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Tue Jan 14 09:04:41 EST 2003

Return?  Since the terms "communism" and "marxism" were coopted by
totalitarians, I'm not sure "return" is the proper word.  Still, I'm sorry
I won't be able to make it to the conference.

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Today's Topics:

   1. After Globalisation: A Return to Marx? conference (Ron Day)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2003 21:55:03 -0500
From: Ron Day <ronday at wayne.edu>
To: sigcrit-l at asis.org
Reply-To: Ron Day <ronday at wayne.edu>
Subject: [Sigcrit-l] After Globalisation: A Return to Marx? conference

Another announcement that I thought might interest people on the SIGCRIT
List...

Anyone lucky enough to be in Paris in February might be interested in the
following....
Ron Day

>The Forum for European Philosophy Presents:

>

>After Globalisation: A Return to Marx?

>

>

>This two-day Anglo-French Conference, organised in Paris in association

>with the Coll?ge international de philosophie and the journal Actuel Marx,

>is a sequel to an Anglo-French conference on 'Returns to Marx' held in

>London in June 2002. The purpose is to revisit certain strands of the

>Marxist tradition in the light of the phenomenon of globalisation and the

>various 'anti-capitalist' movements that have grown up in opposition to
it.

>A particular aim will be to encourage dialogue between Anglophone and

>Francophone readers of Marx. The recent work of Jacques Derrida,
especially

>Specters of Marx and Marx & Sons, will be a central focus of discussion.

>

>Venue: Amphith??tre Poincar?, Coll?ge international de philosophie, 1 rue

>Descartes 75005 Paris

>

>

>Thursday 27 February

>

>2pm:  Session One: The Fate of the Sovereign State Justin Rosenberg,

>University of Sussex "Globalisation, Sovereignty, Marx", with Monique

>Chemillier-Gendreau, University  of Paris-VII,  and Fr?d?ric Neyrat,

>Coll?ge international de philosophie

>

>5pm: Session Two: Round table with Jacques Derrida, EHESS (Paris) and

>Marcel Drach, Coll?ge international de philosophie

>

>Friday 28 February

>

>9am: Session Three Cosmopolitism and Universality

>Susan Neiman, Einstein Forum, Potsdam, "Universality and the Future in
Kant

>and Marx" and Jacques Bidet, University of Paris-X.

>

>11am: Session Four Empires and Imperialism

>Alex Callinicos, University of York, "Imperialism", and Daniel Bensa?d,

>University of Paris VIII

>

>2pm: Session Five The Globalisation  of Culture

>David Wood, Vanderbilt University, "Returns to Marcuse", and Jean-Jacques

>Lecercle, Universit? de Paris-X

>

>5pm: Session Six Capitalism

>Robin Blackburn, University of Essex "Pension Fund Collectivism and the

>Shareholding Proletariat", with G?rard Dum?nil, CNRS, Marcel Drach,
Coll?ge

>international de philosophie and ?gidius Berns, University of Brabant.

>

>The Forum for European Philosophy is an educational charity which
organises

>and runs a full and varied programme of philosophy and inter disciplinary

>events in the UK. Our events range from conferences, discussion and
reading

>groups to seminars and book forums, all of which are open to the public
and

>most of which are free. So if you are interested in philosophical dialogue

>and attending some culturally enriching activities then visit

>www.philosophy-forum.org or contact Catherine Lowe for further
information.

>

>Catherine Lowe

>Forum for European Philosophy

>Room J101, European Institute

>London School of Economics

>Houghton St, London

>WC2 2AE

>Tel:020 7955 7539, Fax: 020 7955 7546

>C.Lowe at lse.ac.uk

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