(FOLLOWED BY PHD SUMMER SCHOOL: WEDNESDAY 8 – THURSDAY 9 JUNE) Protest is a hallowed right within constitutional democracy, allowing for political expression outside the electoral process and established public sphere channels such as the media. But to what extent and in what ways can and/or should constitutional democracy accommodate more radical forms of protest, … Continue reading Radical Protest in Constitutional Democracy
This conference on radical democratic citizenship marks the 50th anniversary of the global wave of protests in 1968, when people occupied workplaces and public spaces, collectively demanding changes in policies and calling for a shift in politics. Movements aimed variously to resist regimes deemed authoritarian and imperialist, fight economic and political elites, dismantle the exploitative … Continue reading Radical Democratic Citizenship: 3 – 4 Sept 2018
Volume co-edited by Jeffrey Alexander (Yale) and Trevor Stack (CISRUL) for Cambridge University Press, 2018 forthcoming The book focuses on modes of political action usually condemned not only by government but by organizations from churches and charities to voluntary associations and social movements, as well as in the press. And not without reason. The acts … Continue reading Radicalism and the Civil Sphere
Our workshop participants, after two days of fruitful discussions Final Conference Programme This conference on radical democratic citizenship marks the 50th anniversary of the global wave of protests in 1968, when people occupied workplaces and public spaces, collectively demanding changes in policies and calling for a shift in politics. Movements aimed variously to resist regimes deemed … Continue reading Radical Democratic Citizenship
Brian Brock (Divinity) will talk about his new book Joining Creation’s Praise: A Theological Ethic of Creatureliness, focusing on the sections in which he develops a defence of looting and squatting, as forms of civil disobedience.
