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Maybe we can read (selections from) Deleuze's _Masochism: Coldness and Cruelty_ and von Sacher-Masoch's _Venus in Furs_. I think selections from both texts can elucidate one modality of SM (esp. the M), and this (specifically Deleuze's theory) can be discussed in relation to embodied, lived experience (von Sacher-Masoch's and other people's [hi]stories). Also, this would tie in well to Sade -- esp. his _120 Days of Sodom_, and we can view various artistic/filmic adaptations of Sade's (in)famous book. This, obviously, is my opinion ... 2 cents, or 25 cents. Again, an intertwining of theory, or philosophy, fiction, and lived experience (which can be an art).
-Robert Summers

sounds fantastic. count me in. -Lisa

Hi everyone,
I have scheduled this class for November. I will post more info on this class by the end of this weekend.
Thanks!
-Caleb

Why a meeting at UCSD? What good hotels are nearby: that is the first place I taught as an adjunct: the academic way of life, par excellence. So, I am down for UCSD, but info on hotels would be nice. Also, carpooling?
-Robert

Robert, did you take the Benjamin class that i proposed as well? if so, I am looking forward to meeting you. -L

hi lisa, yes i took the bejamine class that you proposed: it was really good. why did you propose it and not take it? interesting, no?
hope to meet you at the SM class ...
-robert

hi robert, it took them too long to schedule the class... it had been months and i was not in LA at the time. i am going to try to make it to the SM class though.

Hi everyone!

I just posted the class description which you'll also find copied below. I will be posted the readings for Week 1 by Wednesday evening.

Please sign up if you plan on taking this course so I can generate an email list before our first meeting.

Hope you'll be able to make it!

-Caleb

Class Description:

This course will cover a broad range of material relating to S & M. We will be reading critical texts, literary works, and practical guides to thinking through the histories and practices of sadism, masochism, and flagellation. Our second session will feature a guest lecturer from The Threshold Society, a non-profit educational and support organization for adults who have an interest in sado-masochism (http://www.threshold.org/public/index.html). In addition, we will have the opportunity to present a project from the class on December 6th at the University of California, San Diego as part of conference on desire and affect.

Hi everyone,

I uploaded the first batch of readings for Sunday to AAAARG. We will be reading 3 chapters from Niklaus Largier's "In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal."

Introduction:
http://aaaarg.org/in-praise-of-the-whip-excerpt-introduction

Pico

do i get to take the class for free, since i proposed it?

just kidding, how do i access the text? see you sunday.

To access the texts visit:

http://aaaarg.org/

in the upper right you will see a link that says "in"

if you don't have an account on aaaarg you need to click on "register"

it will prompt you to create a user name and enter an email address and then it will send you a confirmation.

return to aaaarg, sign-in, and grab the PDFs.

Hi everyone,

I uploaded a couple more things for Sunday's class.

The first is:

Eroticism: Death & Sexuality (excerpt - Mysticism & Sensuality) by Georges Bataille
http://aaaarg.org/eroticism-death-sexuality-excerpt-mysticism-sensuality-2

The second is a short chapter from:
Parables For The Virtual (excerpt - The Bleed) by Brian Massumi
http://aaaarg.org/parables-for-the-virtual-excerpt-the-bleed

I know this may be too much for people to read for one class so please don't feel like you need to get through all of it. The Bataille can be skimmed. It touches upon some things that are brought up in the Introduction to "In Praise of the Whip." The Massumi text is about affect and staging which is one possible trajectory for our conversation.

Very much looking forward to Sunday evening!

-Caleb

So, the "Introduction" from _In Praise of the Whip_ and these last two (Bataille and Massumi) seem the most compelling and the most important to read "in depth" -- but this is not to say "to puncture" them, "penetrate" them, but rather glide across their (smooth and fleshy) surface/s and at times get sucked in, enveloped, but still without penetration and depth -- more like laying in the folds ... Or, is it just me?
-Robert

I would say that all of Largier's material should be read "in depth" followed by Massumi, then Bataille. However, it does depend on what YOU and others in the class find most interesting. So if you feel like there is more to be found in another reading of the readings, feel free, and we'll see how the class will "glide" along.
-c

BTW, we have a new location: The address is 972B Chung King Road, which is almost directly across the road from our previous location. The tricky part is that you have to enter through the back door, which is accessible from an alley behind the building. As you walk down the alley, keep your eye out for a big TELIC sign on the ground - the door next to it is the entrance and it will be open. Let us know if you have any anxieties about finding it, but we promise it will work out.

We actually have a mailbox at 972 Chung King Road with a map that explains all of this too.

The screening info has been posted:

Pier Paolo Pasolini

Hi all,

I thought you might be interested in my upcoming class at TPS - Sedgwick: Touching Feeling. For the class, we'll be reading what I consider to be one of the most seminal (hee hee) queer theory texts produced this century. It will be fun, close reading, and will have much crossover with Caleb's S & M materials. Join me!

Best,
Sarah

http://thepublicschool.org/169/sedgwick-touching-feeling/

hi S & Mers.

just saw this in the ny times and thought some of you might be interested:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/world/asia/28fetish.html?_r=1&hp

hope all's well!

sarah