Τμήμα Επικοινωνίας και Μ.Μ.Ε.

Social Theory Conference: Crisis and Critique, September 6 - 8, 2012, Athens, Greece

The ESA Social Theory Conference is the midterm meeting of the RN29 Social Theory of the European Sociological Association.

 

Crisis and critique:

 

This conference offers the opportunity to confront theories which attempt to understand by means of the concepts of crisis and critique our contemporary world. The conference theme assumes that it is not merely historical and political problems that are being raised by crisis and critique, but theoretical questions which are challenging us this day to search for an answer. Should the sociological critique abandon its pseudo-scientific assumption of exterior stance? How to understand scepticism and suspicion about making normative claims in theorizing current form of crisis? Is there a place for the utopian promise of revolutionary commitments in contemporary sociology? Can sociology address fundamental social, cultural and political issues without narratives of crisis? Participants are encouraged to bring up a critical perspective on topics related to both classical and contemporary social theory such as: The role of crisis and critique played in the mode how sociology have addressed basic social and cultural issues of modernity. The dual crisis of modern society and modern sociology. Sociology as a response to the recurrent experience of crisis within modernity. Sociology as a critical discipline challenging the taken for granted assumptions of dominant interpretive discourses. Critical social theory and its links to domination and emancipation. Theories of social action and the critique of behaviorist, utilitarian and positivist conceptual frames. Finally, crisis and critique is present in core texts of many social theorists from Mills and Gouldner to Habermas and Derrida, from the critique of mass society to the crisis of structuralism.

 

Athens

 

Athens map
Information on Athens: Greece-Athens.com
Athens Guide: AthensGuide.org
Lonely Planet "Athens"

Accommodation & conference venue

 

The following hotels are situated close to the conference venue:

5 stars:	NJV ATHENS PLAZÎA (Vasileos Georgiou 2, Constitution Square)
	KING GEORGE PALACE (Vasileos Georgiou 3, Constitution Square)
	ELECTRA PALACE HOTEL ATHENS (Nikodimou street 18-20, Plaka)
4 stars	ELECTRA HOTEL ATHENS (Ermou 5, Athens)
	AMALIA HOTEL ATHENS (Amalias Avenue 10, Athens)
	New Hotel (Filellinwn 16, Plaka)
	The Athens Gate Hotel (Syggrou Avenue 10, Koukaki)
3 stars	Central Hotel Athens (Apollonos street 21, Plaka)
	Best Western Amazon Hotel Athens ( Mitropoleos str 19 and Pentelis 7, Plaka)
	Hermes Hotel ( Apollonos 19, Plaka)

Attention : In order to book a room, you should contact the hotel directly and make a reservation. You will need to leave as guarantee your credit card data. If you want to book a room with the prices above, you should inform them that you are going to participate to the ESA congress at the University of Athens.

 The local organizer of the conference is:
George Pleios, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, gplios[at]media.uoa[dot]gr

 

Για περαιτέρω πληροφορίες για το συνέδριο μπορείτε να επισκεφτείτε τα ακόλουθα:

http://www.facebook.com/events/383596768376857/

 

http://www.social-theory.eu/2012athens.html

 

Η συμμετοχή στο συνέδριο κοστίζει 60 ευρώ. Για τα μέλη της ESA το κόστος είναι 40 ευρώ.

 

Γ. Πλειός, Καθηγητής

Πρόεδρος Τμήματος Επικοινωνίας

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