ingmar Bergman also contain extensive variation and development. In  these reflections on Bergman's artistry and thought, Irving Singer  discerns distinctive themes in Bergman's filmmaking, from first intimations in the early work to consummate resolutions in the later movies. Singer demonstrates that while Bergman's output was not 
philosophy on celluloid, it attains an expressive and purely aesthetic truthfulness that can be considered philosophical in a  broader sense.

This event is sponsored by authors@mit, a lecture series cosponsored  by MIT Libraries and The MIT Press Bookstore.

TOMORROW:

Robert Barsky discusses his new book, The Chomsky Effect: A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower

Friday, November 16, 2007, 5:30pm
MIT E51, Wong Auditorium, 70 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
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MIT Professor Noam Chomsky’s groundbreaking linguistic work and his  outspoken political critique inspire fanatical devotion and fierce vituperation--the contentious “Chomsky Effect.”  Please join us as  Chomsky biographer Robert Barsky, Professor of English, Comparative Literature,  French, and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University, examines his subject's positions on  a number of highly charged issues that illustrate the “Chomsky Effect,” and speaks more broadly about the powers and perils of engagement beyond the ivory tower.

Both events are free and wheelchair accessible.

For more information about either event call (617) 253-5249, email [email protected], or 
visit http://web.mit.edu/bookstore/www/events/