ANTI-CAPITALISM: MOVEMENT OF MOVEMENTS?
Social and Cultural
Movements Group, Edge Hill
University
3rd International
Conference
On the theme of:
Anti-Capitalism: Movement of
Movements?
Edge Hill University
18th ? 20th September 2007
The
radical movement politics of the 21st century has
thus far been
anti-capitalist politics ? a fusion of
anti-globalisation, ecology, anti-war
and left
politics that has sought to counter the machinations
of states,
supranational organisation in a globalising
world and corporate power. Often
called the ?movement
of movements? it represents a critical alliance
of
disparate movements along a common set of broad themes
around
democracy, peace, ecology, anti-imperialism and
opposition to the pernicious
and debilitating impacts
of contemporary capitalism. It is seen variously as
a
development from, and triumph of: movement politics, a
reassertion of
Left critique in radical politics and a
new strategic challenge to the
contemporary capitalism
of empire, and the politics of identity
and
consumption and resurgent neo-conservatism. The task
of understanding,
theorising and critically engaging
with anti-capitalism is a critical step in
thinking
where it goes next and how it builds a momentum of
radical
resistance to capitalism in its democratic and
authoritarian forms.
This conference seeks to offer a space for
constructive critical
engagement, the airing of key
conceptual, intellectual and political debates
and
contributions that reflect the diverse range of
analyses of
anti-capitalism in its global
manifestations. We welcome papers and
contributions
from academics and activists on: theories and
conceptual
debates in anti-capitalism; theory and
politics of the anti-capitalism
movement(s);
understanding anti-capitalist movement
politics;
anti-capitalism and social movements in a global
context and
across the globe.
The conference lasts from the morning of
Wednesday
19th to the early afternoon of Friday 21st September.
There are
residential and non-residential conference
tariffs and a limited number of
reduced tariffs
available.
Deadline for Submissions for Abstracts
for Papers:
30th June 2007
Deadline for Registration for the
Conference: 31st
July 2007
Deadline for Papers to be available for
advance
Circulation: 31st August 2007
Keynote speakers to be notified
shortly
This conference is organised in conjunction with
Historical
Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist
Theory
Contact: Roger
Spalding, Social and Cultural Movements
Group, Edge Hill University, St.
Helen?s Road,
Ormskirk, Lancs L39 4PQ, UK
E-mail: spaldr@edgehill.
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