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Recon - PM

-CJA-PTK-13 · File · 1992-1997

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Recon P-M'. Includes:
-typescript titled 'Jencks Interview: post-modernism: a whole full of holes', with a covering letter from Charles to Alison Lee, University of Western Ontario, enclosing the edited transcript of the interview and a floppy disc [not included], 1996
-manuscript note, address for Victor Anderson
-fax from Hans Bertens to Charles, making arrangements to meet, 1997
-typescript letter on Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek headed paper to participants of the symposium 'Postmodernity and Postmodernism' of the Academia Europea including arrangements for slides and audio cassettes and the potential of publication, 1997
-typescript faxes from Linda Hutcheon to Charles, annotated with Charles' manuscript reply; making arrangements to meet, 1997
-typescript fax from Richard Falk on Princeton University headed paper to Charles, David Griffin and Charlene Spretnak, following up from the seminar; typescript fax reply from Charlene discussing the potential of a publication; manuscript fax from Charlene to Charles discussing the publication; manuscript fax from Charles to Charlene and Richard discussing the publications, 1996
-manuscript letter from [Ihab Hassan] on Ritz Paris headed paper thanking Charles for the hospitality at 19 Lansdowne Walk and sending a cutting, 1997
-published article 'Is modern literature post-Christian' by Michael Alexander from The Tablet, 8 June 1996
-manuscript letter on University of Durham from Pat Waugh to Charles, withdrawing from the symposium for personal reasons
-typescript titled 'Post-modern Science and Post-Christianity' by Charles, annotated
-cutting from the International Herald Tribune titled 'A Fight to the Finish in European Pay-TV', 22 Mar 1996, annotated
-manuscript note relating to Alan Read's hotel booking
-typescript [copy letter or fax?] on Universiteit Utrecht headed paper from Hans Bertrens to Charles, discussing ideas for reconsidering postmodernism, with a focus on democratization, 1996, attached manuscript note relating to Bertens' expenses
-manuscript notes of potential titles, guests and menu
-typescript titled 'reconsidering Post-modernism: Three day seminar, London, ICA, May 17-19', heavily annotated on reverse
-copy typescript titled 'Reconsidering the Postmodern at the ICA Bookshop' wth a list of titles, authors and prices, annotated with availability
-manuscript notes headed 'Margaret Rose - Value of PM culture'
-typescript titled 'Reconsidering the Post-Modern: convened by Charles Jencks and the Portrack Seminars' with programme of speakers annotated 'Urgent - Fax to Helen [illegible] for book cover', heavily annotated on reverse
-printed flyer for 'reconsidering the Postmodern' as part of the ICA Talks programme, annotated 'Fax to Mrs Charlene Spretnak', heavily annotated on reverse
-typescript fax [faded] from 'secretary' to Dionne King, ICA, sending faxes from Ihab Hassan, Anthony Giddens and Patricia Waugh for the booklet, 1996
-cutting titled 'Listed to Zyuganov sing the old song of Russian nationalism'
-manuscript notes headed 'PM Science + P-Christianity'.
-typescript titled 'reconsidering Post-modernism: Three day seminar, London, ICA, May 17-19',
-typescript letter on personal headed paper from Ihab Hassan to Charles, thanking him for sending The Post-Modern reader, for his invitation, and his comments on postmodernism [postmodernism as a multi-lectic of polylogue with other traditions], as well as confirming his travel dates, 1992
-typescript fax (faded) from Ihab Hassan, confirming his schedule and discussing postmodernism, 1996
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper from [Fred Halliday], thanking Charles for the evening at his home and mentioning meeting Richard Falk, 1996; encloses a copy review of his book; also attached are a cutting with a review of Halliday's book
-manuscript notes on the reverse of a ICA Talks printe dflyer for 'Reconsidering the Postmodern', annotated
-typescript fax [faded] from Alison, UWO English Dept, sending Linda's contact details and discussing an edited interview, 1996
-typescript titled 'Postmodern Life: A Critical Anthology' with table of contents and a brief of summary of each chapter
-empty card folder labelled 'Post-Mod Science & Post-Christianity'; labelled on reverse 'to Richard Weinstein from C Jencks'
-manuscript fax from Ihab Hassan, sending consolations, detaling his schedule and discussing 'the forms that the spirit takes im postmodern life', 1994
-copy hand-drawn map of directions to Portrack House on yellow paper
-typescript fax (faded) from Matthew Fox via Marie Devlin, to Charles, confirming Matt's travel arrangements, 1994
-typescript letter from Rob Burns on University of Warwick Department of German Studies headed paper, seeking permission to reproduce a photograph by Charles in a forthcoming book, 1994
-typescript fax from Dr Patrick Curry requesting a copy of a letter that Charles wrote to the TLS on postmodernism, 1994
-typescript fax (faded) from the Journalof Contemporary Religion, thanking Charles for agreeing to speak at their conference on 'Dissent and Change' to be held at King's College London, 1994
-typescript fax from Ian Mackinlay on Ian Mackinlay Architecture headed paper requesting Charles to write a letter in support of his nomination of Shin Takamatsu as an Honorary Fellow of the AIA, 1994
-manuscript letter from Margaret [Rose] to Charles, enclosing photocopies of a letter and publications [in Chinese] by Zhang Boying, Tianjin Aacdemy of Social Sciences. The publications include [titles translated by the author] 'Three problems about Chinese aesthetics' (1991); 'Study on Chinese painting aesthetics' (1987); 'The Encyclopedia of Aesthetics (part entries)' (1990)
-manuscript notes on phone message slip
-photocopy from an unknown publication 'The Blind Men and the Elephant' by John Godfrey Saxe
-typescript letter from Alison [Lee] on The University of Western Ontario headed paper discussing Jurassic Park, a 'DG interview' [David Griffin] and relaying anecdotes about a trip to France to see Le Tholonet [with a letter of introduction from Maggie] and attend a conference; [attached are several pages of notes on the interview but without the interview itself], 1993
-manuscript letter from Margaret Rose to Charles, enclosing a letter and business card in Chinese
-typescript titled 'Post-modern architecture and time fusion' by Charles
-copy typescript letter on personal headed paper fro Charles to Mr Zimmerman, Hochschule for Architektur and Bauwesen, apologising for leaving the conference early and offering to publish some of the papers in Architectural Design, 2992
-typescript letter from Robert Jay Lifton on The Graduate School and University Center of The City University of New York headed paper sending a draft outline of the forthcoming Wellfleet meeting, with a postscript relating to Charles' travel plans, 1996
-proofs for correction of Charles' essay 'Postmodern Architecture and Time Fusion'
-brochure for Insight Media's Religion & Philosophy on Video' address to Charlene Spretnak and annotated 'clippings for Charles', with inserted cuttings and photocopies
-typescript fax from Charles to Professor Alison Lee, University of Western Ontario, requesting next steps on the interview, 1996
-typescript letter from [Alison Lee] to Charles on The University of Western Ontario headed paper, giving personal news alongside information about the publication of Charles' interview, 1994
-typescript letter from Prof. Dr. Bertalan Pethö on Platon Press, Hungary headed paper, requesting an update to Charles' contribution for the second edition of 'The Postmodern' to be published in Hungarian, 1996
-brochure for 'Reconsidering the Postmodern' conference at the ICA, 18 & 19 May 1996
-typescript titled 'Postmodern Life: table of contents' including 'Some Preliminary afterthoughts on Postmodernism - Charles Jencks (UCLA) with Alison Lee'
-typescript letter from [Alison Lee] to Charles on The University of Western Ontario headed paper, making arrangements for an interview, 1992
-typescript letter from A.M. Lee and Thomas Carmichael to Charles on The University of Western Ontario headed paper, inviting a contribution to a forthcoming volume titled 'Postmodern Life' [published as Postmodern times : a critical guide to the contemporary, 2000], 1992

