Intellectual Work and the Spirit of Capitalism: Weber’s Calling

We Are the Crisis

INTELLECTUAL WORK AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM: WEBER’S CALLING 

(Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)

By Thomas Kemple

See: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/intellectual-work-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism-thomas-kemple/?isb=9781137377135

Complementing the author’s Reading Marx Writing: Melodrama, the Market, and the ‘Grundrisse’ (Stanford, 1995), this book treats three lectures that Weber gave in the last decade of his career as a podium or prism from which to approach his best-known treatises and essays on the rise of occidental capitalism. His remarks on ‘Technology and Culture’ (1910) and his famous ‘Science as a Vocation’ (1917) and ‘Politics as a Vocation’ (1919 lectures) offer a standpoint for assessing the contemporary relevance of Weber”s notion of ”interpretive understanding”, including the place of ideal types and value-judgments in sociology, as well as the use of rhetorical techniques and literary methods in scholarly discourse more generally. These public moments invite us to consider how both his most celebrated and least known arguments about the origins of the ”spirit” of modern capitalism and the fateful force of bureaucracy continue to raise questions about the prospect and promise of intellectual work that still concern us today.

First published in http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/news/distributed/new-from-palgrave-macmillan-intellectual-work-and-the-spirit-of-capitalism-webers-calling

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Class: The Elephant in the Room!

Social Movements

CLASS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM!

“The modern labourer, on the contrary, instead of rising with the process of industry, sinks deeper and deeper below the conditions of existence of his own class. He becomes a pauper, and pauperism develops more rapidly than population and wealth” K. Marx and F. Engels, Communist Manifesto, 1848

How to conceptualise class in the face of expanded impoverishment, commodification of social rights, increased social and spatial segregation, criminalised poor, austerity, global wars and ecological crisis? Under the contemporary conditions of capitalism, as class based inequalities have become sharper, the ways in which class is conceptualised matter more with respect to its political consequences.

With the discussion of class re-emerging in the social sciences, we hope to both foregrounds its centrality and search for critical perspectives. Perspectives which might shift the direction of class struggle from attacks on the ‘undeserving poor’ to the potentialities of the revolutionary class.

“A Sense of Inequality: 5 approaches, 3 themes and a variation”

Dr Wendy Bottero, The University of Manchester

“Class: Don’t Mention the War”

Professor Andrew Sayer, Lancaster University

“Sociology and Its Poor: Rethinking Social Class”

Dr Imogen Tyler, Lancaster University

Organised by: Department of Sociology, Lancaster University

Date: Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Time: 16:15 – 18:30

Location: Cavendish Colloquium Room (Faraday Building LB02), Lancaster University

See: https://twitter.com/SociologyLancs/status/435382047591260160

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Dialogue Studies – Call for Papers

Dialogue

DIALOGUE STUDIES – CALLS FOR PAPERS

Journal of Dialogue Studies – JDS Spring 2014, Vol 2, No 1, ‘Critiquing Dialogue Theories’

Submissions deadline: 7th February 2014

The Journal of Dialogue Studies is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal published twice a year. It seeks to bring together a body of original scholarship on the theory and practice of dialogue for appraisal and discussion, and to help to establish Dialogue Studies as a distinct academic field. It publishes conceptual, research and/or case-based works on dialogue theory and practice, and papers that discuss wider social, cultural or political issues as these relate to the practice and evaluation of dialogue.
The second issue, to be published in April 2014, will have a particular focus on the critical examination of key dialogue theories. The Editors would particularly like to invite papers which address critical/evaluative questions such as the following:
–          Which dialogue theories are/have been most influential in practice?
–          Do dialogue theories make sense in relation to relevant bodies of research and established theories?
–          Do dialogue theories sufficiently take account of power imbalances?
–          How far are dialogue theories relevant/useful to dialogue in practice?

In addition to papers responding to the theme of ‘critiquing dialogue theories’, the Editors will also consider any paper within the general remit of the Journal, including those exploring the parameters, viability and usefulness of Dialogue Studies as an academic field, as requested in the call for papers for Volume 1, Number 1. Please see the call for papers for Volume 1, Number 1 here:http://www.dialoguesociety.org/publications/academia/829-journal-of-dialogue-studies.html

Academic Editor: Prof Paul Weller, Derby University
For Editorial Team and Board please see the Dialogue Society website.
The Journal of Dialogue Studies is published by the Institute for Dialogue Studies, a subsidiary body of registered charity the Dialogue Society.
For submission guidelines and further information please seehttp://www.dialoguesociety.org/publications/academia/944-journal-of-dialogue-studies-vol-2-no-1.html

Please send any queries to the Editorial Team via journal@dialoguesociety.org.
An A4 poster to print/share with contacts is available here:http://www.dialoguesociety.org/newsletter/poster/Journal-Vol2No1-Poster.pdf

Academic Workshop Call for Papers: Dialogue Theories, Volume II
New deadline for submission of abstracts: 17:00 UK time on 23rd January 2014.
The workshop will be held on 26th and 27th June 2014.
NB abstracts must follow the specific requirements given on the webpage, which also gives details of the submission procedure, submission schedule, selection criteria and arrangements for the workshop:
http://www.dialoguesociety.org/forthcoming/915-academic-workshop-and-book-chapter-call-for-papers-dialogue-theories-volume-ii.html

The Dialogue Society invites papers from scholars and practitioners of dialogue, ultimately to be published as a companion volume to Dialogue Theories, published earlier this year. The book, by Frances Sleap and Dr Omer Sener and edited by Professor Paul Weller, aims to advance theoretical and practical engagement with dialogue by introducing the work of ten individuals who have made significant and insightful contributions to thought in this area. The thinkers selected come from diverse fields, from religious studies and interfaith dialogue, through philosophy and social theory, to communication studies, public opinion analysis and even quantum physics. For further information and a preview, please see http://www.dialoguesociety.org/publications/academia/875-dialogue-theories.html
The Dialogue Society is inviting papers introducing a ‘dialogue thinker’ of the author’s choice. The thinker may come from any field. He/she must have made a significant contribution to ideas about dialogue, and these ideas must be to some extent transferable to fields beyond the thinker’s own specialism. Please note that the workshop and the resulting book are not intended to be restricted to interfaith dialogue.
A two day workshop held at the Dialogue Society will allow people to exchange ideas on their chosen thinkers and to dialogically refine their papers prior to their publication as chapters in Dialogue Theories, volume II (publication date: autumn 2014). The editors for the book will be the editor and authors of the first volume (Paul Weller, Omer Sener and Frances Sleap).

