Conference ‘Capitalism, personality and culture’

On April 11-13, 2019 a conference ‘Capitalism, personality and culture’ will be held in Paris. One of the co-organisers is the Scientific Station of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Paris.

The aim of this conference is to present, in a multidisciplinary way, various relations between capitalism, personality and culture, and confront different contemporary perspectives, concerning this topic. The effects of trade and industry have been the subject of philosophers, playwrights and commentators’ reflection since ancient times. This reflection has increased with the development of commercial and capitalist enterprises in Europe since the 18th century. Theatre, novels and the development of new political and social theories were the source of enlightenment in the same way as philosophy. In the twentieth century, cinema and television often discussed these issues, which continue to be of interest to both public and academic environment.

During this conference director of the Polish Science Contact Agency, dr hab. Małgorzata Molęda-Zdziech will present a paper Which capitalism? – some scenarios of capitalism in postmodern sociological approaches (Z.Bauman, A.Giddens, R. Sennett), while dr Justyna Kramarczyk, specialist in PolSCA, will give a speech entitled Winners or losers? Capitalist transformation, time and personality – a Polish perspective.

The initial program and other information about the conference can be found here.