Order & Disorder: S. Monica Conf Portrack Conference Feb 25-7, 94

-CJA-PTK-26 · File · 1991-1994

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Order & Disorder: Portrack Conference' in black pen and ' S. Monica Conf Feb 25-7, 94' in red pen. Includes:
-photocopy published article 'Politically engaged spirituality in an emerging global civil society' by Richard Falk, Revision Vol 15 no 3, Winter 1993
-typescript 'The need for (democratic) global government' by David Ray Griffin, annotated
-cutting 'The price of appeasement is still too high' by Anthony Lewis, International Herald Tribune 11-12 Jun 1994
-cutting 'Prophet of a fatal drift' by Peter Lennon, Guardian 31 Jan 1994
-plastic wallet containing annotated cuttings on politics 1993-1994
-cutting 'A Bleak Vision, annotated, 7 Mar 1994
-cutting 'Head of CIA calls gangsters a major global problem, International Herald Tribune, annotated, 21 Apr 1994
-photocopy published article 'The Coming Anarchy' by Robert D. Kaplan, The Atlantic Monthly, annotated, Feb 1994
-published article 'The emerging shape of environmental conflict in the 1990s' by Robin Grove-White, RSA Journal Jun 1991
-cutting 'A riskier East Asia for local of a new security order' by Gerald Segal, International Herald Tribune 8 Jul 1994
-cutting 'Greenpeace has more clout than Austria' by Hamish McRae, The Independent, annotated
-pages from The Tablet, annotated, 17 Dec 1994
-cutting 'Being multilateral means not being so unilateral' by Jim Hoagland, 13 Jun 1994
-cutting 'A Global Criminal Court', 22 Nov 1994
-cutting 'The WEU is still in limbo' May 1994
-cutting 'On the way toward a workable international system' by Butros Butros Ghali, 2 Nov 1994
-cutting 'Welcome to an exemplary pact on uses of the sea' by Alan Berlin, 17 Nov 1994
-cutting 'End U.N. Dipbaloney' by Leslie H Gelb, 1992
-cutting 'Global alliances shifting from political to economic', by Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar 1992
-cutting 'Memorandum to Woodrow Wilson' by Henry Grunwald, Time 14 Nov 1994
-cutting 'Leave Rwanda Alone' by Simon Jenkins, The Times, 20 Jul 1994
-cutting 'Bad precedents make for weak American thinking about war' by Jim Hoagland, International Herald Tribune, annotated, 7 Jul 1994
-cutting 'There is no world community' by William Pfaff, International herald Tribune 22 Apr 1994
-cutting 'U.N. authorizes invasion of Haiti to be led by U.S.'
-cutting 'Monroe's Doctrine takes another knock' by Eliane Sciolino
-cutting 'Iron fists: how the west was one' by Robert Fisk, The Independent, 29 Oct 1994
-cutting 'Overstretched UN to hold summit on peacekeeping', The Times, 8 Aug 1994
-published artcile 'A United Nations for the 21st century' by Nicholas Hinton, RSA Journal, May 1994
-cutting 'The U.N. obsession' by Charles Krauthammer, Time, annotated, 9 May 1994
-cutting 'In a world of bitter limitations' by Peter Pringle, 1 Jun 1994
-published article 'New world order or new world enemies?' by Michael S. Northcott, annotated
-cutting 'U.N. searches for a brave new world' by Peter Pringle, The Independent, annotated, 21 Sep 1993
-cutting 'Trouble spots within the UN' The Independent
-cutting, letters page, Time , annotated,19 Jul 1993
-cutting 'Making the world safe for crime', The New York Times Book Review, 26 Jun 1994
-cutting 'How Eastern Europe lost its illusions' by Jonathon Luxmoore, The Tablet, annotated, 19 Feb 1994
-cutting 'In the zone of peace' by Francis Fukuyama, TLS, annotated 26 Nov 1993
-cutting 'Coming in from the cold', The Sunday Times, annotated, 12 Sep 1993
-cutting 'Now that great powers are gone' by Edward N. Luttwak, annotated, 6 Jul 1994
-cutting 'Beyond the border lines' by Gerald Kaufman, The Sunday Times, 10 Jul 1994
-bundle of cuttings relating to USA, 1994
