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IMMANENT CRITIQUEN E W D I R E C T I O N S
An international conference on notions of critique and social justice in critical theory today hosted by the Department of
Philosophy at the University of Oregon.
FEATURING: Amy Allen (Dartmouth College), Cinzia Arruzza (New School for Social Research), Albena Azmanova (University of Kent), James Bohman (St. Louis University),
Anita Chari (University of Oregon), Maeve Cooke (University College Dublin), Deborah Cook (University of Windsor), Andrew Feenberg (Simon Fraser University), Alessandro Ferrara
(University of Rome “Tor Vergata”), Eduardo Mendieta (Stony Brook University), Kevin Olson (University of California, Irvine), Antonio Vazquez-Arroyo (Rutgers University).
SPONSORED BY: the Department of Philosophy at the University of Oregon with support from the Oregon Humanities Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Center for the Study
of Women in Society (CSWS), Department of German and Scandinavian, German Studies Committee, Department of Comparative Literature (COLT).
ORGANIZED BY: Rocío Zambrana (Philosophy, University of Oregon).
APRIL 19–20, 2013KNIGHT LIBRARY BROWSING ROOM
For more information, please visit philosophy.uoregon.edu or contact Rocío Zambrana at [email protected].
9:30 Coffee
9:45 Welcoming Remarks Judith Baskin, Associate Dean of Humanities, CAS
9:50-10:00 Opening Remarks Rocío Zambrana, Philosophy, University of Oregon
10:00-10:30 Immanence and Transcendence: Freedom Re-visited Maeve Cooke, University College Dublin
10:30-11:00 Immanent Critique and Immanent Normativity Alessandro Ferrara, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”
11:00-12:00 Cooke and Ferrara Q&A Chair: Colin Koopman, Philosophy, University of Oregon
12:00-1:00 Lunch break
1:00-1:30 Critical Theory and the Idea of Progress Amy Allen, Dartmouth College
1:30-2:00 Gender as Social Temporality: Butler (and Marx) Cinzia Arruzza, New School for Social Research
2:00-3:00 Allen and Arruzza Q&A Chair: Bonnie Mann, Philosophy, University of Oregon
3:00-3:30 Coffee
3:30-4:00 The New Spirit of Capitalism, the Soul of the Left, and the Scriptures of Critique: On Bringing the Critique of Political Economy Back to Immanent Critique Albena Azmanova, University of Kent
4:00-4:30 A Political Economy of the Senses: Occupy Wall Street and the Critique of Neoliberalism Anita Chari, Political Science, University of Oregon
4:30-5:30 Azmanova and Chari Q&A Chair: Michael Allan, COLT, University of Oregon
Knight Library Browsing Room / University of Oregon / April 19-20, 2013
IMMANENT CRITIQUE NEW DIRECTIONS
9:45 Coffee
10:00-10:30 Through a Glass Darkly: Adorno’s Inverse Theology Deborah Cook, University of Windsor
10:30-11:00 The Dialectical Legacy: Immanent Critique, Transcendence, Utopia Antonio Vazquez-Arroyo, Rutgers University
11:00-12:00 Cook and Vazquez-Arroyo Q&A Chair: Ken Calhoon, German and Scandinavian/COLT, University of Oregon
12:00-1:00 Lunch break
1:00-1:30 The Symbolic Animal: Escapes from the Caves of Reason Eduardo Mendieta, Stony Brook University
1:30-2:00 Subversive Significations: Subaltern Politics and the Public Spheres of the Revolutionary Caribbean Kevin Olson, University of California, Irvine
2:00-3:00 Mendieta and Olson Q&A Chair: Alejandro Vallega, Philosophy, University of Oregon
3:00-3:30 Coffee
3:30-4:00 Critical Theory and ‘Immanent Transcendence’ James Bohman, St. Louis University
4:00-4:30 The Realization of Philosophy Andrew Feenberg, Simon Fraser University
4:30-5:30 Bohman and Feenberg Q&A Chair: Rocío Zambrana, Philosophy, University of Oregon
5:30-9:00 Reception, Gerlinger Lounge
FRIDAY, APRIL 19th SATURDAY, APRIL 20th
Knight Library Browsing Room / University of Oregon / April 19-20, 2013