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Poulantzas Today
Conference in the honour of Nicos Poulantzas Friday 18, Saturday 19 December 2009
Goethe Institute, Athens (14-16 Omirou str) PROGRAMME
Friday 18 December, 2009 10.15-10.30
Haris Golemis, Director of Nicos Poulantzas Institute 1ST SESSION
10.30-11.30
Chairperson: Stelios Mpampas, sociologist Costas Eleftheriou, University of Athens
“Dominant Mass Party” and “Cartel Party”. Late Poulantzas and Modern Theory
Christos Simos, University of Athens
Poulantzas vs Laclau: The debate about the state Dimitris Tzanakopoulos, University of Athens
Capitalist State and Revolutionary Strategy
discussion
12.30-12.45 break 2nd SESSION
12.45-14.45
Chairperson: Dina Vaiou, National Technical University Haris Golemis, director of Nicos Poulantzas Institute
Ten Years from Seattle. Some Thoughts on the Resistances to “Globalization” Based on the Work of Nicos Poulantzas.
Eleni Portaliou, National Technical University
Social Movements and the Democratic Road to Socialism
Thanassis Tsakiris, University of Athens
Poulantzas and Social Movements: the Case of Workers’ Trade Unionism
discussion
14.45-16.15 break 3rd SESSION
16.15-18.15
Chairperson: Constantin Stamatis, University of Thessaloniki Christos Boukalas, University of Lancaster
Antiterrorist Policy and Authoritarian Statism
Dionysis Gravaris, University of Crete
Moments of the Concept of State in the Marxist Critique of Political Economy
Aris Stylianou, University of Thessaloniki
The State in Poulantzas' Theory: A Spinozist Approach?
discussion
18.15-18.30 break 4th SESSION
18.30-20.30
Chairperson: Marica Frangakis, economist, EuroMemorandum Group Costis Hadjimichalis, Harokopeio University, Athens
Geographies of the State: Poulantzas in Contemporary Approaches on Spatial Organization
John Milios, National Technical University
Capitalist Mode of Production and the Imperialist Chain. Nicos Poulantzas vis-à-vis the Theories of Imperialism
Iraklis Oikonomou, Ghent University (Belgium)
Nicos Poulantzas and European Integration Theory
discussion
20.30 -20.45 break
5th SESSION
20.45-21.45 Ioanna Kaftanzoglou, University of Athens Apostolos Dedoussopoulos, Panteion University
State Theory and Employment Policy
Christos Laskos, economist
Classes in Contemporary Capitalism –Thirty Years After
discussion
Saturday 19 December 2009 6th SESSION
10.30-12.30
Chairperson: Maria Karamesini, Panteion University Giannis Balabanidis, Panteion University
Political Representation and Political Alliances: Poulantzas in the Greek Conjuncture
Georgia Petraki, Panteion University
Thoughts and Questions on New Class Identities
Vassilis Rogas, Panteion University
The Relative Autonomy of the Army in the Power Block
discussion
12.30-12.45 break 7th SESSION
12.45-14.45
Chairperson: Michalis Spourdalakis, University of Athens Aristides Baltas, National Technical University
Althusser’s Program’ and the Role of Nicos Poulantzas
Dimitris Karydas, Institute of Critical Theory (Incrit), Berlin
Conjuncture and Theory: Why Poulantzas Today?
Gerassimos Kouzelis, University of Athens
Ideology and Reality: Poulantzas Reading Marx
discussion
14.45-16.45 break 16.45-18.15
Chairperson: Nicos Petralias, University of Athens, President of Nicos Poulantzas Institute Alex Demirovic, Technical University, Berlin Materialist State Theory and the Transnationalization of the Capitalist State» James Martin, Goldsmiths, University of London
Hegemony as an Argument: Comparing Poulantzas and Gramsci
discussion 18.15-18.30
Walter Baier, Coordinator of Transform! Europe
Nicos Petralias, President of Nicos Poulantzas Institute 18.30-19.00 break 19.00-21.30
Roundtable: Poulantzas: An Organic Intellectual of the Left
Chairperson: Alkis Rigos, Panteion University Makis Kavouriaris, University Paris 8
Michael Löwy, National Center for Scientific Research, (CNRS), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)
Constantinos Tsoukalas, University of Athens
Kostas Vergopoulos, University Paris 8 21.30
Thanos Mikroutsikos plays in the piano and sings his synthesis “Malignant Melanoma” (1980), lyrics by Alkis Alkaios, dedicated to Nicos Poulantzas With the kind support of GOETHE Institute
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