Description
The Centre for Cultural and Literary Studies (CCLS) invites proposals for a one-day symposium to be held on 13 June 2024.This symposium invites contemporary explorations of neoliberalism as one of the defining conditions of the twentieth century. Neoliberalism values market exchange as an ethic in itself, as David Harvey notes, seeking to “bring all human action into the domain of the market” (3). The neoliberal novel is one particularly concerned with the economic rationalities of its time (Johansen and Karl 201), often questioning or challenging that rationale and testing the extent to which it dictates contemporary values.
Neoliberalism has ultimately promoted the unrestricted flow of capital, information, and commodities into every corner of the world. This symposium will explore aesthetic responses to the rhetoric of free markets, privatisation, and marketisation.
We encourage critical analysis of cultural responses to neoliberalism as an ideology, practice, and policy, seeking to forge a dialogue between disciplinary approaches in literature, art, film, and music, to understand how neoliberalism is depicted in contemporary culture.
We invite a broad range of responses to, and depictions of, neoliberalism, including (but not limited to) the following topics:
Postmodernism and late-stage capitalism
Representations of global inequality
Capitalist realism
‘Greed is good’ and evolutionary economic theory
Global / regional manifestations of neoliberalism
Ideology, policy, and practice
Economic individualism and Social Communities
Neoliberalism and postcolonialism
Neoliberalism and climate change
Disaster capitalism
The role of neoliberalism in the production and marketing of art
Techniques of resistance: satire, parody, farce
Thatcher, Reagan, and neoliberal politics since the 1980s
Neoliberalism as a political and economic philosophy
Please submit a 200-300 word abstract and a brief author's biography (max 50 words) for 20-minute papers to [email protected]
The deadline for submissions is 11th March 2024.
| Period | 13 Jun 2024 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Northampton , United KingdomShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |
Keywords
- Contemporary Literature
- Neoliberal