CFP: French pragmatism and the renewal of contemporary sociology

Deadline for abstracts: 15 November 2016 Date & Place: 15&16 December 2016 Language: English Organizers: Paul Blokker (FSV UK) and Nicolas Maslowski (CCFEF of Warsaw University) French pragmatic sociology will be the main theme in the workshop on “French pragmatism and the renewal of contemporary sociology”, held on 15 and 16 December, and organized by the Institute … Continue reading CFP: French pragmatism and the renewal of contemporary sociology

From an anthropological to an ontological pluralism

A lecture by Philippe Descola organized by the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences and CEFRES, in cooperation with the French Institute in Prague. Where: Conference Room, Jilská 1, Prague 1 Language: English Abstract The key concept and methodological tool of Lévi-Straussian structural anthropology is the group of transformation. A structure, understood as … Continue reading From an anthropological to an ontological pluralism

The Territory of the Modern State: Infrastructural Ties and Dispositions of Power

Fifth session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, led by Katalin Pataki (CEFRES & Central European University, Budapest) Texts: MANN, MICHAEL (1986), “The autonomous power of the state: its origins, mechanisms, and results”, in HALL, JOHN A. (ed.), States in History. Oxford: Blackwell. p109-136 FOUCAULT, MICHEL (2001), “Governmentality”, in Power (The Essential Works … Continue reading The Territory of the Modern State: Infrastructural Ties and Dispositions of Power

How to Make Sense of Class, Status, and Power: The Example of the Bürgertum

Mátyás Erdélyi (CEFRES / CEU) will host CEFRES/IMS FSV Seminar on Thursday November 10th (15:30) at CEFRES Library. How to Make Sense of Class, Status, and Power: The Example of the Bürgertum Texts to be read are: Jürgen Kocka, « The middle classes in Europe », The Journal of Modern History, vol. 67, n° 4, 1995, p. 783-806. … Continue reading How to Make Sense of Class, Status, and Power: The Example of the Bürgertum

The Concept of Minority

Fourth session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, led by Timofey Agarin (Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict, School of Politics, Queen’s University Belfast). Texts: Timofey Agarin, “Conclusion: Is It Time to Cut the Umbilical Cord?”, in Timofey Agarin et Ireneusz Paweł Karolewsk, Extraterritorial Citizenship in Postcommunist Europe, London & New York, Rowman & Littlefield, … Continue reading The Concept of Minority

Disciplinary Approaches to Concepts. Different Ways of Using the Concept of Morals

Second session of the common epistemological seminar of CEFRES and IMS FSV UK, led by István Pál Ádám (CEFRES). Texts: E. P. Thompson, « The Moral Economy of the English Crowd in the Eighteenth Century », Past & Present, No. 50, Oxford University Press, 1976, p 76-94  Ernesto Verdeja, “Moral Bystanders and Mass Violence,” in New Directions in Genocide Research, Routledge, 2011