-photocopy published article 'Fighting the Hydra: mininukes in the New World Order' by G. Simon Harak, Cross Currents Spring 1994, with bundle of cuttings annotated 'nuclear war'.
-cutting 'A day of pragmatic diplomacy' by Abba Eban, International Herald 12 Sep 1994
-typescript titled 'Portrack Seminars' with list of participants
-copy handwritten fax on UCLA headed paper from Charles to attendees of the seminar, 18 Feb 1994, with bundle of photocopy cuttings
-fax from Richard Falk to Santa Monica conference participants, sending materials, with typescript for: 'A new world order that serves the human interest: a chance for success'; Introduction and first chapter of 'On Human Hovernance: A New Politics'.
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Maggie and Charles, suggesting a timetable for the forthcoming conference, 9 Mar 1994
-typescript letter from Bob Hamerton-Kelly on Stanford University headed paper (Center for International Security and Arms Control), thanking them for the weekend and giving a detailed response to religious questions.
-typescript contact details for participants in Santa Monica conference
-manuscript letter on Loyola Law School headed paper from Bob [Robert Benson] thanking them for the Portrack Seminar, 1994
-photocopy published article relating to the Benson House, California
-typescript 'Free Trade as an extremist ideology: the case of NAFTA' by Robert W. Benson, annotated, 1993
-manuscript letter from [illegible] sending contact details for Mary Kalder, 1994
-yellow lined notepad labelled 'Jencks World Government Sat Conference, Feb 25, 26, 27' [contained Charles' manuscript notes for the Santa Monica Portrack seminar
-typescript copy fax from Charlene Spretnak to Dr Vandana Shiva, Research Foundation for Science, India, inviting her to a forthcoming Portrack Seminar, Mar 1994
-typescript letter from Charlene to Maggie and Charles reflecting on the conference and making proposals for the next one, annotated, 2 Mar 1994
-Center Focus newsletter Issue 119, Jan 1994
-typescript headed 'Spretnak / 2-3' [possibly incomplete] listing political and artistic movements
-typescript letter on Center for Process Studies headed paper from David Griffin to Professor Anthony Giddens, inviting him to a Portrack conference 10 Dec 1993; attached manuscript notes listing possible invitees
-photocopy published chapter 'Megatechnology, Trade and the New World Order' by Jerry Mander from 'The Case Against Free Trade', 1993
-photocopy published article titled 'Stone, Paper, Scissors' by Charles from Marxism Today Feb 1991 [2 copies]
-photocopy cuttings annotated 'Realpolitik of spheres of power'
-handwritten [fax] on UCLA headed paper from Charles to attendees of the Santa Monica Portrack conference, 18 Feb 1994
-cutting 'Zones of peace, zones of turmoil: a new order of hope' by Max Singer, International hearld Tribune, annotated, 2 Sep 1993
-cutting 'A living things is born' by Arthur Schlesinger Jr, TLS, annotated, 21 May 1993
-cutting 'Knocking on the Clubhouse door' New York Times 10 Jan 1993
-cutting 'States of Mind' by Margot Hornblower, Time 1 Feb 1993
-cutting 'Update the united nations for a newfangled world' by Flora Lewis, International herald Tribune, annotated, 11 Jun 1995
-typescript fax from David Griffin to participants of the Santa Monica conference sending his paper, changes to scheduling due to the earthquake, and enclosing a map; enclosed pencil hand-drawn map and faxed copy
-typescript 'Project Proposal: towards the new world dis-order: post-soviet contribution to a new version of The Brave New World' by George Khutsishvili, with attached business card
-bundle of cuttings annotated 'Realpolitik of spheres of power'
-photocopy published chapter 'Megatechnology, Trade and the New World Order' by Jerry Mander from 'The Case Against Free Trade', 1993
-cutting 'Shape of a new world disorder'

