Organisée avec la participation de Verso Books et des Éditions Lignes, la conférence de New York aura pour objet de préciser les modalités de ce qu’Alain Badiou a proposé de nommer L’Hypothèse communiste, cette fois dans le contexte de crise aggravée du capitalisme mondial et de révoltes dans les pays arabes. Principale thématique du prochain livre d’Alain Badiou à paraître le 14 octobre, ce Réveil de l’Histoire, ou nouveau commencement possible du communisme qu’annoncent les émeutes arabes, grecques ou anglaises, sera au cœur des échanges entre les huit participants.
Entrée : 20$. Les tickets seront en vente sur place dès la fin de cette semaine. Attention, le nombre de places est limité.
’The long night of the left is coming to a close’ wrote Slavoj Žižek and Costas Douzinas in their introduction to The Idea of Communism. The continuing economic crisis, the shift away from a unipolar world defined by American hegemony, and the ecological crisis mean that growing numbers of people are keen to explore an alternative, and to re-discover the idea of communism. With the advent of the Arab Awakening millions have sought new ways to overcome corruption and dictatorship.
Responding to Alain Badiou’s proposition of the ’communist hypothesis,’ the leading thinkers of the Left convened in London in 2009 to discuss the perpetual, persistent notion that, in a truly emancipated society, all things should be owned in common.
Now Slavoj Žižek and Alain Badiou are returning to the discussion—this time in New York.
Organised with Verso Books and Éditions Lignes, eight leading thinkers will be discussing ’Communism, A New Beginning ? at Cooper Union on the weekend of October 14th-16th.
Entry will be by ticket only. Tickets will be $20 and will be on sale via this site at the end of this week—please check back. There will be a limited number available.
PROGRAMME
COMMUNISME, UN NOUVEAU COMMENCEMENT ?
COMMUNISM, A NEW BEGINNING ?
COOPER UNION, New York, October 14-16 2011
Conférence organisée à l’initiative d’Alain Badiou et de Slavoj Žižek
1 SESSION : Vendredi 14 octobre, 18h-21h – Friday Oct 14, 6-9 PM
Alain Badiou : SHORT INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Frank Ruda : REMEMBERING THE IMPOSSIBLE. FOR A META-CRITICAL ANAMNESIS OF COMMUNISM
Slavoj Žižek : FREEDOM IN THE CLOUDS
2 SESSION : Samedi 15 octobre, 10h-13h – Saturday Oct 15, 10AM-1PM
Bruno Bosteels : ON THE CHRISTIAN QUESTION
Susan Buck-Morss : COMMUNISM AND ETHICS
3 SESSION : Samedi 15 octobre, 15h-18h – Saturday Oct 15, 3-6 PM
Adrian Johnston : FROM SCIENTIFIC SOCIALISM TO SOCIALIST SCIENCE. NATURDIALEKTIK THEN AND NOW
Etienne Balibar : COMMUNISM AS COMMITMENT, IMAGINATION, AND POLITICS
4 SESSION : Dimanche 16 octobre 10h-13h – Sunday Oct 16, 10AM-1PM
Emmanuel Terray : COMMUNISM : WAYS AND MEANS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION
Alain Badiou : POLITICS AND STATE, MASS MOVEMENT AND TERROR