Scottish Center
for
Continental Philosophy
at the University of Dundee
Performativity
For Jean-Francois Lyotard, this is a critical term which designates the principle by which funding is allocated for research projects, but also, more broadly, by which any human activity is legitimated after the breakdown of religious and humanist systems of meaning. Performativity privileges the efficiency of the system, calculated as the best input/output ratio, and operates with indifferent to the welfare of the human community.
SCCP Members
Prof. Nicholas Davey
Philosophy Lecturer
University of Dundee
Dr. Todd Mei
Philosophy Lecturer
University of Kent
Dr. Dominic Smith
Philosophy Lecturer
University of Dundee
Dr. Ashley Woodward
Philosophy Lecturer
University of Dundee
Prof. James Williams
Philosophy Lecturer
About SCCP
The Centre is based in the School of Humanities and brings together academics from Dundee, Scotland and the UK. It aims to foster the study of continental philosophy in all its historical and contemporary forms and to make connections to other philosophical traditions and academic disciplines.
The Centre organises conferences, workshops and seminars in continental philosophy. It brings together researchers and students interested in historical figures and contemporary debates. The Centre also connects to work in philosophy and the arts through its degree programme in Art, Philosophy and Contemporary Practice and through research degrees in continental philosophy and the Master of Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
We have international links and current research programmes with Paris 8, Deakin University and the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, Association for Continental Philosophy of Religion and Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy. The Centre has Erasmus links with Freiburg, Grenoble, Turin, Ostrava, Tilburg and Bilkent.
Contact the Organising Committee:
School of Humanities
University of Dundee
Dundee
DD1 4HN
01382 388927