[To Charlie love Jill]

-CJA-PTK-27 · File

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of an unlabelled folder with a post-it note attached with the message 'To Charlie love Jill'.
Includes:
-typescript titled 'The Universe Story as told by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry', annotated
-cutting 'The creative universe' by Judith Rice, with xerox copy
-typescript titled 'Meaning in the cosmos' with draft outline for an event at the ICA, 5 Jul 1993, including speakers and cv of Charles, multiple copies, one heavily annotated, and faxes and a letter from Charlene Spretnak about the event
-proof of page 'Chapter six: Science and religion' with transparency image
-typescript titled 'The New Genesis' by Charles, beginning 'welcome to the 4th Portrack seminar, 'Meaning in the Cosmos'; extensive manuscript notes on reverse, potentially from the event
-fax headed 'Center for the Story of the Universe: Research Seminar and Colloquium Participants' sent from Briane Swimme to the ICA, 1993
-fax. headed 'On Emergence and Meaning in Biology' sent from Briane Swimme to the ICA, 1993
-cutting, reviews of 'Beyond Optimism - a Buddhist political ecology' and 'At the Start...Genesis made new' from The Tablet 5 Mar 1994, annotated
-cutting from The Tablet 4 April 1992
-cutting 'Comment' column from New Blackfriars vol 74 no 865 Oct 1993, annotated
-typescript titled 'The Seven Day Universe....Outline: A Metaphysical Romance' with a covering sheet and attached post-it annotated 'read when a) you have 2 1/2 hours free b) no interruptions'. Includes a list of character and a scene-by-scene overview with a small amount of dialogue included. 30 pages total. Manuscript pencil notes annotated on the reverse of the final page, probably by Maggie, responding to the typescript.
-manuscript notes headed 'Seti programme 1992/4
-cuttings from The Tablet November 1993-January 1994
-cutting 'Hounded by the Past' Independent on Sunday 7 Nov 1993, annotated
The Tablet 9 Oct 1993
-cutting 'God's cement for marriages is sex' 4 Sep 1993, publication unknown
-cuttings, letters page from an unidentified publication [probably The Tablet], 1993
-cutting 'The deterrent stops here' by Brian Wicker, The Tablet 5 Feb 1994
-cutting 'The ascent of love' by Donald Nicholl, The Tablet 3 Jul 1993
-typescript titled 'The Seven Day Universe....Outline: A Metaphysical Romance' with a covering sheet of manuscript notes in pencil headed 'The Receiver Project'
-cutting, review of 'A History of God' by Karen Armstrong, Time 11 Oct 1993
-cutting 'Keeper of the Straight and Narrow' by Richard N. Ostling, Time 6 Dec 199

