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New Book: Estelle Ferrarese, Le marché de la vertu

19 Tuesday Sep 2023

Posted by Pierre-François Noppen in Critical Theory, Publications, Theodor W. Adorno

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Estelle Ferrarese

Estelle Ferrarese wrote to us about the publication of her new book: Le marché de la vertu. Critique de la consommation éthique (tentative English title: The Market of Virtue: Critique of Ethical Consumption). The book appeared at the legendary Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin, located on the Place de la Sorbonne in Paris. The book is, of course, in French. At our last meeting in Brighton, UK (May 2023), Estelle Ferrarese presented some of her latest work – or the rough equivalent of a chapter of this new book. The title of her presentation was: “Reactualizing Adorno’s Theory of Exchange: A Critique of Ethical Consumption”.

Here’s the publisher’s blub:

“La propagation actuelle de pratiques de consommation prônant un « juste » prix ou des achats « responsables », fonde son succès sur une prétendue critique du capitalisme à l’échelle de la vie quotidienne.

Ce livre prend le contrepied de l’opinion dominante et démontre avec les outils de la Théorie critique que la consommation éthique collabore à l’ordre même auquel elle s’efforce d’échapper. Elle dissimule le fait que le marché désarme perpétuellement les normes morales qui y sont injectées. Elle ramène inadéquatement le capitalisme à des mécanismes psychologiques, comme une humeur prédatrice, qu’il serait possible de brider par la vertu. Elle octroie à l’intention individuelle une maîtrise absolue sur le monde, à même de le métamorphoser sans reste. Et avec sa tendance au compte – des dommages ou des efforts vertueux –, la consommation éthique concourt à la forme que le marché impose au monde, celle d’une commensurabilité généralisée.”

Conference: “Flaschenpost: Critical Theory at 100” @ Harvard U, Oct. 6-7, 2023

11 Monday Sep 2023

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Critical Theory, Max Pensky, Peter E. Gordon

As part of its Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History, the Center for European Studies Harvard is hosting a two-day conference this October. The full title is: Flaschenpost: Critical Theory at 100 – The European and American Reception, 1923-2023.

The conference brings together very prominent scholars and representatives of what is Critical Theory today, 100 years after the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research was first founded. It also marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Jay’s now classic: The Dialectical Imagination.

You can find the program here.

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