Tuesday April 5th - Detailed Schedule

TUESDAY, APRIL 5 – Columbia University
Heyman Center for the Humanities, Common Room

16.15   PANEL V: ANARCHISM, COMMUNISM, RADICALISM
Chair: Robyn Marasco, CUNY/Hunter College
Discussant: Arya Zahedi, NSSR
Discussant: Alexander Hirsch, UC Santa Cruz

Panelists:

“Future Present(s): Zizek on Radical Democracy, The Precautionary Principle and Project Time” – Ryan O'Neill, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto

“From Monarch to Party: Zizek against Lefort and Radical Democracy” – Gregory C. Flemming, Social and Political Thought, York University, Toronto

“Hostile Takeover: The Radical Potential of Worker Cooperatives in Argentina” – Nicolas Saldias, Department of Political Science, The University of Toronto

“Arendt’s Council System – A utopia or a form of radical democracy?” – Julia Honkasalo, Department of Politics, The New School for Social Research

18.15   Coffee / Refreshments

18.30  KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Todd May, Clemson University

19.30   Closing Roundtable:

Chiara Bottici, The New School for Social Research
Stathis Gourgouris, Columbia University
Andreas Kalyvas, The New School for Social Research
Robyn Marasco, CUNY/Hunter College
Todd May, Clemson University
Ross Poole, The New School for Social Research
Nadia Urbinati, Columbia University

[click here to view closing roundtable faculty bios]

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