MY NOTES, Portrack seminar 2

CJA-PTK-12 · File · 1989-1992

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder titled 'MY NOTES, Portrack seminar 2'. Includes:
-typescript letter, signed J, [Jim Collins] on University of Notre Dame headed paper, thanking Charles and Maggie for the first Portrack seminar and enclosing the first two volumes of 'Deconstructo' [not enclosed], a copy of his paper and slides from the seminar and Jeanette Winterson's Sexing The Cherry [not enclosed], 1992
-typescript letter, signed, from C. J. Isham on Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine headed paper, thanking Charles for the invitation to the Portrack Seminar but declining, 1992
-typescript letter from Thomas Doherty, signed, on University of Dublin headed paper, thanking Charles and Maggie for the first Portrack Seminar, 1992
-typescript titled 'After the End of Early Postmodernism' by Jim Collins, University of Notre Dame with a colour scan of 35mm slides
-photocopy typescript titled 'Towards a New Science of Consciousness' by Dr Ian N. Marshall (annotated 'Athens Symposium, Jan 1992')
-typescript titled 'Evolution without Natural Selection: Further Implications of the Daisyworld Parable' by Peter T. Saunders, annotated 'Maggie Keswick's copy' with underlining.
-photocopy manuscript diagram headed 'Modernity; Modernism;Deconstructive Postmodernism; Ecological Postmodernism'
-photocopy typescript titled 'Towards a New Science of Consciousness' by Dr Ian N. Marshall (annotated 'Athens Symposium, Jan 1992') with covering notes from Danah Zohar to Charles, 1992
-typescript titled 'Evolution without Natural Selection: Further Implications of the Daisyworld Parable' by Peter T. Saunders
-manuscript names and address of attendees at the Portrack Seminar 7-10 Sep 1992, and photocopy
-manuscript notes of expenses
-faxed timetable for Portrack Seminar 2, annotated
-photocopy published article 'S=Consciousness and Bose-Einstein Condensates' by I.N. Marshall, published in New Ideas in Psychology Vol 7 No 1, 1989
-photocopy manuscript diagrams with headings including 'Early Modern; Late Modern; Constructive Postmodern; Theology; Naturalistic; Futurism; Narcisim [sic]; Reinhabit Time; Religion + Science'
-typescript titled 'The Organism as a Dynamical Syste,' by Peter T. Saunders, King's College
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper [not Charles' handwriting, possibly Maggie?] headed 'David R Griffin' with a sketch of a crucifixion
-photocopy manuscript diagrams with headings including 'Early Modern; Late Modern; Constructive Postmodern; Theology; Naturalistic; Futurism; Narcisim [sic]; Reinhabit Time; Religion + Science', annotated
-manuscript notes [not Charles' handwriting, possibly Maggie?] on plain white paper headings include:Mae Wan Ho; Paul Davies; Danah Zohar: Ian Marshall; Richard Falk; Katherine Keller; Charlene Spretnak
-ink and biro sketch portraits of people
-manuscript notes on yellow lined paper [not Charles' handwriting, possibly Maggie?]
-manuscript notes on plain white paper [not Charles' handwriting, possibly Maggie?] including a diagram with headings 'Modernity; Modernism;Deconstructive Postmodernism; Ecological Postmodernism' and 'Margaret Rose' and 'Steven [Conner]'

