Marx's Capital after 150 Years: Critique and Alternative to Capitalism
International Conference
May 24-26, 2017
Toronto
The Marx Collegium York University www.marxcollegium.orgAfter the eruption of the international financial crisis in 2008, Marx's Capitalreceived renewed academic and popular attention. Leading newspapers throughout the world discussed again the contemporary relevance of its pages. Faced with a deep new crisis of capitalism, many are now looking to an author who in the past was often wrongly associated with the "actually existing socialism", and who was hastily dismissed after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.For many scholars, today Marx's analyses are arguably resonating even more strongly than they did in Marx's own time. This international conference brings together several world-renowned sociologists, political theorists, economists, and philosophers, from diverse fields and 13 countries. Its aim is to explore diverse scholarly perspectives and critical insights into the principal contradictions of contemporary capitalism and, in so doing, to draw attention to alternative economic and social models.The presenters will critically reconsider Marx's Capital as a work that continues to provide an effective framework to understand the nature of capitalism and the transformations of our times. Conference ProgramDay 1: Wednesday, May 24Session 1, 16:00 - 18:00Senate Chamber, Ross Bldg 940 NorthDissemination and Reception of Capital in the World: A RoundtableMarcello Musto (York University, Canada)Michael Kraetke (Lancaster University, UKTomash Dabrowski (Northwestern University, USABabak Amini (London School of Economics, UKPaula Rauhala (University of Tampere, FinlandKohei Saito (Osaka City University, JapanSeongjin Jeong (Gyeongsang National University, South Korea)
Chair: Victor Wallis (Barklee Colledge of Music, USA)Day 2: Thursday, May 25Session 1, 10:30 - 12:30Senate Chamber, Ross Bldg 940 NorthThe Politics of CapitalMauro Buccheri (York Univeristy, Canada), The Persistence of Marx’s Humanism: From the 'Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844' to 'CapitalGeorge Comninel (York University, Canada), The Political Theory of 'Capital': Fetishism of CommodititeWilliam Roberts (McGill University, Canada), Reading 'Capital' as a Political InterventioTerrell Carver (University of Bristol, UK), Performativity, Parody and Post-Marxism: Reading 'Capital' All Over Again
Chair: Paula Rauhala (University of Tampere, Finland) Session 2, 14:00 - 15:45Vari Hall, Lecture Hall ABeyond Labour and CapitalHimani Bannerji (York University, Canada), Reading 'Capital' for Understanding Violence Against Women in the Era of NeoliberalisKevin B. Anderson (UC Santa Barbara, USA), Multilinearity, Colonialism, and Race in 'CapitalPietro Basso (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy), Had 'Capital' Been Written Today
Chair: Golaleh Pashmforoosh (University of Toronto, Canada) Session 3, 16:00 - 17:30Vari Hall, Lecture Hall ANew Critical StancesLeo Panitch (York University, Canada), The Challenge of Transcending ‘CapitalMoishe Postone (University of Chicago, USA), The Current Crisis and the Anachronism of ValueChair: Leigh Denholm (York University, Canada)Session 4, 17:45 - 19:30Vari Hall, Lecture Hall AExtending the Critique of CapitaIMichael Kraetke (Lancaster University, UK), Why and in what Respects is ‘Capital’ Incomplete
Silvia Federici (Hofstra University, USA), Marx, Gender and the Reproduction of the Working ClasRichard Wolff (The New School, USA), Marx’s Economics and Social Movements for Worker Cooperatives
Chair: Babak Amini (London School of Economics, UK)Day 3: Friday, May 26Session 1, 10:30 - 12:30Senate Chamber, Ross Bldg 940 NorthElements of Future SocietyGary Teeple (Simon Fraser University, Canada), The Neglected Chapters on Wages in 'CapitalAlfonso Maurizio Iacono (University of Pisa, Italy), The Ambivalence of Cooperation in Marx’s 'CapitalSeongjing Jeong (Gyeongsang National University, South Korea), Marx on Globalization
Chair: Mauro Buccheri (York Univeristy, Canada)Session 2, 14:00 - 15:45Vari Hall, Lecture Hall ACapitalism, Past and Present Etienne Balibar (Paris West University Nanterre La Défense, France), Marx's Capitalism and OurUrsula Huws (University of Hertfordshire, UK), The Household in Marx’s 'CapitalBertell Ollman (New York University, USA), 'Capital' vol. 1 in Light of Marx's Unpublished Works
Chair: Leigh Denholm (York University, Canada)Session 3, 16:00 - 17:45Vari Hall, Lecture Hall ANew Grounds of CritiqueBob Jessop (Lancaster University, UK), Marx on the Analysis of Social Formation
John Bellamy Foster (University of Oregon, USA), Marx's 'Capital' and the Earth: The Ecological Critique of Political EconomySaskia Sassen (Columbia University, USA), When the Material Becomes Invisible: A Conversation with Marx's Materialities
Chair: Babak Amini (London School of Economics, UK)Session 4, 18:00 - 19:30Vari Hall, Lecture Hall AWhich Marx for Today?Immanuel Wallerstein (Yale University, USA), The Contemporary Relevance of Marx
Chair: Marcello Musto (York University, Canada) |