Forwarded from Philos-l Ross B. Emmett ********************************************************************** 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] **********************************************************************