Marx's Capital After 150 Years: Critique and Alternatives to Capitalism

Marx's Capital After 150 Years: Critique and Alternatives to Capitalism Upcoming conference at York University, Toronto (May 24-26) on the 150th anniversary of the publication of Marx's Capital. ADMISSION TO THIS CONFERENCE IS FREE

After the eruption of the international financial crisis in 2008, Marx's Capital received 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 wa

s too hastily dismissed after the fall of the Berlin Wall. For many scholars today, Marx's analyses are arguably resonating even more strongly than they did in his own time. This international conference will bring together several world-renowned sociologists, political theorists, economists, and philosophers, from diverse fields and more than 10 countries with the aim of offering diverse scholarly perspectives and critical insights into the principal contradictions of contemporary capitalism and, in so doing, point to alternative economic and social models. The conference is structured in nine plenary sessions and around several major themes. Among them there are: new interpretations of Capital in light of ecology, non-European societies and gender; the contemporary relevance of Capital; re-reading Capital as an incomplete project after the new critical edition of Marx's complete work (MEGA²); and the global dissemination and reception of Capital. The presenters will critically reconsider Marx's magnum opus as a work that continues to provide an effective framework to understand the nature of capitalism and the transformations of our times.

Professor Himani Bannerji on the relationship between social movements and organized politics
01/05/2018

Professor Himani Bannerji on the relationship between social movements and organized politics

The Relationship Between 'Issue-Based' Social Movements and Organized Politics / Party-Based Politics --Himani Bannerji (York University, Canada) at the Marx...

Professor Bertell Ollman on revising Marx's Capital in the light of the unpublished works
01/05/2018

Professor Bertell Ollman on revising Marx's Capital in the light of the unpublished works

"'Capital' vol. 1 in Light of Marx's Unpublished Works" --Bertell Ollman (New York University, USA) at the Marx Collegium, 2017 Marx's Capital ​after 150 Yea...

Professor Michael Kraetke on the "incompleteness" of Marx's Capital
01/05/2018

Professor Michael Kraetke on the "incompleteness" of Marx's Capital

"Why and in what Respects is ‘Capital’ Incomplete?" --Michael Kraetke (Lancaster University, UK) at the Marx Collegium, 2017 Marx's Capital ​after 150 Years:...

Professor Ursula Huws on the household in Marx's Capital.
01/05/2018

Professor Ursula Huws on the household in Marx's Capital.

"The Household in Marx’s 'Capital'" --Ursula Huws (University of Hertfordshire, UK) at the Marx Collegium, 2017 Marx's Capital ​after 150 Years: Critique and...

Professor Kevin B. Anderson on the explicit and implicit notions of revolutions in Marx's Capital
01/04/2018

Professor Kevin B. Anderson on the explicit and implicit notions of revolutions in Marx's Capital

"Five Explicit and Implicit Notions of Revolution in 'Capital' as seen from a Multilinear Peripheral Angle" --Kevin B. Anderson (UC Santa Barbara, USA) at th...

Professor Moishe Postone on the Marx's Capital relevance to the current crisis of capital
01/04/2018

Professor Moishe Postone on the Marx's Capital relevance to the current crisis of capital

"The Current Crisis and the Anachronism of Value" --Moishe Postone (University of Chicago, USA) at the Marx Collegium, 2017 Marx's Capital ​after 150 Years: ...

Professor Richard Wolff on Marx's 'Capital' and its relevance for the question of worker's cooperatives
01/04/2018

Professor Richard Wolff on Marx's 'Capital' and its relevance for the question of worker's cooperatives

"Marx’s Economics and Social Movements for Worker Cooperatives" --Richard Wolff (The New School, USA) at the Marx Collegium, 2017 Marx's Capital ​after 150 Y...

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