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The Left Hemisphere: Mapping Critical Theory

Books

THE LEFT HEMISPHERE: MAPPING CRITICAL THEORY

By Razmig Keucheyan

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Published July 2013

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A panoramic account of the world’s leading writers and thinkers

As the crisis of capitalism unfolds, the need for alternatives is felt ever more intensely. The struggle between radical movements and the forces of reaction will be merciless. A crucial battlefield, where the outcome of the crisis will in part be decided, is that of theory.

Over the last twenty-five years, radical intellectuals across the world have produced important and innovative ideas. The endeavour to transform the world without falling into the catastrophic traps of the past has been a common element uniting these new approaches.

This book—aimed at both the general reader and the specialist—offers the first global cartography of the expanding intellectual field of critical contemporary thought. More than thirty authors and intellectual currents of every continent are presented in a clear and succinct manner. A history of critical thought in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries is also provided, helping situate current thinkers in a broader historical and sociological perspective.

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“Explains the key ideas, and the contradictions within them, of authors who are often cited but rarely read.” – Le Monde diplomatique

“A precious tool permitting us to escape the whingeing about the mediocrity of thinkers today and to help us anticipate the tremors yet to come.” – Le Nouvel observateur

“Written with intelligence and clarity.”– Libération

“In this courageous and audacious work, the sociologist Razmig Keucheyan offers a robust . . . panorama of contemporary critical theories.” – Nonfiction.fr

“An impressive tour de force, providing us with a summary of contemporary critical theories that is both rigorous and clear.”

– Philosophie magazine

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Hardback / ISBN: 9781781681022 / $29.95 / £20.00 / $34.95CAN / 382 pages

 

For more information on LEFT HEMISPHERE: MAPPING CRITICAL THEORY or to buy the book visit: http://www.versobooks.com/books/1156-against-world-literature

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Hegel Contra Sociology Reading Group

G.W.F. Hegel

HEGEL CONTRA SOCIOLGY READING GROUP

The Gillian Rose ‘Hegel Contra Sociology’ Reading Group will hold its first meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 24 October at University College London (UCL), Foster Court Room 112, Gower Street (Tube: Russell Square or Goodge Street).

Map at: http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=529649&y=182184&z=0&sv=51.5237,-0.1326&st=7&mapp=map.srf

The group will meet every alternate Wednesdays, so subsequent readings for the rest of 2012 will take place on 7 Nov, 21 Nov, 5 Dec and 19 Dec.

All welcome

 

The controversial 235-page text, by Britain’s best Post-War philosopher, first published in 1981, has now been republished by Verso. Uniquely, Hegel Contra Sociology, in challenging the legacy of Neo-Kantianism and its impact on Marxism and sociology in general, provides a dense but concise overview of all of Hegel’s main works: the System of Ethical Life, the Philosophy of Right, Phenomenology of Spirit, the Aesthetics and the Science of Logic.

The first session (or two) will be on chapter one, ‘The Antinomies of Sociological Reason’.

Dave Black will lead off the discussion.

David Black, Convenor

 

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Engaging Sociology: BSA Annual Conference

Sociology

ENGAGING SOCIOLOGY: BSA ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The theme for the 2013 Annual Conference is: Engaging Sociology.  The conference will take place at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London from 3-5 April 2013. 

This conference highlights Sociology’s contribution as it engages with topical issues affecting contemporary society – whether this is the recent riots, the financial crisis, climate change, social mobility, the Big Society, or the London Olympics.  Presentations from scholars throughout the UK (and beyond) demonstrate the value of engaging with sociological theory, combined with rigorous methodological approaches, in illuminating how these compelling issues impact on us all – over the life course; in the domestic sphere; in our communities and localities; in our dealings with institutions (the worlds of work, education, the arts and media; the justice system, religion, politics and the State); through our leisure pursuits and sport; via civic participation and political involvement; and as members of a European and global society. Fifteen concurrent streams (including, for example, social divisions/identities; cities, space, mobilities & place; media, culture & consumption) allow delegates to focus on specific interests. Our engaging plenaries bring delegates together, encouraging broader sociological debate and providing an opportunity to explore synergies with other disciplines.

The 2013 annual conference promises to be dynamic, informative, inspiring and is definitely not to be missed.  

Our themes are deliberately broad and all-encompassing, designed to appeal to the entire spectrum of sociologists and stimulate lively debate.  You are at the heart of the discipline. Your voice is important. Join the finest scholars from across the globe to lead the debate. Policy makers are coming to hear what you – the people with real experience – have to say.

 

Who should attend?

* Senior academics looking to engage in a lively, stimulating debate with peers and bright new stars.

* Researchers looking to connect with like-minded colleagues.

* Teachers looking for new ideas and inspiration.

* Students looking and learn from experts and Postgraduates looking to present and get ideas on their research.

* Policy-makers looking for scientific facts to back or steer their ideas or to develop new directions in policy.

* Anyone looking to engage with the wider sociological community.

