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Conference Announcement
Theme: Global Ethics and Capitalism
Subtitle: Rethinking Critical Theory
Type: 4th Workshop in Social and Political Thought
Institution: Department of Philosophy, Michigan State University
Location: East Lansing, MI (USA)
Date: 4.–5.10.2013
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This fourth workshop in social and political thought at MSU will be a
forum for addressing the provocative ways in which recent scholarship
situates Critical Theory in contemporary analyses of Capitalism in
relation to normative questions ‘of a global scale.’ In this sense,
the workshop will discuss the status and relevance of a critique of
Capitalism in its global form in contemporary Critical Theory. An
important aspect of this discussion is the extent to which a
normative analysis of Capitalism can be related to an analysis of the
immanent tendencies of Capitalism. Participants will confront and
examine recent shifts of Critical Theory away from a Marxian notion
of the critique of political economy, and the viability of critiques
of Capitalism in light of recent conceptions of economic crises and
accelerating globalization.
Speakers and Commentators
Carol C. Gould (Political Science and Philosophy, Hunter College,
CUNY Graduate Center):
Author of Interactive Democracy: The Social Roots of Global Justice
(in preparation); Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights (2004);
Rethinking Democracy: Freedom and Social Cooperation in Politics,
Economy, and Society (1990); Marx's Social Ontology: Individuality
and Community in Marx's Theory of Social Reality, (1978)
Eduardo Mendieta (Philosophy, Stony Brook):
Author of Three Pragmatist Lectures, (2008); Global Fragments:
Latinamericanism, Globalizations, and Critical Theory (2007);
Adventures of Transcendental Philosophy: Karl-Otto Apel's Semiotics
and Discourse Ethics
Tony Smith (Philosophy, Iowa State University:
Author of Globalization: A Systematic Marxian Account (2005);
Technology and Capital in the Age of Lean Production: A Marxian
Critique of the “New Economy,” (2000); (1993); The Role of Ethics in
Social Theory: Essays from a Habermasian Perspective (1991); The
Logic of Marx’s Capital: Replies to Hegelian Criticisms, State
University of New York Press (1990).
Todd Hedrick (Philosophy, Michigan State University):
Author of Rawls and Habermas. Reason, Pluralism, and the Claims of
Political Philosophy (2010)
Russell Lucas (Global Studies, Michigan State University):
Author of Institutions and the Politics of Survival in Jordan:
Domestic Responses to External Challenges, 1988-2001 (2005)
Richard Peterson (Philosophy, Michigan State University):
Author of Democratic Philosophy and the Politics of Knowledge
(1996)
Schedule
Friday, October 4
9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks, Matt McKeon (Chair of the Philosophy
Department
9:10-9:20 Opening Remarks, Christian Lotz; Kyle Whyte (MSU)
9:20-10:20 Carol C. Gould (CUNY Graduate Center):
Democratizing the Workplace: The Critical Theory of Democracy and a
Global Ethic of Self-Management
10:20-10:45 Comments: Richard Peterson (MSU)
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Discussion
12:30-2:00 Lunch Break
2:00-3:00 Tony Smith (Iowa State University):
From The Crisis of Neoliberalism to the Crisis of Capitalism:
Implications for Global Ethics
3:00-3:25 Comments: Russell Lucas (MSU)
3:25-3:45 Coffee break
3:45-5:30 Discussion
6:30 Reception
Saturday, October 5
9:30-10:30 Eduardo Mendieta (Stony Brook):
The New-New Capitalism and the Tasks of Critical Theory: Some Theses
10:35-11:00 Comments: Todd Hedrick (MSU)
11:00-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:45 Discussion
Lunch/Departure
Location
All sessions will be held in the Theater of the Residential College
of the Arts and Humanities (the room is in the basement of
Phillips-Snyder Hall).
Conference website:
https://www.msu.edu/~lotz/workshop2013/
Contact:
Prof. Christian Lotz
Michigan State University
Deptartment of Philosophy
503 South Kedzie Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
USA
Phone: +1 517 355.4490
Email: l...@msu.edu
Web: https://www.msu.edu/~lotz/workshop2013/
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