Conferencia de Radical Philosophy: Poder para el pueblo?

Radical Philosophy Conference
Power to the People?
Saturday 9 May 2009, 10.00am–6.00pm
Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1
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‘Power to the people!’ was once a revolutionary slogan, but reference to government by the people and for the people has long been an empty cliché of the post-revolutionary status quo. Numerous alternatives have been proposed: the proletariat, the workers, the masses, the soviets, the the nation, the community, the multitude, the commons... And now? How might we assess the different conceptions of political change embodied in these often conflicting ideas? What is the political and philosophical significance of ‘the people’ and related terms today?

"Poder para el pueblo!" Alguna vez fue un lema revolucionario, pero referencia al gobierno por el pueblo y para el pueblo siempre ha sido un tópico vacío del status quo post-revolucionario. Numerosas alternativas se han propuesto: el proletariado, los trabajadores, las masas, los soviets, el de la nación, la comunidad, la multitud, los bienes comunes ... ¿Y ahora? ¿Cómo podemos evaluar las diferentes concepciones del cambio político plasmado en estas ideas a menudo en conflicto? ¿Cuál es el significado político y filosófico que "el pueblo" y términos relacionados con la actualidad?


Programme
9.30–10.00
Registration
10.00–10.15
Introduction (Peter Hallward, RP)
10.15–11.30
The General Will (chair: Peter Hallward, RP)
'The General Will on the Street: Parisian Activism, Sovereignty and Power, 1789–93'David Andress (Portsmouth)
'How Do the People Make Themselves Heard?’Sophie Wahnich (CNRS, Paris)
11.45–1.00
Class, Commons & Multitude (chair: Esther Leslie, RP)
'Crisis, Tragedies and the Commons'
Massimo De Angelis (University of East London)
[Second speaker and title, tba]
1.00–2.00
Lunch break
2.00–3.15
Urban Collectivities (chair: David Cunningham, RP)
'Urban Intersections and the Politics of Anticipation'AbdouMaliq Simone (Goldsmiths)
‘Reflections on the Post-Political City: Reclaiming the Polis?’Erik Swyngedouw (Manchester)
3.45–5.00
Population & Biopolitics (chair: Stuart Elden, Durham)
'Biopolitics, Diasporas and (Neo)Liberal Political Economy'Couze Venn (Nottingham Trent)
'Feminist Strategies Revisited – Sexopolitics, Multitude and Biopolitics'Encarnacion Gutierrez Rodriguez (Manchester)
5.00–6.00
‘They, the People’ (chair: Peter Osborne, RP)
Gayatri Spivak (Columbia University, NY)
Tickets £10 students £25 waged
Advance registration from: RP conference, Peter Osborne, School of Arts and Education, Middlesex University, Trent Park campus, Bramley Road, London N14 4YZ.
Cheques payable to ‘Radical Philosophy Ltd’.
Inquiries: matt.charles@blueyonder.co.uk