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The Centre for Cultural Studies Research
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
University of East London
presents:
The Politics of Debt: a Seminar
October 13th 2010, 2:00pm-500pm
Concepts and experiences of debt have become central to the management of contemporary capitalism, to understandings of its consequences and to social experience at every scale. National debt, personal debt, ecological debt are key issues for understanding contemporary culture and politics. But what exactly is debt? Can we manage without it? Are current levels of personal, national, corporate and ecological debt sustainable; and what are the origins of this most fundamental concept?
speakers:
Aditya Chakrabortty, The Guardian, New Political Economy Network
Joe Cox, Campaigns Organiser at Compass, organiser of the Compass campaign against legal loan sharking
Massimo De Angelis, UEL, author of The Beginning of History: Value Struggles and Global Capital, Keynesianism, Social Conflict and Political Economy.
David Graeber, Goldsmiths College, author of Possibilities: Essays on Hierarchy, Rebellion and Desire and Direct Action: an Ethnography, currently working on a history of debt.
UEL Docklands Campus
Cyprus DLR station – the station is literally at the campus
Room EB.G.16 (Ground Floor, East Building – East Building is to the left on entering the main square from Cyprus station)
All welcome, no need to book in advance
Further info contact Jeremy Gilbert: j.gilbert@uel.ac.uk