Centre for Research on Social Inclusion

Please note: You are viewing the unstyled version of this web site. Either your browser does not support CSS (cascading style sheets) or it has been disabled.

International conference

Recognition and Work: International Conference

15th-17th October

Speakers include

Christophe Dejours

Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, Paris

Axel Honneth

Institut für Sozialforschung/Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main

Paul Redding

University of Sydney

Emmanuel Renault

Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon

Beate Roessler

University of Amsterdam

John Rundell

University of Melbourne

Picture: Professors Emmanuel Renault, Christophe Dejours, Beate Roessler & Axel Honneth

Courtesy of Macquarie University

Theme

A central thesis of Axel Honneth’s influential book, The Struggle for Recognition, is that social conflicts have a moral dimension on account of the struggles for recognition they involve. The idea that particular groups or cultures may be owed recognition, and that states act unjustly when they deny the recognition that is due, has been at the heart of recent debates in political philosophy. The role that recognition might have in other contexts of social conflict has been less widely discussed. On the other hand, there is now a considerable body of sociological, economic and psychological literature to suggest that contexts of work have undergone a profound transformation, bringing with it new potentials for conflict, new expressions of discontent and a veritable ‘transvaluation of values’ traditionally associated with work. What can the theory of recognition tell us about these phenomena? And what implications does work - in its full anthropological and moral significance - have for the structure of theories of recognition? The conference brings together philosophers, sociologists, psychologists and economists to explore the complex relations between recognition and work.

Day one
-   The philosophical structure of theories of recognition.
-   Hegel’s theory of recognition and its relevance for contemporary social theory
-   The various social contexts of recognition
-   Work and moral character; the fate of moral character under conditions of the modern market.
-   Pathologies of capitalism: alienation, reification, misrecognition

Day two
-   Work as an economic and a recognition-theoretic category
-   Recognition-theory and the critique of political economy
-   Recognition-theory and heterodox economics; institutionalism, internal labour markets, regulation theory
-   Lessons from the recognition vs redistribution debate

Day three
-   Work and subjectivity; the question of the centrality of work and the role of work in the formation of subjects
-   The psychodynamics of work; the clinician’s perspective on contemporary pathologies of work
-   Co-operation and solidarity
-   Issues of power and inequality
-   The normativity of work

- Meaningful work

Program

For conference program, click here.

Abstracts & recordings

For abstracts, click here.

For recordings, click here.

Registration

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL - please register by October 1st

To register, download the registration form here, and fax to (02) 9850 4432, or post to CRSI, Division of SCMP, C5C371, Macquarie University NSW 2109

Registration includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea, and drinks on Monday afternoon

Full rate: $80 per day or $240 for all 3 days

Discount rate (for students, unwaged, SCMP staff and CRSI members): $60 per day or $180 for all 3 days

Bursaries for honours students: A small number of bursaries are available to cover the registration costs of Honours students wanting to attend the conference. If you are an Honours student and would like to apply for a bursary, write a paragraph explaining why attendance at the conference will benefit your Honours studies and email it to crsi@scmp.mq.edu.au.

Conference dinner

Date: Wednesday 17th October

Venue: Garfish Manly

Address: 1/39 East Esplanade, Manly 2095

Cost: $65 (Drinks not included but can be purchased from restaurant. No BYO facilities.)
For details of menu, click here

To make your booking, please complete the relevant section of the registration form

Conference Venue

Macquarie University
Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM)
99 Talavera Road, Macquarie Park North Ryde
Map: http://www.gsm.mq.edu.au/index.cfm?ObjectID=DD7FDA88-0200-45B2-81992F1D517ED266

Getting to Macquarie

Regional Map - http://www.ofm.mq.edu.au/maps_regional.htm
Campus Map - http://www.ofm.mq.edu.au/maps_campus.htm

Note: MGSM offers free parking to conference delegates

Accommodation

Travelodge Macquarie North Ryde
Address: 81 Talavera Road North Ryde NSW 2113
Tel: +61 2 8874 5200
Fax: +61 2 8874 5300
Room booking: www.travelodge.com.au (click on the Travelodge Macquarie North Ryde link) or by phone on (02) 88745200 or email - tmqr@travelodge.com.au

Robert Menzies College
Address: 136 Herring Road North Ryde NSW 2113
Tel: +61 2 99366012
Fax: +61 2 99366005
Room booking: accommodation@rmc.nsw.edu.au
web: www.rmc.org.au

For inquiries contact

Ruth Cox at Ruth.Cox@scmp.mq.edu.au

Armen Gakavian at crsi@scmp.mq.edu.au or on +61 2 9850 9171

Conference organisers

Jean-Philippe Deranty (Philosophy, Macquarie University)

Nicholas Smith (Philosophy, Macquarie University)

Funded by

The Australian Research Council

The Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University

The Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy, Macquarie University

The Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University

[Back to top]