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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Philosophy Seminars 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">The Writing and Society Research Centre and Philosophy@UWS</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">Mark Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Adjunct Fellow (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">UWS)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">TITLE: <b>On the Persistence and Obsolescence of Marxism: May Day Reflections on Class Politics<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">DATE/TIME: Wednesday 1 May, 3.30 pm - 5.00 pm</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">PLACE: University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, Building 3, Room 3.G.54</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"> <a href="http://www.uws.edu.au/campuses_structure/cas/campuses/bankstown" target="_blank">[How
to get to Bankstown Campus]</a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Despite the widespread announcement of the demise of Marxism by liberals, conservatives, and ex-Marxist thinkers who have labelled themselves 'post-Marxist', Marxism persists,
both as a tendency in politics and as a theoretical paradigm. Drawing on the thought of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault, I will argue, against post-Marxists like Laclau and Mouffe, that this persistence can be explained by the continuing existence of class
struggle in our society. I will nonetheless follow Althusser and Foucault in arguing that some elements of Marxism, including its exclusive emphasis on class, are indeed redundant, and will thus advocate a non-Marxist approach class politics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mark Kelly is Adjunct Fellow and an associate member of the Philosophy Research Initiative at the University of Western Sydney. He was previously Lecturer in Philosophy
at Middlesex University. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Michel Foucault (Routledge, 2009) and Foucault's History of Sexuality Volume I (Edinburgh, 2013).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black">For the entire 2013 program of the Philosophy seminar series at UWS see:
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.uws.edu.au/philosophy/philosophy@uws/events/research_seminars_2013" target="_blank">http://www.uws.edu.au/philosophy/philosophy@uws/events/research_seminars_2013</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Mariana Fragueiro<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Administration Coordinator, Philosophy Research Initiative<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Western Sydney<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bankstown Campus Building 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Locked Bag 1797<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Penrith NSW 2751<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">+61 2 9772 6190<o:p></o:p></p>
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