Telos Institute

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The Telos Institute is a 501(c) non-profit organization affiliated with the academic journal Telos. The Telos Institute hosts annual conferences to examine such topics as "social theory, political philosophy, intellectual history, and contemporary culture."[third-party source needed] Research presented at the conferences is often published in Telos.[1] The current director of the Telos Institute is Marie Piccone, who also serves as the publisher of Telos.[2]

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In 1994, the paleoconservative Sam Francis was the keynote speaker at a Telos conference about populism.[3][4] The 2006 Telos Conference hosted a panel discussion titled "Modernity and its Critics" featuring David Pan, Arthur Versluis, Timothy Luke, and Mika Okajangas. A second panel at the conference, "Post-Communism," included Frank Adler, Victor Zaslavsky, David Ost, and Avi Tucker.[5] Discussions at the 2007 conference featured Joe Bendersky, Jay Gupta,[verification needed] Jeffrey Herf, Gabor Rittersporn, Adrian Pabst [de; fr], James Schall, and John Smith. Luke and Pan again appeared as moderators.[6] In 2008 speakers at the conference included Bendersky, Luke, Pan, and Pabst as well as Martin Saavedra, Zoltan Balazs, Catherine Lu, John Barry, and Paul Gottfried.[7] Pan, Luke, Bendersky, and Pabst spoke again at the 2009 Telos Conference. They were joined by Jim Kulk, John Milbank, Neil Turnbull, Michael Marder, and Ernie Sternberg.[8] A Telos Conference in 2010 was organized around the theme "From Lifeworld to Biopolitics: Empire in the Age of Obama."[9][third-party source needed]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ The Telos Institute Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ The Telos Institute: Contact Information Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Braune, Joan (2019). "Who's Afraid of the Frankfurt School? "Cultural Marxism" as an Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory" (PDF). Journal of Social Justice. 9 (2164–7100): 1–25.
  4. ^ Drolet, Jean-François; Williams, Michael C. (2020-01-02). "America first: paleoconservatism and the ideological struggle for the American right". Journal of Political Ideologies. 25 (1): 28–50. doi:10.1080/13569317.2020.1699717. ISSN 1356-9317.
  5. ^ Marie Piccone, "2006 Telos Conference Agenda".
  6. ^ Marie Piccone, "2007 Telos Conference Agenda".
  7. ^ Marie Piccone, "2008 Telos Conference Agenda".
  8. ^ Marie Piccone, "2009 Telos Conference Agenda".
  9. ^ The Third Annual Telos Conference: Telos Press

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