The aims of this conference are: to showcase the latest sociological research; to attract a concentration of international specialists in our major research fields; to provide a forum in which to discuss the teaching of sociology and the professional practice of being a sociologist; and to facilitate debate, networking and professional development opportunities.

The BSA annual conference is the primary annual conference for sociology in the UK with opportunities for everyone connected to the discipline.

 

UPDATE: ABSTRACTS

Engaging Sociology: Are you engaging with topical issues affecting contemporary society?

Submit your abstract for the BSA Annual Conference 2013

To find out more about the BSA Annual Conference 2013, or to submit an abstract, please visit our website: http://www.britsoc.co.uk/events/bsa-annual-conference.aspx

The conference promises to be yet another dynamic, informative, inspiring meeting of minds and is definitely not to be missed.

Deadline for abstract submissions: Midnight on Friday 5 October 2012.

SUBMIT Your Abstract online NOW!

3-5 April 2013
BSA Annual Conference:  Engaging Sociology
Grand Connaught Rooms, London

www.britsoc.co.uk

events@britsoc.org.uk

 

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Karl Marx

Karl Marx

KARL MARX

Karl Marx

Imprint: Ashgate

Published: August 2012

Format: 244 x 169 mm

Extent: 684 pages

Binding: Hardback

ISBN: 978-0-7546-7757-4

Price:  $350.00; Website price: $315.00

BL Reference: 335.4-dc22

LoC Control No: 2011934979

Edited by Bertell Ollman, New York University, USA and Kevin B. Anderson, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Series: The International Library of Essays in Classical Sociology

Marx’s approach to analyzing society and especially his critique of capitalist society, continues to influence the work of a large number of scholars world-wide. Unfortunately, there are relatively few clear accounts of what this approach is and how to put it to use. And, despite the many attempts to use Marx’s method to study a variety of subjects, there are relatively few that can serve as useful models. In the present volume, the internationally renowned Marxist scholar, Bertell Ollman, and the social theorist Kevin B. Anderson, have brought together a sampling of the best writings of the past hundred years that illustrate and critique Marx’s method as well as explain what it is and how to put it to work. Anyone wishing to understand better Marx’s dialectical method (along, of course, with the theories created with its help), or to revise this method or to criticize it, or to use it in their own work will find this collection invaluable.

 

Contents:

Introduction

Part I Theory and Method: Reification and the consciousness of the proletariat, Georg Lukács; The age of revolutions: industrial, social-political, intellectual, Raya Dunayevskaya; Putting dialectics to work: the process of abstraction in Marx’s method, Bertell Ollman; The unity of science and revolution: Marxism as critique, Peter G. Stillman; Karl Marx’s Enquête Ouvriere, Hilde Weiss (and Karl Marx).

Part II Political Economy: From financial crisis to world slump: accumulation, financialization and the global slowdown, David McNally; Self-sourcing: how corporations get us to work without pay!, Martha E. Gimenez; The reproduction of daily life, Fredy Perlman; The rise and future demise of the world capitalist system: concepts for comparative analysis, Immanuel Wallerstein; The ‘new’ imperialism: accumulation by dispossession, David Harvey.

Part III State and Politics: The constitution as an elitist document, Michael Parenti; The monopolistic economy: property and contract, Franz Neumann; The worldwide class struggle, Vincent Navarro; The economic and social functions of the legal institutions, Karl Renner; The problem of the capitalist state, Nicos Poulantzas; Reply to Nicos Poulantzas, Ralph Miliband; The Marxist case for revolution today, Ernest Mandel.

Part IV The Individual and Society: Psychoanalysis and sociology, Erich Fromm; The uses and abuses of ‘civil society’, Ellen Meiksins Wood; Labor market and penal sanction: thoughts on the sociology of penal justice, Georg Rusche; The injuries of class, Michael D. Yates; Sports and cultural politics: the attraction of modern spectator sports, Sut Jhally and Bill Livant.

Part V Culture and Religion: The culture industry: enlightenment as mass deception, Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno; Museum, Inc.: inside the global art world (over-the-cliff notes), Paul Werner; The cultural logic of late capitalism, Fredric Jameson; Aroma and shadow: Marx vs Nietzsche on religion, Ishay Landa.

Part VI History: Exploitation, E.P. Thompson; The feudal mode of production, Perry Anderson; The decline and fall of Rome, G.E.M. de Ste Croix.

Part VII Colonialism, Race and Gender: Negroes in the Civil War: their role in the second American revolution, C.L.R. James (J.R. Johnson); Race relations – its meaning, beginning and progress, Oliver C. Cox; The feminist standpoint: developing the ground for a specifically feminist historical materialism, Nancy C.M. Hartsock; Marx’s late writings on non-Western and pre-capitalist societies and gender, Kevin B. Anderson.

Part VIII Ecology: Marx’s ecology in historical perspective, John Bellamy Foster; Marx’s vision of sustainable human development, Paul Burkett; Name index.

 

About the Editors:

Bertell Ollman is Professor of Politics at New YorkUniversity. He has published widely on Marxist theory and his books include Alienation: Marx’s Conception of Man in Capitalist Society (1971, 1976), Marxism: An Uncommon Introduction (1991), Dialectical Investigations (1993) The Dance of the Dialectic: Further Essays on Marx’s Method (2001) and (as editor, with Edward Vernoff) The Left Academy: Marxist Scholarship on American Campuses 3 vols (1982, 1984, 1986). His books have been translated into Spanish, Italian, French, Chinese and Korean. In 2001 he was the recipient of the first Charles McCoy Life Achievement Award from the New Political Science section of the American Political Science Association. 



