CfP 'Unpacking capitalism: structures, endurance, reproduction' 30-31 July 2020, Durham University
We would like to invite submissions of abstracts for the symposium ‘Unpacking Capitalism: Structures, Endurance, Reproduction’. We especially encourage contributions from postgraduate and early career scholars. The symposium is supported by the Institute for Advanced Study, Durham University and is free to attend.
Since capitalism was first theorised and written about, it has been described as inherently crisis-prone and many have insisted that its tendency is toward its own abolition. Financial crises, decline of profit rates and manifest tendencies towards stagnation put into question economic viability of capitalism as a regime of accumulation. Similarly, increased precarity and intensification of work raise questions over the sustainability of capitalism as a way to organise social and economic relations. This said, capitalism remains the dominant way of structuring and organising social and economic relations globally. This conference will consider the structures, endurance and reproduction of capitalism. We, therefore, invite papers which consider the reasons for the endurance of capitalism, as well as papers which present alternatives to capitalism or suggestions of possible escape from the rule of capital.
The conference invites papers from a broad range of disciplines that combine theoretical analysis with empirical research. The submissions can reflect on (but are not restricted to):
• histories of capitalism
• the legal structures which create, perpetuate and enforce capitalism
• capitalism and imperialism
• sociology of work
• the creation of precariousness
• other relevant themes.
The perspectives we seek to bring together are studies of capitalist political economy, historical inquiries into development and transformations of capitalism, and explorations of social and economic relations in capitalist societies.
This conference takes place in the beautiful and historic city of Durham in summer 2020.
ST AIDAN’S COLLEGE, DURHAM UNIVERSITY 30-31 JULY 2020
Please submit abstracts for papers to Holly Chalcraft ([log in to unmask]) by 29 February 2020
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