[Untitled folder]

CJA-PTK-14 · File · 1992-1995

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of an unbranded dark blue/grey folder. Includes:
-typescript letter from Charles Correa to Charles enclosing a write-up of a studio he is teaching at MIT and an article in Daedelus titled 'Another India' [both enclosed]; reply typescript fax from Charles inviting him to a forthcoming seminar, 1992
-photocopy handwritten contact details for participants at the Portrack Seminar 13-17 July 1992
-photocopy diagram with line labelled Pre-Modern, Modern, Post-Modern, High, Middle, Low
-copy fax from Charlene Spretnak to multiple recipients ahead of a seminar, detailing her take on postmodernism, 1992
-photocopy manuscript diagram headed 'Modernity; Modernism;Deconstructive Postmodernism; Ecological Postmodernism'
-typescript letter from [Michael Zimmerman] on Tulane Department of Philosophy headed paper discussing Charles' recent writings, his own forthcoming books, Silence of The Lambs, and ecology, 1992; annotated on reverse with a reading list
-typescript titled 'Public lectures re The Quantum Self: Danah Zohar, [c1992]
-typescript letter from [Mae-Wan Ho] on Open University:Department of Biology headed paper thanking Maggie and Charles for their hospitality and introduction to postmodernism, 1992
-copy handwritten fax [faded] from Charles to Malcolm Bradbury, with a note to his PA to send it typed, reiterating the invitation to the Portrack Seminar and the themes that will be discussed, 1992
-typescript fax from Paul Davies to Charles, detailing his travel arrangements for Portrack, 1992
-internal envelope, last addressed to Prof. P. T. Saunders, containing 11 copies of 'Mathematics, Structuralism and Biology' offprint from Acta Biologica Hungarica and 4 copies of a chapter titled 'Mathematucs, Structuralism and the Formal Cause in Biology'
-manuscript fax [faded] from [Michael Zimmerman] on Tulane Department of Philosophy headed paper suggesting a guest for a Seminar [incomplete], 1992
-typescript note regarding Professor Isham's availability
-typescript document titled 'The Society for Process Thought: The Mind of God: Open Forum 6.6.1992: Select Bibliography'
-typescript fax from Richard Falk to Charles on Princeton University headed paper [faded] suggesting an additional participants for the seminar, and reply, 1992

Plastic folder labelled 'Portrack Seminar; September' includes:
-memo slips with handwritten contact details
-typescript list of acceptances and possibles for the 1992 seminars
-typescript fax from Charlene Spretnak to Charles [faded] discussing potential participants, her own travel arrangements, and the distinction between constructive and deconstructive postmodernism, 1992
-manuscript fax [faded] from George Lakoff to Charles, declining to attend due to his schedule, 1992
-private view card for the Franz Gertsch: new works exhibition at Turske Hue-Williams, 1992
-typescript fax [faded] from Jim Collins to Charles, describing in detail his proposed talk for the seminar on the development of Postmodernism and the structure of his proposed slide lecture on the topic, 1992
-typescript letter from Charles to Prof Paul Davies on personal headed airmail paper giving details of the forthcoming seminar, other participants and arrangements for speaking at the event
-typescript fax [very faded] from Zygmunt Bauman to Charles, detailing his views on postmodernism
-typescript fax to Charles on Academy Group Limited headed paper sending addresses, 1992
-typescript fax [faded] from Third Eye Production to Charles giving details of a forthcoming television series that they wish to interview him for, produced and directed by Mark Kidel, 1992
-typescript fax from an unidentified sender for the attention of Charles titled 'Postmodern and the Value of Value', labelled 'Birkbeck College, London' at the bottom, incomplete, annotated
-manuscript letter on European Planning Studies headed paper from Philip Cooke to Charles, commissioning a piece for the journal, 1992
-typescript letter from Charlene Spretnak on personal headed paper to colleagues attending the symposium giving details of her engagement with postmodernism, 1992
-typescript fax (faded) from Charles to David Bohm inviting him to the Portrack Seminar 7-11 September, 1992
-typescript letter from Zygmunt Bauman to Charles, discussing his views on postmodernsim and explaining why he has to decline the invitation to Portrack, 1992
-typescript fax (faded) from Charles to Zygmunt Bauman inviting him to the Portrack Seminar 7-11 September, 1992
-manuscript letter from Zygmunt Bauman to Charles, explaining that it is too late for them to meet but asking him to keep in touch, 1991
-typescript fax (faded) article by Charles titled 'Preface: Post-Modernism - The Third Force'
-typescript titled 'Postmodern Reader: Edited by Charles Jencks: update 25 Nov 91' with a list of chapters, authors and word counts
-typescript letter on Academy Group Limited paper from Lucy Baxter to David Ray Griffin seeking permission to re-publish an extract of 'The Reenchantment of Science'
-compliment slip from M. A. Noble addressed to Mrs Jencks regarding the placement of a new fax machine
-manuscript notes headings include: political, early modern, arch. and ecology, parapsychology, 1871-1914
-typescript fax (faded) from Paul Davies to Charles, regarding arrangements for Portrack, annotated
-manuscript letter from Charlene [Spretnak] on a greetings card of 'The Huichol Peyote Tradition Brings Life and Abundance' by Mariano Valadez, detailing arrangements for her travel, thoughts on 'The Mind of God' and The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability, 1992
-manuscript notes, headings include: Hard Core PM
-page two of a typescript letter from Charlene [Spretnak] with her thoughts on the second round of Portrack Seminars
-manusctipt and typescript notes from Val to Charles about trying to contact Brian Goodwin
-typescript advertisements for The Society for Process Thought 'Mind In The Cosmos 7' Autumn Programme 1992 [multiple copies]