Kevin B. Anderson is Professor of Sociology, Political Science and Feminist Studies at University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Lenin, Hegel and Western Marxism: A Critical Study (1995); Gender and the Seductions of Islamism (2005), and the co-author, with Janet Afary, of Foucault and the Iranian Revolution. He is the editor of Marx on Suicide (1999, co-edited with Eric A. Plaut); The Power of Negativity: Selected Writings on the Dialectic in Hegel and Marx by Raya Dunayevskaya (2002, co-edited with Peter Hudis); and The Rosa Luxemburg Reader (2004, co-edited with Peter Hudis). His third monograph, single-authored, is Marx at the Margins: On Nationalism, Ethnicity, and Non-Western Societies (University of Chicago, 2010) for which he received the 2011 Paul Sweezy Book Award from the Marxist Section of the American Sociological Association. He has published numerous articles on Marx and Marxism for over 25 years.

 

Originally at: http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/news/distributed/karl-marx-by-bertell-ollman-and-kevin-b.-anderson-eds  

 

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Spectrum Journal of Global Studies Conference

Global Capitalism

SPECTRUM JOURNAL OF GLOBAL STUDIES CONFERENCE

Reminder:  CALL FOR PAPERS

First Spectrum Journal of Global Studies Conference: ‘Historical Sociology, Historical Materialism and International Relations’

This is a reminder that the deadline to propose a paper or panel for the November 2012 Spectrum Journal of Global Studies Conference is 1 July, 2012.

The Spectrum Conference will be held in Ankara, Turkeyat the Middle East Technical University from 2-3 November 2012.

Proposals are invited on the conference theme Historical Sociology, Historical Materialism and International Relations.

Featured speakers at the conference will include in alphabetical order:

Adam Morton, University of Nottingham, U.K.

Bastiaan van Apeldoorn, VU University of Amsterdam, Netherland

Benno Teschke, University of Sussex, U.K.

Gonzalo Pozo, University College, London, U.K.

Hannes Lacher, York University, Canada

Jonathan Joseph, Rutherford College, University of Kent, U.K.

Kamran Matin, University of Sussex, U.K.

Neil Davidson, University of Strathclyde, U.K.

Stephen Hobden, Universityof East London, U.K.

Please see the conference website for application and information:

www.spectrumjournalofglobalstudies.net/conf

Guidelines for Participants:

The discipline of International Relations (IR) known as an ‘American’ social science has in the last decade or so been discovering the importance of alternative forms of explaining international relations. More so than any other field of social science, IR has been dominated by positivist conceptions of scientific inquiry. However recent approaches in the philosophy of sciences as well as the sociological turn in IR has changed the boundaries, assumptions and methodologies of our discipline.  Critical realism as an alternative to positivist as well as post-positivist understandings of social science is increasingly becoming the dominant form of philosophyzing about IR. Historical sociological approaches are taking over the static, ahistorical forms of theorizing. Marxist social theory has become more and more relevant to explain the current of changes in the international system. Internationalisation of capitalism has made the concerns of Marxism increasingly relevant to understand and explain the ‘international’. Recent controversies on the relation between the state system and capitalist mode of production have made important contributions to understand the link between what is traditionally understood from international relations and capitalist relations of production. These efforts have to go on as there are yet many other untouched aspects of international relations that require desconstruction and dereification. This conference attempts to further our understanding of the links between historical sociology, critical realism and Marxism. Empirical works combining the insights of Marxist historical sociology and historical materialism with that of international relations is particularly wellcome. We are extending an invitation to all researchers to present research that adress the following issues and similar topics.

How does a historical materialist geopolitics adress the traditional issues of IR?

1.    Geopolitics of state formations

2.    What is the relation between the state system and capitalism?

3.    In what ways does critical realism help Marxism to analyse the international?

4.    What are the limits and the potentials of the theory of combined and uneven development to explain the international?

5.    Historical matarialist analysis of international law

6.    Contemporary forms of imperialism

7.    International state apparatuses and their role in the reproduction of capital

8.    Marx’s method and the world market

9.    Global protest movements and the Arab Spring

10.  Gramscian analysis of global transformations

11.  Historical Sociology of the Middle East and the Balkans

We hope to see both individual papers and panels discussing these themes from different disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

We encourage scholars from all around the world to participate in this exciting attempt to link our conceptions of praxis and change with that of what constitutes the ‘international’.

Most papers presented in the conference will later be published in a special issue of the Spectrum or in a separate book.

We look forward to welcoming you all at METU in Ankara.

Check back often for updates through out the coming months!

Inquiries to the program chairs should be directed to: spectrumconference@spectrumjournal.net

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World Conference on Psychology and Sociology

Perge

WORLD CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY

WORLD CONFERENCE ON PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY

PSY-SOC-2012

28 November -01 December 2012

Queen Elizabeth Elite Suite Hotel & Spa, Antalya, Turkey
 

You are invited to submit your proposals for the World Conference on Psychology and Sociology that will take place at the Queen Elizabeth Elite Suite Hotel & Spa in Antalya, Turkey from 28 November to 1 December 2012.

There have been special arrangements with the Queen Elizabeth Elite Suites Hotel for conference delegates. Why not combine a holiday with your family while you attend the conference? Prices for “all inclusive” food and accommodation start from 35 € (all meals, soft and alcoholic beverages will be free and unlimited), with children being free.

I look forward to seeing you in the historical and holiday city of Antalya in Turkey. 

Kind regards

Professor Dr. Kobus Maree,  President of the Conference

Abstract submissions due: June 30, 2012.

Start here to submit abstracts to this conference: Step one of the submIssIon process

For more information please visit the conference official web site: www.psysoc.net
 

IN COLLABORATION WITH:

Manchester Metropolitan University

Pretoria University

John Hopkins University

Hacettepe University

Bahcesehir University

Gazi University

Turkish Informatics Association

Elsevier Publication LTD.

