From: Jerry Levy (Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM)
Date: Thu May 18 2006 - 09:03:23 EDT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin McIvor" <martin.mcivor-alumni@lse.ac.uk> To: <mpslist@topica.com> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 4:47 AM Subject: Conference (2007): Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelianism http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/events/conferences/alasda ir-macintyre.cfm Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelianism: Ethics, Resistance and Utopia Friday 29th June to Sunday 1st July 2007 Conference Announcement For more than half a century Alasdair MacIntyre has remained a fervent critic of the structural injustices of capitalism. Indeed, nothing could be further from the truth than the all too frequent mischaracterisation of his mature ethical thought as a form of communitarian conservatism. Rather, from Marxism: An Interpretation through his essays for the New and Trotskyist lefts of the 1950s and 1960s to After Virtue and subsequent texts, MacIntyre has attempted to articulate and defend a form of politics that is adequate to the needs of radicals in the modern world. In his most recent works, MacIntyre has located a contradiction between, on the one hand, the critical Aristotelian distinction between people as they are and people as they could be if they realised their telos; and, on the other hand, the tendency of capitalism systematically to thwart people's abilities to reach their potentials. Moreover, he has suggested that radicals need to articulate a 'politics of self-defence' rooted in practices that challenge capitalism's economic goals, and which are thus utopian in a non-utopian manner. It is the view of the organisers of this conference that these three themes within MacIntyre's thought - his ethics of human flourishing, his politics of resistance, and his practical utopianism - suggest a powerful contribution to the contemporary resurgence of radical politics. It is thus with a view to exploring the radical and revolutionary implications of MacIntyre's work that we welcome contributions to a conference on the contemporary relevance of his ideas. Further Information This three-day conference hosted by the Human Rights & Social Justice Research Institute, will held at the Graduate Centre at London Metropolitan University, 166-220 Holloway Road, London N7 8DB. Tickets cost £115 per person (£20 for students) and includes the conference pack, lunch on Saturday and refreshments throughout the conference programme. (Ticket prices are at the discretion of the conference organisers). Accommodation is available within the Halls of Residence and will cost approximately £30 per person per night, in addition to the conference fee. If you are interested in presenting a paper at the conference, please tick the appropriate box on the Registration Form and further details will be sent to you. Please note that speakers are exempt from paying conference fees. For registration etc visit <http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/research-units/hrsj/events/conferences/alasda ir-macintyre.cfm>
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