The Critical Theory and Practice Seminar series is hosting Alberto Toscano on the 19th of May. The details of the talk are given below.
Alberto Toscano: Capitalism, Crisis and the Limits of Representation Date: Tuesday, 19th May Time: 5 pm Location: Room 1 Mill Lane Lecture Theatre Abstract for the talk: Can Capital be seen? In this talk, Alberto Toscano discusses his latest book "Cartographies of the Absolute", which surveys the disparate answers to this question offered by artists, film-makers, writers and theorists over the past few decades. It zooms in on the crises of representation that have accompanied the enduring crisis of capitalism, foregrounding the production of new visions and artefacts that wrestle with the vastness, invisibility and complexity of the abstractions that rule our lives. This work not only develops new methods for tracing the complex geography of global capitalism, but also engages with the challenge of producing a politics that can transcend the limits imposed by Capital. Alberto Toscano is a reader in sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is also a member of the editorial board of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory. Alberto Toscano's work is both an investigation of the persistence of the idea of communism in contemporary thought and a genealogical inquiry into the concept of fanaticism. He is author of The Theatre of Production (2006), Fanaticism: The Uses of an Idea (2010), and his latest book, Cartographies of the Absolute (2015). More details about the event can be found on the facebook page here _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