ScienceDirect

PUBLICATION OF THE PAPERS

All accepted papers of the conference will be published in Procedia-Social and Behavioral Journal (ISSN: 1877-0428) by ELSEVIER and will be indexed ScienceDirect, Scopus, and Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI Web of Science).

All proposals will be subjected to peer-reviews. Selected papers from the conference will be considered for extended version publication in the supporting journals. 
TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS:

All submissions are subject to a peer-review process.

Full and Short Papers

Reflection Papers

Posters/Demonstrations

Exhibits

Tutorials

Panels

Roundtables

Workshop

Virtual Presentation

Product/Services Presentations

TOPICS:

Topics for Sociology Proposals Submission

Child, Youth and Old Age 

Communication and Art

Culture and Changes

Deviance and Social Control

Economy and Development

Education

Ethnic Relations, Human Rights and the Collective Good     

Gender and Human Rights

Identity, Image and Social Cohesion

Localization and Globalization

Organizations, Professions and Work

Political Sociology and Law Issues

Social Security and Public Health

Sociology of Population and Migration

Sociology of Religion, Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Theoretical, Comparative and Historical Studies

Topics for Psychology Proposals Submission

Animal Behaviors

Attention and Perception

Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Psychology and Neuroscience

Community Psychology 

Cultural Psychology

Development Psychology

Disaster, Crisis and Trauma Psychology 

Educational Psychology

Emotion and Motivation 

Environmental Psychology 

Health Psychology

History of Psychology

Industrial / Organizational Psychology 

Language,Readingand Communication

Learning and Memory

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Concerns

Life Span Psychology

Peace and Conflict, Human Rights and Psychology 

Personality and Individual Differences  

Professional Issues within Psychology

Psychology and Law 

Qualitative Research Methods and Interpretations

Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics

Risk and Safety Psychology, Incl. Traffic Psychology

Sensory and Motor Processes

Social and Political Issues in Psychology

Social Psychology

Sports Psychology 

Tests and Testing 

Theory of Psychology

Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making

ACCOMMODATION

We were special agreement with the Hotel for the conference participants only. The all-inclusive room rate (per person); triple 35 Euro, Double 35 Euro and single 48 Euro. For more information please visit the conference official web site:  www.psysoc.net. if you make hotel reservation, historical places tour is free for you in 01 December 2011 (Perge, Aspendos & Side). For more information: www.psysoc.net/tours.htm

Deadlines & Important Dates:

Abstract Submissions*: June 30, 2012

Full Paper Submissions: September 30, 2012

Early Hotel Reservation: October 15, 2012

Early Registration: October 15, 2012

Last Hotel Reservation: April 25, 2012

Conference Dates:November 28 – December 01, 2012

Camera-ready for Elsevier: December 15, 2012

* After the submission date, the authors of abstracts will be notified in four (4) day.

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

The abstracts can be one-page long (200-300 words). The abstract include Problem Statement, Purpose of Study, Methods, Findings and Results, and Conclusions and Recommendations (These elements may need some adaptation in the case of discussion papers: Background, Purpose of Study, Sources of Evidence, Main Argument, and Conclusions). Please note that some elements are optional in abstracts.

Start here to submit abstracts to this conference: Step one of the submIssIon process

VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION

Researchers who are unable to resolve the funding issue concerning the conference expenses will be provided with an alternative approach for participation, namely, Virtual Online Presentation. Those who would like to make their presentations online from their home countries will also be awarded with a certificate and their papers will be considered for publications similar to other participants as if they were present physically. Those who would like to make use of the Virtual Online Presentation facility will be requested to send their virtual posters or other soft copy materials such as power point presentations to the secretariat. In addition, these participants who would prefer to make use of the Virtual Online Presentation facility may also contribute to the conference through video conferencing.

WEATHER

The winter is mild and rainy inAntalya. Nearly 300 days of the year is sunny and one can swim from April to November. InAntalyain day time, the average weather at the end of the November is high 24°C and low 16°C.

TRAVEL AND VISA

The direct and regular flights are available to Antalyafrom most of the countries of the world in April. You can find concerned flight companies’ names from the web-site of Antalya International Airport (AYT). http://www.antaliaairport.com/en/index.asp . Some countries citizens will need a visa for Turkey which can be easily obtained directly from the immigration office in Istanbul Airport. Please visit Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs guide for visa information www.e-konsolosluk.net/Visa/Visa_Welcome.aspx.  

We will provide you FREE transfer services from the Antalya Airport– Hotel – Antalya Airport transfer.

PERGE, ASPENDOS & SIDE TOUR (December 01, 2012)

PERGE

Perge was one of the important cities in antiquity. The founding of the city varies depending on the sources. The inscriptions found in the Hellenistic gate refer to Calchas and Mopsus (from the Trojan Wars) and M. Plancius Varus and C. Plancius Varus, father and brother of Plancia Magna, from the 2nd century AD as well. Hittite records mention the name along with the river Cestros as Parha, which means that the city was already large and must have been founded before. It has benefited from the navigable Cestros (modern Aksu) river even though it is some 12 km inland. Perge has two famous women benefactors. Plancia Magna of the 2nd century AD and Prof. Jale Inan. The previous one helped building the city and the latter one uncovered it for us to see it. The theater is the first building that meets us. Unfortunately it is under restoration. The stadium which is one of the best preserved inTurkey, is next. After the Roman gate we are in the grandeur 2nd century Roman city of Perge with its monumental nymphaeums, the Roman bath, and the Hellenistic gate (renovated in the Roman times as an honorary hall with the statues of the founders of the city). After the Hellenistic gate, you may walk the splendid colonnaded Cardo of Perge with artificial waterfalls all along the street to the foot of the acropolis. The Agora can be visited on the way back.

