Conference-colloquium by Didier Eribon
“What can a social movement? Reflections on the categories of politics”
For some years, we have faced a European scale of efforts related to the strong protest movements against neo-liberalist ravages, in order to reformulate categories of action and political theories around both binary, vague and fascinating oppositions: ‘homeland’ against ‘caste’, ‘people’ against ‘oligarchy’. Gradually, we can see how the notions of ‘social classes’ disappear along with specific and minor fights. What does this return mean for a unitary conception of the social body and for the traditional concepts of political philosophy: ‘General Interest’, ‘Common Wealth’, ‘Nation’? Which are the productive effects which also become potential dangers for these categories and their usage in political parties which pretend to erase the left-wing and right-wing dichotomy? How to currently understand social transformations supporting and criticising parties which try to regenerate democratic demands?
Date 30 september 2015 at 12:00 to 14:00. Wednesday.
Place
Aula Magna Facultat de Filosofia i Ciències de l'Educació
Departamento de Filosofía
Departamento de Metafísica y Tª del Conocimiento
Departamento de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia
Colabora el Institut de Creativitat i Innovacions Educatives
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