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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:14:18 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: [postanarchism] Society for European Philosophy Conference On the theme of 
From: "stevphen shukaitis" <stevphen-AT-mutualaid.org>


[this looks interesting. cheers. stevphen]

SOCIETY FOR EUROPEAN PHILOSOPHY CONFERENCE On the theme of RESISTANCE

At the University of Greenwich, Maritime Campus,
Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich, London, SE10 9LS, UK

August 26th - 28th 2004

The 7th annual SEP Conference will be focused around the theme of
resistance. The greatest thinkers and movements of European philosophy
have been concerned to question and analyse the systems of thought,
economies and patterns of behaviour that constitute the dominant
ideology of their time.

Modern European philosophy has attained its power by producing
concepts and questions that interrupt the presuppositions and
techniques of that order. However, the specificity of contemporary forms
of power, seems to rest in the fact that, far from being
challenged by resistance, they thrive upon it; many of the old forms of
resistance have not simply passed away, but have been effectively taken
into the very economy they sought to break. This is the reality
confronting philosophical thinking today. What can resistance mean in a
situation where the current world-order seemingly possesses the
capacity to incorporate all attempts to stand up to and against it?

This year's conference invites contributors to explore and revitalise that
strand within European Philosophy that has sought to analyse and challenge
the mechanisms that hold life to a controlling order.


Key Speakers

Michael Hardt, Duke University, whose publications include Empire
(with Antonio Negri) and Gilles Deleuze: An Apprenticeship in
Philosophy.

Daniel Smith, Purdue University, who has translated major texts by Gilles
Deleuze, Pierre Klossowski and Isabelle Stengers.

James Williams, University of Dundee, whose publications include
Lyotard & the Political and Gilles Deleuze's Difference and
Repetition.


   

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