ASPENDOS-BELKIS 

The city was originally built on the, then navigable river Eurymedon, on the mountain where the acropolis is today. The oldest name of the city we know; Asiawanda (the land of the horses) in the old local Anatolian languages is now very famous for its most intact 2nd C AD Roman Theater and the aqueducts which are a rare feat of engineering. The Theater was built by Zenon one of the most famous architects of the time in the 2nd century AD. It is known as the best preserved Roman Theater with very good acoustics with a capacity of 15,000 spectators. It is known to hold 20 000 people nowadays when there are concerts by nationally and internationally famous orchestras of classical music and singers. There are concerts, plays and other entertainments through out the tourist season. It was used as a church during the Byzantine times and as a palace during the Seljuk’s reign. Other than the lack of decorative statues, etc. of the stage building, it is in perfect condition. The water was brought to the city from the mountains through tunnels and over the aqueducts. The aqueducts that bring water to Aspendos are a great feat of engineering, very rare of its kind. The aqueducts cross a marsh of almost one kilometer by piping made of stone fittings on lower aqueducts. The towers of 30m height are used to change the direction of the piping and also for the siphoning system.

 
SIDE 

She has existed at least since 1400 BC and has still kept her original name Side, which means pomegranate in the old Anatolian Sidetan language. This is provided by the coins from the 6thCBCand three records from 3rdCBC. This language has not been deciphered yet two of the only three records found are bilingual. This language was in use until after the invasion of Alexander the Great around 333 BC, when ‘koione’ the common dialect of Greek was used. Side is unique in many ways. It still offers the small sweet Anatolian fisherman town atmosphere despite the flood of tourism. The long, fine, sandy beaches are also worth mentioning. The city was built on a flat peninsula instead of a mountain acropolis, for defense, like Perge, Sillyum and Aspendos. Instead the peninsula is walled on both the land and the sea all around. The first buildings that meets you are the aqueducts, bringing water from 32km from the mountains. The monumental nymphaeum is the next. The colonnaded main street with shops and houses on both sides take you to the inner city. The Roman bath which is restored as a museum is on the right near the monumental Roman gate.The theater, the largest in Pamphylia, is built on flat land instead of resting on a slope. It rests on a multi-story sloped arches, 17m high, and is a true wonder of Roman engineering. The stage building is higher, 21m. The adjacent buildings of the extensive agora and thetempleofTykeand fine public toilets within are closed to visitors for the time being. The Temple of Apollo and Athena have some columns that and have been restored on the beach near the harbour are the symbol of Side. The Byzantian Basilicas, the Temple of Man and the Bibliotect are a few of the other buildings.

ANTALYA SHOPPING-OLD CITY & MUSEUMS TOUR (EVERYDAY)

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Ninth Annual Social Theory Forum

Social Movements

THE NINTH ANNUAL SOCIAL THEORY FORUM

April 18^th and 19^th 2012

The Campus of the University of Massachusetts Boston

100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125-3393, Tel: 617-287-5000

Conflict, Social Movements, and Social Change: Theory and Practice

Final Program

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012

8:30-9:25 – REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST (Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall )

9:25-9:30 – Opening the Conference     

Siamak Movahedi, Jorge Capetillo, Glenn Jacobs, & Darren Kew, the Conference Moderators

9:30-10: OPENING STATEMENTS

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Winston Langley, Provost & Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Massachusetts Boston

10:00-10:45:  Distinguished Lectures

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Lauren Langman, Loyola University of Chicago, and

Valentine Moghadam, Northeastern University

 

From Tahrir Square to Zucotti Park and Beyond

 

11:00-12:30 Block

Session 1: Global Perspectives on the Occupy Movements

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Langman, Lauren, Loyola University of Chicago and

Lundskow, George, Grand Valley State University

Down The Rabbit Hole to a Tea Party

Mutisi, Martha , African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

Structures of Reconciliation: the Organ of National Healing in Zimbabwe.

Hagerty, Talia, University of Massachusetts, Boston

‘This is What Democracy Looks Like’: Strategic Nonviolent Conflict and the Case of Occupy Wall Street

Jeyapal, Daphne, University of Toronto

Space, race and the protest of others

Callahan, Mary-Jo, Central Connecticut State University

From Chiapas to New York: The Zapatista Influence on the Occupy Movement

 

Moderator: Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, Sociology, University of Massachusetts

Session 2: Conflict Resolution and Social Movement Theory

(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Jarul, Tufail, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-India

Kashmir Conflict and its Impact on the Seasonal Movement of the Bakarwal tribe and its future in the Valley of Kashmir

Kriesberg,  Louis, Syracuse University

Burdick, Samuel John, Syracuse University

Roy, Beth, University of California, Berkeley

Struggling on the Street and at the Table: How Social Action and Civil Dialogue can work together.

Stein, Andrew, The Lacanian group Apres Coup in New York City

Occupy Wall Street: Politics As Usual Or Social Justice Event?

Charles W Ogg, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Applying Relational Analysis to Labor as a Social Movement: The Sleeping Beast Awakes in Wisconsin.

 

Session 3: The Politics of Funding and the Pursuit of Social Justice

(Sociology Conference Room, Wheatley 4^th floor, room 22-23)

Diane Swords, Elizabeth Mount, Anya Stanger, Syracuse University

12:30-1:30 Lunch

 

1:30-2:20:  Distinguished Lecture

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Louis Kriesberg, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

 

2:30-4: Block

Session 4: The Arab Spring Movements: Where are they now and where are they going?

