Harun Farocki film screening & book launch "Hate Spin" University of Westminster Friday, November 18, 2016 4pm-9pm Fyvie Hall (ground floor) 309 Regent Street London W1B 2HW The event is free, please register in advance: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-hate-spin-harun-farocki-and-the-q... Hosted by the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies This double-event features the launch of Cherian George's (Hong Kong Baptist University) book "Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy" (MIT Press) that shows how right-wing movements in India, the USA and Indonesia incite hatred and nationalism. It also features a screening of short-films by the experimental film-maker Harun Farocki, followed by a discussion featuring Claudio Celis Bueno (Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies) and Michael Cowan (University of St Andrews) of how these films relate to the contemporary changes of labour and the economy in society. Programme 4-6pm Book launch: Cherian George: Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy (chaired by Daya Thussu) 6-6:30 Break with tea, coffee, cake 6:30-9 Screening and talk: Harun Farocki and the Question of Cognitive Labour (chaired by Christian Fuchs): With Claudio Celis Bueno and Michael Cowan Wine reception -- Subscribe to the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies' newsletter: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter