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On the fascistization of social reproduction: cross-border views about anti-feminism, debt and neoliberalism
Sur la fascisation de la reproduction sociale : considérations croisées sur l’antiféminisme, la dette et le néolibéralisme
Published on Tuesday, January 07, 2025
Abstract
In this seminar, we will analyze the dispute over what is perceived as a crisis at the level of social reproduction in order to develop the notion of “fascistization of social reproduction” (Silvia Federici), as a key point to understand the forms of anti-feminism as programmatic elements of the new ultra-right.
Announcement
Presentation
In this seminar, we will analyze the dispute over what is perceived as a crisis at the level of social reproduction in order to develop the notion of “fascistization of social reproduction” (Silvia Federici), as a key point to understand the forms of anti-feminism as programmatic elements of the new ultra-right. The pandemic is a crucial moment to understand it, in relation to the intensification of tensions around freedom and care.
It is also important to discuss the category of “essential work” because it connotes a strong paradox : it names a re-naturalization of these tasks and their association with certain bodies and spaces. Social reproduction has long been discussed as a way of defining interdependence in a materialistic way. These arguments are key to a feminist epistemology that looks at production from below and understands its financialization as a field of class struggle. Along these lines, it is also necessary to discuss the “mutant” character of neoliberalism (Callison and Manfredi) in such a way that it does not become a totalizing reading : for that it is crucial to understand it as a response to particular cycles of struggle (hence the variable scale of its violence and modes of recomposition). Here a major problem arises that can be considered an open question, one that has been raised especially by transfeminist movements : what are the political tools of protest and negotiation of a labor force that lies in the intersection between financial (and platform) capitalism and non-guaranteed social reproduction ?
The seminar is open to undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students and to free auditors.
Scientific coordinator
- Verónica Gago (UBA/UNSAM/CONICET)
Sessions
Seminar sessions : Monday from 3pm to 5pm, room MR A2-204 or MR A2-202
1. Monday, 3 March 2025, from 3pm to 5pm, MR A2-204
2. Monday, 10 March 2025, from 3pm to 5pm, MR A2-204
3. Monday, 17 March 2025, from 3pm to 5pm, MR A2-204
4. Monday, 24 March 2025, from 3pm to 5pm, MR A2-202
5. Monday, 31 March 2025, from 3pm to 5pm, MR A2-202
6. Monday, 7 April 2025, from 3pm to 5pm, MR A2-202
7. Monday, 28 April 2025, from 3pn to 5pm, MR A2-202
8. Monday, 5 May 2025, from 3pm to 5pm, MR A2-202
Visioconference connection link to come
Subjects
- Political studies (Main category)
Places
- Maison de la Recherche de l'Université Paris 8. Salles MRA2204 et MRA2202 - 2, rue de la Liberté
Saint-Denis, France (93200)
Event attendance modalities
Hybrid event (on site and online)
Date(s)
- Monday, March 03, 2025
- Monday, March 10, 2025
- Monday, February 17, 2025
- Monday, March 24, 2025
- Monday, March 24, 2025
- Monday, April 07, 2025
- Monday, April 28, 2025
- Monday, May 05, 2025
Contact(s)
- Ariane Revel
courriel : ariane [dot] revel [at] gmail [dot] com
Reference Urls
Information source
- EA4008 LLCP
courriel : paris8philo [at] gmail [dot] com
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« On the fascistization of social reproduction: cross-border views about anti-feminism, debt and neoliberalism », Seminar, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, January 07, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/130zo
