Date and Time:         20 September 2016 (Tuesday), 7:00pm
Venue:                         Connecting Space Hong Kong (Directions)
Admission:                  Free

Speaker:                       Prof. Bitten Stetter

This lecture demonstrates vividly and comprehensively how the subtly imperatives like “be modest and be pure” constantly optimize body, soul and mind in our daily life in western societies. These imperatives create inner and outer force fields that result and express themselves in the commodification of the self. The inner pressure is driven by the need to protect the purity of one’s own authenticity and morality against contamination from the in- and outside, which corresponds to the outer pressure generated by bio-political rules and regulations pushing us to sustain our physical and mental health in order to unburden governments and insurance budgets. Prof. Bitten Stetter’s collection of a multitude of everyday life phenomena will explain the reveals the subtle mechanisms of neo-liberalism by reflecting the complex connections of modern, economically-charged forms of power.

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