Oct. 25-26, 2018
Goethe University, Frankfurt
Normative Orders Building, EG 01
This conference will revisit G.A. Cohen’s Karl Marx’s Theory of History: A Defence (KMTH) on the occasion of the 40th year since its publication. It is organized by Prof. Darrel Moellendorf (Frankfurt) and Prof. Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden) and hosted and supported by the Excellence Cluster Normative Orders at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Confirmed speakers:
Erica Benner (Yale)
Chris Bertram (Bristol)
John Filling (Cambridge)
Rainer Forst (Frankfurt)
A.J. Julius (UCLA)
Anabelle Lever (Sciences Po)
Darrel Moellendorf (Frankfurt)
John Roemer (Yale)
Philippe van Parijs (Louvain)
Roberto Veneziani (Queen Mary)
Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden)
Jonathan Wolff (Oxford)
For conference attendance registration is required. Please contact Ellen Nieβ to register: ellen.niess[at]normativeorders.ne
Programme
October 25, 2018
9.00 – 10.00 Philippe Van Parijs, ‘All Souls College Oxford, Michaelmas Term 1978’
10.15 – 11.15 Chris Bertram, ‘Cohen on growth, rationality, and capitalism’
11.30 – 12.30 Erica Benner
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Roberto Veneziani
15.15 – 16.15 John Roemer, ‘How can the socialist economy be decentralized, if not relying upon greed and fear?’
16.30 – 17.30 Annabelle Lever
18.30 – Buffet dinner—for all participants (5th floor)
October 26, 2018
9.00 – 10.00 Darrel Moellendorf, ‘Hope and the Development Thesis’
10.15 – 11.15 John Filling, ‘Cohen, Elster, and Methodological Individualism’
11.30 – 12.30 AJ Julius
12.30 – 14.00 Lunch
14.00 – 15.00 Nicholas Vrousalis, ‘Cohen’s critical theory’
15.15 – 16.15 Jonathan Wolff, ‘Cohen on functional prediction’
16.30 – 17.30 Panel discussion with Rainer Forst, Darrel Moellendorf, Nicholas Vrousalis
17:30 Reception—for all participants (Ground floor)
19.30 Dinner (speakers only)