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

 

Leila Farsakh, University of Massachusetts Boston (Moderator)

Lina Khatib, Program Manager for the Program on Arab Reform and Democracy, Stanford University,

Tarek Masoud, Harvard University

Stuart Krusell, Associate Director, Office of External Relations, MIT

Session 5: Minority, Immigrant, and Gender Movements

(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Zulfiqar, Ghazal, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Microfinance and the Promise of Social Change inSouth Asia

Dao, Loan, University of Massachusetts Boston

‘American Accent’: Counter-hegemonic Narratives of Undocumented and Non-citizen Asian (American) Youth

 

Jorge Capetillo-Ponce and Cedric Woods, University of Massachusetts at Boston

Latino/a or Native American?Changing Patterns of Collective Identification Among the Maya K’iche in the United States

Ahmad, Shabab, CUHP, Dharamsala H.P. India

Minority Status- Saga of Dispute: A Critical Review

Nair, Rashmi, Clark University, and

Johanna ay Vollhardt, Clark University

Solidarity between minority groups-voices from social movements in India

 

Moderator: Lorna Rivera, Women’s Studies,University of Massachusetts

Session 6: Nationalism, Autonomy, and Separatism

(Sociology Conference Room, Fourth Floor of Wheatley Hall   )

Subedi, Anand Prasad, University of Nepal

Conflict Affected Internally Displaced Families in Nepal: A Special Reference to (1996-2006) Decade Long Maoist Insurgency

Ozugurlu, Sonay Bayramoglu,Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.

Keskin, Nuray Erturk, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey.

Local and Regional self government? / Autonomy? A Study on the Turkish Case

Obeni, Ehioboh Sonia,

The Unifying Role of English in a Multicultural nation: The Case of Nigeria

4:30-6:30 Block

Session 7: Social Theory

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

 

Kozlarek, Oliver, Universidad de Michoacán, Mexico

The Humanist Turn: a Comparative Critque of Dehumanization

 

Solis-Gadea, Héctor Raúl, Universidad de Guadalajara, México

The Challenges of Social Theory in the Twenty First Century

Margarita Palacios, Birkbeck College, Germany

Hermeneutics and the Art of Disobedience: A critical reading of Ricoeur and Derrida

Arai, Tatsushi, School for International Training (SIT)

Toward Functional Coexistence: Peace building in the Context of Mutual Non-Recognition

D’Arcy, Michael, UC Berkeley – UC San Francisco

Shahid and the Mnay Struggles: Translating the Revolution and the Witness-as-Word

Moderator: Jorge Capetillo-Ponce, Sociology, University of Massachusetts

Session 8: Comparative Social Movements

(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Galanes Luis, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey

Contemporary Social Movements: Lessons from theCaribbean

Muñoz-PROTO, Caolina, The Graduate center, CUNY and

Opotow, Susan, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Justice, Activity and Narrative: Studying the World March for Peace and Nonviolence

Awodola, Bosede, Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution-Abuja-Nigeria

Social Movements and 2011 General Election in Nigeria: Case Study of Neighbor 2 Neighbor

Agarwal Ankit, University of Pune, India

The Fade out of 2011 Indian Corruption Movement

7:00-Dinner

Location: TBA

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012

8:00-9:00 – REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST (Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

 

9:00-10:30 Block

 

Session 9: Digital Democracy, Social Media, and Movements I

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Ogenga, Frederic, Maseno University-Kenya

Is Peace Journalism in the ‘war’ against terror? The Daily Nation and the East African Standard representation of Operation Linda Nchi in Somalia

Oravec, Jo Ann, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater

The Protest Culture of the Midwest: Comparison of Pre-Internet and Internet-Enabled Imagery and Organizational Strategies

Rastogi, Divyanshu & Gupta, Gazal

Social Media and Its Usage Trends: A Socio-cultural Perspective

Session 10: Digital Democracy, Social Media, and Movements II

(Sociology Conference Room, Wheatley 4^th. Floor, Room 22-23)

Clark, James,York University Toronto, Canada

‘Cyber Utopia’ readings of the Arab Spring: A neoliberal and pro-war fantasy

Mutisi, Martha, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

Countering State Repression through Digital Democracy: The Role of Electronic Media in Social Movements in Zimbabwe

Heisler, Jay, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada

Nonviolent Propaganda: Examples from Burma and Iran

Session 11: Labor, Civil Society and Culture

(Harbor Art Gallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)

League, Panagiotis, Hellenic College

Rewriting Unwritten History: Nationalism, Folklore, and the Ban of the Cretan Violin

Dorsey, James, Nanyang Technological University-Singapore

Soccer as an Engine of Change and Assertion of Identity

Tucker, Terry, Middlebury College,Vermont

The Book of Mozilla in Conflict Resolution

Usman, Mohammed and Ibrahim Badamasi,  Babangida University, Lapai -Nigeria

Religious Revivalism, Boko Haram and the Nigerian Society

Singh, Harneet, Gulati, Ashish, Kumar, Duru Arun, & Netaji Subhas, Institute of Technology, Dwarka,New Delhi, India

Plight of Contract Labor in a Liberalizing Economy – An Indian Experience

10:40-12:10 Block

Session 12: Anti-Hegemonic Social Movements

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Binkley, Sam, Emerson College (Moderator)

Social Movements and the Government of Intimacy: Expertise and the Intensification of Emotional Reciprocity.

Desai, Chandni, Institute for Studies in Education Center: Center for Urban Schooling, Ontario

Supression of Social Movements: Challenges to the Road Map to Peace.

Feng, Wen, Beijing University, China

Right against power: collective action of medical professionals in China.

Di, Jin Di, University of Saskatchewan-Canada

Institutional Change and earnings of migrants and non-migrants in urban China

 

Session 13:  Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and Torture

(Harbor Ar tGallery, First Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Aryal, Sanjaya, Mahidol University, Bangkok-Thailand

Transition without Justice: Flourishing Impunity in Nepal.

Soldz, Stephen, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

Opposing Psychologist Complicity in Torture

Bhoi, Dhaneswar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India

Issues of Atrocity Against the Dalits: A Study of Students.

Mutisi, Martha, African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD)

Dealing with the aftermath of genocide through the Concept of Abanyarwanda: A Case of ‘Ethic Amnesia’ in Rwanda?