-typescript fax titled 'Participants, Portrack Seminar 'Confrontations and Synergies: The Culture Interplay of the Indigenous, the Traditional, the Modern and the Post-Modern', with contact details 1995
-typescript and manuscript fax titled 'List of participants, Portrack Seminar 1995 with travel arrangements
-typescript letter from Charles to Malcolm Bradbury inviting him to the Portrack Seminar in July, 1992
-typescript document titled 'Post-Modern Architecture - The Four Stages'
-photocopy typescript with annotations titled '"Historical Resistance to Modernity" - Charlene Spretnak'
-manuscript notes titled 'Ecological Postmodernism (a focus on Philosophy) - Charlene'
-photocopy directions to Portrack House [multiple copies]
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper from Ihab Hassan to Charles, thanking him for the critique in Zeitgeist in Babel and discussing the Stuttgart Seminars, 1992
-manuscript letter from Michael E. Zimmerman on Tulane Department of Philosophy headed paper, suggesting Carl Sway for a future seminar and discussing his new book on radical ecology and postmodernity, 1992
-typescript fax (faded) from Richard Falk on Princeton University headed paper sending contact details for William Irwin Thompson, 1992
-typescript fax (faded) from Walter Truett Anderson to Charles with his expenses for the July 1992 Portrack Seminar, annotated.

