[LAF] Philosophy Conference - LSE - Work and Idleness

[justin]

Conference questions/discusses the nature of work/etc...

Of possible interest to anarchists/autonomists/etc...

See details below (check website for address details)...

Regards,
Justin

http://www.philosophy-forum.org/conferences.htm

Work and Idleness

Saturday 12 March, 11.00-6.15pm   
Old Theatre, London School of Economics
Admission Free, No Registration

According to classical and Biblical conceptions, work was a kind of 
curse -
the physical labour that people are compelled to undertake in order to
provide for their necessities. So how has work changed over the 
centuries?
Is there still such a thing as the dignity of labour? Is there a right 
to be
idle? And what is the future of work? This conference will explore the
philosophical, economic, and socio-political and personal implications 
of
the changing meaning of work.

Conference Programme 

11.00-11.15 Conference Opening Welcome

11.15 - 12.30 Why Work? Marxism and Human Nature (Sean Sayers) 

12.30 - 2.00 Lunch

2.00 - 3.15 Feminism and the Meaning of Work (Morag Shiach)

3.15 - 3.30 Comfort Break

3.30 - 4.45 Bertrand Russell's Defence of Idleness (Stephen Mumford)

4.45 - 5.00 Coffee

5.00 - 6.15 Craftsmanship (Richard Sennett)

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