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• 31 oct 2020

  Berlin

  Call for papers - Thought

  Figures and Perspectives on the Mass and the Individual in Capitalist Modernity (19th-21st century)

  How is it possible to use the notion of mass without making it collapse into a complete condemnation of collective action or into an acritical celebration of the crowd? From there on, the relationship between mass and individual can be addressed in many fashions: Are there any specific ways for the mass to organize itself as a political subject? What are means whereby artworks represent and transform the linkage between  mass and individual? What are the mutations undergone by the mass qua object of the social sciences? How does capitalist modernity affect the moral and psychic autonomy of individuals?

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• 15 nov 2019

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Associative Worlds : Grasping Politics by doing Ethnography on Associations

  Special issue 2021, vol. 47(3) of the Swiss Journal of Sociology

  This special issue aims to discuss ethnographic approaches that allow to shed light on the plurality of associations, societies and clubs. The aim is to examine the plurality of associational practices and meanings of associations, in order to contribute to a new scrutiny of the political dimension of associations. On the one hand, the papers will allow, by relying on ethnographic enquiries, to grasp the large variety of situations and worldviews that the world of associations entails, and through this, to open the way for underlying sociological questions. On the other hand, they shall question the contribution of ethnography to an exploration of the political potential of associational action - without limiting themselves to an organizational or motivational approach of the origins of an association.

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• 15 sep 2019

  Luxembourg City | Vienna

  Call for papers - History

  Naturalisation and legitimation of power (1300-1800)

  An attempt of comparative history

  Ces deux colloques ambitionnent de cerner de manière collective et interdisciplinaire les différents usages du concept de naturalité en Europe entre 1300 et 1800. L'objet est de réaliser une synthèse collective d'histoire comparée sur le sujet.

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• 06 jui 2019

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  08 jui 2019

  Lyon

  Conference, symposium - Political studies

  Gustav Landauer (1870-1919), philosopher and revolutionary

  Considéré en son temps comme « l’agitateur le plus important du mouvement révolutionnaire radical » en Allemagne, le philosophe et activiste anarchiste Gustav Landauer (1870-1919) bénéficie aujourd’hui d’un vif regain d’intérêt. Un siècle après son assassinat, ce colloque international – le premier organisé en France à son propos – entend rendre compte de ce renouveau.

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• 04 fév 2019

  Budapest

  Call for papers - Political studies

  Counter-enlightenment, Revolution and Dissent

  Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence / PJCV

  Reason and rational modes of thought are often seen as the bastion against the acceleration of conflict into violence and the goal of the Enlightenment tradition was, in a large part, to liberate individuals from those irrational superstitions and beliefs which were at the base of these conflicts. However, many critiques of the Enlightenment project, both historical and more contemporary, see the imposition of universal reason as itself a form violence, ignoring claims of comprehensive traditions, identity and history on the individual. The aim of this special edition of the Philosophical Journal of Conflict and Violence is to examine possible counter-enlightenment approaches to violence, conflict and conflict resolution.

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• 07 jui 2018

  08 jui 2018

  Frankfurt

  Study days - History

  University and politics - lecturers, students and public powers in Europe (1848-1945)

  Professeurs, étudiants et pouvoirs publics en Europe (1848-1945)

  Cette journée d’études ambitionne, sur la période d’un siècle allant des révolutions de 1848 à la fin de la seconde guerre mondiale, d’interroger la relation entre l’université et le politique en Europe. Onze communications permettront de réfléchir sous de multiples angles aux liens hétérogènes entre acteurs du champ universitaire, qu’ils enseignent, étudient ou administrent, et acteurs du champ politique, dans l’espace européen. Une problématique centrale qui traverse l’ensemble des exposés, qu’ils traitent d’un individu, d’un groupe d’individus ou d’une discipline, est celle de l’autonomie du champ universitaire, de sa constitution et de son éventuelle limitation, par rapport au champ politique, dans une période où l’institution universitaire est en pleine expansion et transformée par la formation de nouvelles disciplines.

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