Portrack seminar, June 1994

CJA-PTK-15 · File · 1994-1995

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled 'Portrack Seminar: June 1994'. Includes:
-copy typescript article titled 'A Mimetic Reading of Rousseau’s Doctrine of the General Will' by Robert Hammerton-Kelly, 1994
-copy typescript article titled 'A Just and Sustainable Economic Order' by John B. Cobb, Jr
-photocopy published book chapter titled 'Evolution, sustainability, and industrial metabolism' by Peter M. Allen, annotated
-typescript titled 'Programme for a Sustainable Economy by Paul Elkins, to be presented at Portrack Conference June 26-29 1994', annotated
-typescript titled 'An Inquiry in the Political Economy of World Order, Richard Falk, Portrack Seminar, June 26-30 1994', annotated
-typescript fax biography of Brian Swimme, sent from the ICA, 1993
-typescript letter from David [Ray Griffin] on Center for Process Studies headed paper, thanking Charles for the article by Havel, discussing thinkers in the Czech Republic, 1994
-typescript titled 'Economic and Political Foundations of World Order, June 26-29 1994, Participants' with contact details, annotated
-typescript fax sent from School of Theology titled 'Tentative Schedule: Economic and Political Foundations of World Order, Portrack Seminar June 26-29', annotated
-typescript titled 'Economic and Political Foundations of World Order, June 26-29 1994, Participants' with contact details
-typescript letter from David Griffin on Center for Process Studies headed paper addressed to 'Dear Colleague' with details and arrangements for the forthcoming Portrack Seminar, 1994
-typescript fax (faded) from Peter Allen to Charles, with practical arrangements for the seminar, 1994
-typescript letter from David [Ray Griffin] on Center for Process Studies headed paper, regarding Charles' treatments and how to communicate their meaning of 'postmodern' to newcomers at the seminar, 1994
-typescript letter from Charles addressed to 'Dear Colleague' on University of California Los Angeles headed paper, sending readings ahead of the seminar instead of Brian Arthur attending, 1994
-typescript fax from David [Ray Griffin] on Center for Process Studies headed paper with scheduling arrangements for the Portrack Seminar, 1994
-typescript letter from Charlene Spretnak on personal headed paper with suggestions for the schedule for the Seminar, 1994
-manuscript letter from Charlene Spretnak on personal headed paper, detaling travel plans for the Portrack conference, 1994
-typescript letter from David Griffin on Center for Process Studies headed paper to all participants of the forthcoming Portrack Seminar, with manuscript post-script to Charles, 1994
-manuscript notes with headings including: Portrack 1995, Economism, Robert Hamerston Kelly [possibly notes from discussions at the seminar]
-typescript letter from Richard Falk, on Princeton University headed paper, sending 'An Inquiry into the Political Economy of World Order'
-photocopy published book chapter titled 'Evolution, sustainability, and industrial metabolism' by Peter M. Allen, annotated
-manuscript letter from Charlene Spretnak reporting on a visit to the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks and her proposals for Charles' "monster book" and the chapter he's thinking of adding to his "short" book, 1994
-poster for the Boston Colloquium for Philosophy of Science, 1994-1995, folded.

[Loose papers]

CJA-PTK-20 · File

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

[Loose papers]

CJA-PTK-21 · File

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Cranfield: International Ecotechnology Research Centre

CJA-PTK-4 · File · 1989-1994

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

3: Metaphor and Grounding

CJA-PTK-5 · File · 1992-1995

Part of Charles Jencks Archive

Contents of a folder labelled '#3 Metaphor + Grounding'. The file consists mostly of correspondence from Charlene Spretnak, including:
-typescript letter on personal headed paper thanking Charles and Maggie for the hospitality and sending gifts, 1992
-manuscript letter on Grand Hôtel Jeanne-d'arc headed paper discussing plans to meet with Jonathon Porritt, 1992
-typescript letter discussing Matt [Matthew Fox], Petra [Kelly] and Gert [Bastian]; proposal for Charlene to speak to Charles' students at UCLA; proposal for future conferences [seminars] and suggestions of participants; suggests of interviewees for Charles' books on cosmology; request to delete material from their interview together on her spritual background, 1992
-typescript letter to Charles and Maggie sending cuttings and giving personal news, 1992
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, confirms meeting with Wm. Irwin Thompson (Bill) and making other arrangements to meet, 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending a draft of an article 'Radical nonduality in ecofeminist philosophy', 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending cuttings and referring to their visit to SF, 1993
-manuscript letter on personal headed paper, sending cuttings and making suggestions for future conferences [seminars], 1993
-manuscript letter to Charles and Maggie on personal headed paper, sending a clipping for Charles and discussing a Vipassana retreat with Maggie, 1994
-typescript fax on personal headed paper, suggesting participants for the 'Reconsidering the Post-Modern' conference [seminar], 1995
-typescript fax on personal headed paper, sent to participants of the Symposium, discussing the relevant pages of her books in relation to postmodernism, 1992

Folder also includes:
-typescript form letter from Charles, on UCLA headed paper, to particpants of the 'Portrack Seminar' in Santa Monica March 1993, giving arrival instructions, 1993
-typescript fax proposal for Santa Monica seminar titled 'How is Meaning Grounded?: implications of the embodied mind' on California Institute of Integral Studies headed paper, 1993
-photocopied newspaper articles on Petra Kelly and Gern Bastian
-programme for the Bay Area Memorial Service for Petra Kelly and Gert Bastian, 1992
-manuscript notes, post-it notes and 'while you were out' messages
-handwritten list of contact details
-blank form for Charles' AUP 289-7 The Post-Modern Breakthrough course with a table headed 'Chaos Theory - Complexity theories - Los Angeles - Religion - Feminism'
-flyer for Charlene Spretnak's 'States of Grace' book
-flyer for William Irwin Thompson's classes at California Institute of Integral Studies, 1993

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