About this Event
Join us for an author-meets-critics book talk at LSE for Søren Mau's Mute Compulsion: A Marxist Theory of the Economic Power of Capital (Verso, 2023). Mau will present the main arguments of the book before engaging in a conversation with three esteemed LSE professors. The book presents a new Marxist theory of the abstract and impersonal forms of power in capitalism, focusing on 'mute compulsion' as distinct from ideology or domination as the only forms of power in capitalism.
Featuring:
Dr Søren Mau, Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University (Denmark)
Prof Sara Salem, Sociology, LSE
Prof Paul Apostolidis, Government, LSE
Prof Sumi Madhok, Gender Studies, LSE
Chaired by Dr Lukas Slothuus, LSE100, LSE
Søren Mau is a communist philosopher who specialises in Marxist theory. He is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas at Aarhus University, where he is working on the research project ‘A Philosophical Anthropology for the Capitalocene’, funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. He is also a member of the board at the Danish Society for Marxist Studies, an external examiner in Philosophy at Danish universities, and writes for the Danish newspaper Information.
The event is free and open to all. If you are not LSE student or staff, please show your Eventbrite ticket to reception staff to enter the building.
The event is generously sponsored by LSE100, LSE's flagship interdisciplinary course taken by all undergraduate students. The course tackles some of the most pressing global problems of our time: climate change, artificial intelligence, and fairness.
You can purchase a copy of the book here: https://www.versobooks.com/books/4107-mute-compulsion.
After the event, we will all go to Ye Olde White Horse pub at LSE for a drink.
If you have any questions or accessibility requirements, please contact Lukas on [email protected].
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom
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