{"id":4669,"date":"2021-07-17T10:10:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T09:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceps.elach.uminho.pt\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=4669"},"modified":"2024-01-28T17:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T17:03:12","slug":"12th-summer-school-in-political-philosophy-and-public-policy","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/ceps.elach.uminho.pt\/pt-pt\/event\/12th-summer-school-in-political-philosophy-and-public-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"12th Summer School\u200b in Political Philosophy \u200band Public Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Workings of Capital:
\n\u200bPerspectives on Exploitation in Law, Labor, and Distribution<\/h2>\n

July 15-17, 2021
\nOnline |\u200bUniversity of Minho, Braga – Portugal
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\u200bWhere:\u00a0The school will be held\u00a0online<\/u>. We will monitor existing conditions and regulations, and if possible, we will reorganize the event into a blended format, featuring on campus lectures and\u00a0online sessions. In case of a blended format, the event will be hosted at the\u00a0Auditorium of the Institute of Letters and Human Sciences (ILCH) at the \u200bUniversity of Minho<\/u>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Organization: This event is co-organized by the\u00a0Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society<\/a>\u00a0of the University of Minho, and the\u00a0Philosophy Department at the University of York<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Convenors:\u00a0Catarina Neves,\u00a0Daniele Santoro, and Pedro Teixeira
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\nLectures by:<\/span>
\nMartin O’Neill – University of York, UK
\nKatharina Pistor – Columbia University, USA
\nNicholas Vrousalis\u00a0-Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
\nBruno Lamas –\u00a0UL-ISEG
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Description
\nSince Marx\u2019s early theorization, exploitation has been identified as a defining feature of the capitalist mode of production. Exploitation sheds light on the causes of the unfair distribution of resources, opportunities, and wealth, the commodification of the labor market, as well as the plundering of natural resources. It has also the normative significance of both a moral wrongdoing and a structural aspect of an unjust system that calls for change, activism, and revolution once again. As inequalities soar, and the concentration of wealth lacerates the social fabric of traditional welfare state societies, the exploitative nature of late stage capitalism has drawn the attention of a new generation of political philosophers, both in the critical and in the analytical traditions.
\nHow does capitalist exploitation take place through legal, distribution and productive means? \u00a0How should we understand the conceptual and normative dimensions of exploitation, and what policies should be pursued to create a less exploitative form of production? The goal of the 12th edition is to answer this question by exploring the role exploitation plays within new forms of capitalist production.
\nThe critique of capitalism is a recurrent theme of the School. In past editions we discussed alternatives to the existing capitalist regime such as\u00a0property-owning democracy<\/a>\u00a0(2014) and\u00a0democratic socialism (2018)<\/a>. We also\u00a0questioned the legitimacy of free market capitalism and the\u00a0role of corporations (2019)<\/a>.
\nOur aim in this edition is to elucidate the concept of exploitation, investigate its distributive implications for public policy, its impact on labor and the labor market, and the legal framework enabling exploitative processes.<\/p>\n

Among the questions we are particularly interested in debating are the following:<\/p>\n