 

Moderator: Siamak Movahedi, Sociology, University of Massachusetts

 

12:10-1:40 Lunch

 

1:40-2:30:  Distinguished Lecture

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Donald L. Carveth

Professor of Sociology and Social & Political Thought, York University

Training and Supervising Analyst Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis

Director Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis

“A Civil War in Every Soul”: Progress and Regress in the Struggle for Modernity

2:30- 4:00 Block

Session 14: Sustainability and Environmental Movements

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

Allen, Fidelis, University of Kwa Zulu-Natal, South Africa

Issues, Strategies and Achievements of Environmental Advocacy Groups in South Africa and Nigeria

Gecker, Whitney, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Kromash, Kevin, Yale University

Food for Thought: Using Habermas to Analyze the Marketing of Food in the U.S. 

Medina, Fernando Campos, GSBC Graduate School Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change

The de-politicization of the socio-ecological conflict in Chile, When the pollution and the sustainability prevent to observe the human injustice

Dainius, Genys, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas-Lithuania

The role of social conflict in civil society boundaries formation in the Baltic States

4:00-5:00 Block

Occupy Boston Documentary, Emerson College

Directed by John Forrester

(Ryan Lounge, Third Floor of the McCormack Hall)

 

Program & Registration details: http://www.umb.edu/news_events_media/events/the_ninth_annual_social_theory_forum 

 

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Historical Sociology and International Theory – BISA Workshop

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HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY & INTERNATIONAL THEORY – BISA WORKSHOP

BISA working group on Historical Sociology and IR
Centre for Advanced International Theory, University of Sussex

The Historical Sociology of International Theory
One day workshop
Thursday 13th September 2012

The discipline of International Relations is home to a wide range of theoretical approaches and its history is characterized by (metaphorical) debates and competition between these theories. This theoretical pluralism R11; deplored by some and celebrated by others – does not only concern the substantive claims of particular theories but also the conception of theory itself. This refers us back to debates in the philosophy of social science. What counts as theory, what role theory can and should play and how it best fulfils this task is not a settled question in IR.

Moreover, inasmuch as the emergence and development of different theories is strongly influenced by their historical and sociological context, the same is true for conceptions of theory itself. Hence, the  considerable recent changes within the international system – from the end of bipolarity, through the ideological hegemony of market democracy, radical fluctuation in the world economy, to open challenges to the institution of sovereignty – can be expected to affect the conception of theory (and consequently the development of theories) itself. This workshop seeks to explore the ways in which time and place impact on the conception of international theory and to develop an understanding of the nature of international theory and its implications at the beginning of the 21st century.

To this end, we invite papers that analyze the emergence, development, change and implications of conceptions of international theory from a historical sociological perspective. We are particularly, but not solely, interested in contributions that:

·  Reflect on the connection between time, place and conceptions of theory;
·  Provide an historical and sociological account of the development of conceptions of international theories;
·  Explore the implications of recent changes in the international system for conceptions of international theory;
·  And, conversely, investigate the impact of conceptions of international theory on our understanding of the broader historical and sociological context.

Those interested in presenting papers at the workshop should send brief abstracts (no more than 200 words) to: cait@sussex.ac.uk. The deadline for submission of abstracts is 13th June 2012.

BISA: http://www.bisa.ac.uk/

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Historical Sociology, Historical Materialism and International Relations

Sociology

HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY, HISTORICAL MATERIALISM AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

CALL FOR PAPERS
Spectrum Journal of Global Studies
Conference on:
Historical Sociology, Historical Materialism and International Relations

November 1-3, 2012
Middle East Technical University
Department of International Relations
Ankara – Turkey

The discipline of International Relations (IR) known as an “ American” social science has in the last decade or so been discovering the importance of alternative forms of explaining international relations. More so than any other field of social science, IR has been dominated by positivist conceptions of scientific inquiry. However recent approaches in the philosophy of sciences as well as the sociological turn in IR has changed the boundaries, assumptions and methodologies of our discipline.  Critical realism as an alternative to positivist as well as post-positivist understandings of social science is increasingly becoming the dominant form of philosophyzing about IR.

Historical sociological approaches are taking over the static, a-historical forms of theorizing. Marxist social theory has become more and more relevant to explain the current of changes in the international system. Internationalisation of capitalism has made the concerns of Marxism increasingly relevant to understand and explain the “international”. Recent controversies on the relation between the state system and capitalist mode of production have made important contributions to understand the link between what is traditionally understood from international relations and capitalist relations of production. These efforts have to go on as there are yet many other untouched aspects of international relations that require deconstruction and de-reification. This conference attempts to further our understanding of the links between historical sociology, critical realism and Marxism. Empirical works combining the insights of Marxist historical sociology and historical materialism with that of international relations is particularly welcome. We are extending an invitation to all researchers to present research that address the following issues and similar topics:

    • How does a historical materialist geopolitics address the traditional issues of IR?
    • Geopolitics of state formations
    • What is the relation between the state system and capitalism?
    • In what ways does critical realism help Marxism to analyse the international?
    • What are the limits and the potentials of he theory of combined and uneven development to explain the international?
    • Historical materialist analysis of international law
    • Contemporary forms of imperialism
    • International State Apparatuses and their role in the reproduction of capital
    • Marx’s method and the world market

We hope to see both individual papers and panels discussing these themes from different disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.

We encourage scholars from all around the world to participate in this exciting attempt to link our conceptions of praxis and change with that of what constitutes the “international”.

Most papers presented in the conference will later be published in a special issue of the Spectrum journal or in a separate book.

We look forward to welcoming you all at METU in Ankara.
Key note speakers for the conference will later be announced.

For more information and to submit your papers and panel proposals, please contact spectrumconference@spectrumjournal.net

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