Max Weber and Michel Foucault: possible convergences
International Conference
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – São Paulo, Brazil
20th to 24th May 2013
Weber and Foucault 2013_Final Programme Pdf
May, 20th, Monday
10h-12h a.m.
Opening Session: Colin Gordon, “’Plato in Weimar: public philosophy in the last lectures of Weber and Foucault”. Coord.: Maria Helena Oliva Augusto (USP) and Fabiana A. A. Jardim (USP)
14h30-18h30
Roundtable – “Current interest on Max Weber and Michel Foucault: present, conduct of life and the government of self”
Sam Whimster (Global Policy Institute/ Käte Hamburger Kolleg)
Osvaldo López-Ruiz (CONICET – Argentina)
Maria Helena Oliva Augusto (USP)
Coord.: Daniel Pereira Andrade (FGV/SP)
May, 21, Tuesday
10h-12h a.m.
Intermediary Session: “Religious roots of modernity: moving beyond Weber and Foucault”. Coord.: Fabiana A. A. Jardim (USP)
14h30-18h30
Roundtable – “The religious origins of modernity in the works of Weber and Foucault”
Phillipe Chevallier (Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
Philippe Steiner (Université Paris – Sorbonne)
Mariana M. Côrtes (UFU)
Coord.: Ana Lúcia F. Teixeira (Unifesp)
May, 23, Thursday
14h-18h
Roundtable – “State: conduct of life and the government of others”
Colin Gordon (Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust)
Susana Murillo (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
Daniel Pereira Andrade (FGV/SP)
Fabiana A. A. Jardim (USP)
Coordenação: Osvaldo López-Ruiz
May, 24, Friday
9h30-12h30 a.m.
Roundtable – “Intellectual Démarche: perspectives and uses of history”
Árpad Szakolczai (University College, Cork)
Márcio A. Fonseca (PUC-SP)
Ana Lucia F. Teixeira (Unifesp)
Coord.: Mariana M. Côrtes (UFU)
14h30-16h30
Closing Session: “Ascetisme, confession and hermeneutics of the self”.
Coord.: Maria Helena O. Augusto (USP)
Location: Av. Prof. Luciano Gualberto, nº 315, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
Room 14 of Philosophy and Social Sciences Building – FFLCH
Inscriptions will take place during the event. There will be simultaneous translation.
All the activities will be broadcasted by streaming. Link will be available at the Post-Graduation Program on Sociology: http://sociologia.fflch.usp.br/pos
Promotion:
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS/FFLCH-USP)
Research Group on Government, Ethics and Subjectivity (GES)
Support:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (FFLCH-USP)
Departamento de Sociologia (FFLCH-USP)
Faculdade de Educação (USP)
Departamento de Fundamentos Sociais e Jurídicos da Administração (FGV-EAESP)
Enquiries: Profa. Dra. Fabiana Jardim at fajardim@usp.br
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