See below for the upcoming and some of the past events associated with the activities of The Laboratory for Alternative Theories.
Featured Event
Karl Marx's Writings on Alienation
Saturday February 5th, 2022
This is a book launch of Marcello Musto鈥檚 new edited book, 鈥淜arl Marx's Writings on Alienation鈥, with Michael Hardt as the discussant. The theory of alienation occupies a significant place in the work of Marx and has long been considered one of his main contributions to the critique of bourgeois society. Many authors who have written on this concept over the 20th century have erroneously based their interpretations on Marx鈥檚 early writings. In this anthology, by contrast, Marcello Musto has concentrated his selection on the most relevant pages of Marx鈥檚 later economic works, in which his thoughts on alienation were far more extensive and detailed than those of the early philosophical manuscripts. Additionally, the writings collated in this volume are unique in their presentation of not only Marx鈥檚 critique of capitalism, but also his description of communist society. This comprehensive rediscovery of Marx鈥檚 ideas on alienation provides an indispensable critical tool for both understanding the past and the critique of contemporary society.
Karl Marx 1881-1883. El 煤ltimo viaje del moro
Sunday, October 18, 2020
驴A qu茅 se dedic贸 Karl Marx los tres 煤ltimos a帽os de su vida? En este libro se descubren sus intereses, proyectos y necesidades intelectuales. Preocupaciones tan actuales como las transformaciones del sentido de comunidad o la libertad del individuo, la cr铆tica a la destrucci贸n de la naturaleza, al colonialismo ocuparon a Marx en ese per铆odo. Esta etapa revela una mirada m谩s global del fen贸meno capitalista. Presentan: Marcello Musto (autor), Elvira Concheiro y Araceli Mondrag贸n.
Rethinking Alternatives with Marx: A Panel Discussion
Saturday December 18
2-4PM EST/ 7-9PM GMT
Join Marcello Musto with Himani Bannerji, Michael Brie, Gregory Claeys, and Silvia Federici in launching "."
This book presents a Marx that is in many ways different from the one popularized by the dominant currents of 20th century Marxism. The dual aim of this collective volume is to contribute to a new critical discussion on Marx鈥檚 critique of political economy and to develop a deeper analysis of certain questions, like ecology and migration, to which relatively little attention has been paid until recently.
On the Receptions of Karl Marx鈥檚 Capital in the Anglophone World
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
6:00pm to 8:00pm
As part of The Franke Lectures in the Humanities Seminars on The Value of Marx鈥檚 Capital, Babak Amini provides a critical overview of the history of the translation and dissemination of Marx鈥檚 Capital in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Babak Amini is the co-editor of the forthcoming The Routledge Handbook of Marx鈥檚 鈥淐apital鈥: A Global History of Translation, Dissemination and Reception.