The Institute of Critical Theory hosts an international conference to consider the historical, political, and philosophical issues raised in Kojin Karatani’s The Structure of History (Duke University Press).
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Duke Graduate School, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute, Department of History, and the Triangle Center for Japanese Studies.
Friday April 18: 2:00-6:00pm
- “From Kant to Modes of Production” – Fredric Jameson
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On Karatini: Chair – Leo Ching
- “Transcritique Alongside the Parallax: On Capitalist Crisis (Kozo Uno), Unemployment, and Race” – Ken Kawashima
- “Karatani’s ‘Trinity'” – Viren Murthy
- “Karatani’s Dialectic: Absolute Formalism and Utopic Figuration” – Phil Wegner
- “A Binary of the Everyday” – Takushi Odagiri
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“Karatani in Beijing: Notes from the Seminar on the Configuration of World History” – Wang Hui: Chair – Michael Hardt
- Reception
Saturday, April 19: 9:00am-6:00pm
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The Political Dimension: Chair – Mark Driscoll
- “History and Politics in Karatani’s Structure of World History” – Arif Dirlik
- “Karatani and Praxis” – Eric Cazdyn
- “Marxist Intercourse and Kantian Anarchism in the Struggle for Communism: From Verkehr to Verkehrung” – Kanishka Goonewardena
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History and Globalization: Chair – Negar Mottahedeh
- “World History, Kyoto Philosophy, and the Problem of the Present” – Harry Harootunian
- “Modes of Production, Modes of Exchange, and World Pictures” – Chris Hill
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Modes of Production (I): Chair – Ralph Litzinger
- “Anthropologies of the Archaic: Gift, Reciprocity, Sacrifice” – Marilyn Ivy
- “On Plunder, State Capital, and X” – Joel Wainwright
- “Perversion and Transition: On Modes of Production and Modes of Exchange” – Gavin Walker
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Modes of Production (II): Chair – Rey Chow
- “The World in World-Republic” – Manu Goswani
- “Cooperatives and the Commune-form after the Paris Commune” – Kristin Ross
- “Transactions for the Community” – Naoki Sakai
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“Neoliberalism as a Historical Stage” – Kojin Karatani: Chair – Harry Harootunian
DATE: April 18-19, 2014
TIME: See Schedule
LOCATION: Room 115, Friedl Bldg, Duke East Campus