Forwarded from Philos-l
Ross B. Emmett
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Advance notice
THE DIRECTION OF CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM
An International Interdisciplinary Conference
University of Sussex
Friday 26 April - Sunday 28 April 1996
Speakers from a range of disciplines will assess the direction and
nature of some of the central economic, social and political changes in
capitalist societies over the last decades; the relationships between
these changes; the possibilities and dangers they create for the future;
and their implications for social theory and political philosophy.
Speakers will include: Jeffrey Alexander (UCLA), Elmar Altvater (Free
University, Berlin), Jonathan Boswell (University of Cambridge), Ronald
Dore (London School of Economics), Helmut Dubiel (Institute for Social
Research, Frankfurt), Klaus Eder (European University Institute,
Florence), Orlando Fals Borda (National University of Colombia, Bogota),
Frank F|redi (University of Kent), Shere Hite (El Mundo, Madrid), Piero
Ignazi (University of Bologna), Bob Jessop (Lancaster University), Hans
Joas (Free University, Berlin), Krishan Kumar (University of Kent),
Scott Lash (Lancaster University), Michael Mann (UCLA), William
Scheuerman (University of Pittsburgh), Alan Scott (University of East
Anglia), Alan Sinfield (University of Sussex), Sir Hans Singer
(University of Sussex), Leslie Sklair (London School of Economics),
Hilary Wainwright (Red Pepper / University of Manchester), David
Willetts MP, Judith Williamson (University of Middlesex) and Stephen
Wood (London School of Economics).
Booking details and prices will be posted nearer the time of the
conference.
For further information contact:
Andrew Chitty, Graduate Research Centre in the Social Sciences,
University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QN, UK.
Tel: (+44) 01273 606755
Fax: (+44) 01273 678466
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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