Euroacademia Conferences
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (9th Edition)April 24 - 25, 2020
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (9th Edition)June 12 - 13, 2020
8th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainJanuary 24 - 25, 2020
Re-Inventing Eastern Europe (7th Edition)December 13 - 14, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (8th Edition)October 25 - 26, 2019
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (8th Edition)June 28 - 29, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (7th Edition)January 25 - 26, 2019- 7th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainNovember 23 - 24, 2018
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (8th Edition)September 28 - 30, 2018- Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (7th Edition)June 14 - 15, 2018
Papers
The Myth of Egalitarianism’ in the Consumption Society
In this paper, we are going to analyze the new modalities of social inequality and new social segregations related to consumerism, by the key concept of exchange value.
After Socialism, Capitalism Stumbles Over the Same Paradigms. A Case for a Third Way: Plea for Sustainable Economy and Open Democratic Societies
With Hans Domizlaff's skepticism in mind as a warning typically turning optimists into realists, the paper shows ways out of crisis and towards lasting democracies. In doing so, it explains the role of values and value diversity (as opposed to merely quantitative criteria) and the ability to sense, express and realise qualitative diversity as an important trait of sustainable society and its economy. With finance returning to its correct role at the service of economy and individual successes serving society.
Forget Theory! Work as Non-Reflective Praxis
This paper draws on modern theories of autonomy culminating to a preference for Castoriadis and McIntyre in order to assess the domain of praxis as detached from human agency as autonomy. The paper looks into the contemporary paradoxes of self-fulfillment.
Marx, Wittgenstein and the Idea of Social Criticism
The aim of the presentation is to demonstrate the idea of social criticism as an emancipatory practicefree of the claims of universal rationality and search for the foundations of critique. I postulate that this idea can be found in the young Marx’ concepts of critique as a “reform of consciousness”, and “partial (political) emancipation”.
The Home and the World
The prospective paper aims to elucidate a praxis that negotiates cosmopolitical strategies of creating a common world. It surveys a topology of 26 Couchsurfing homes in Europe, describing places that materialize cosmopolitanism through the practices of hospitality.
The Politics of Framing and the Framing of Politics: A Modest Plea for Grand Narratives
My paper will be a combination of analysis and political program: the goal is to explore the link between what we (the academy research and the experience of social movements) have learned about the neoliberal globalization as a multi-faceted process and what is to be done.
Questioning the Pertinence of the Classical Theory-Praxis Dichotomy in the Light of the Habermas – Castoriadis Debate about the Concept of ‘Imaginary’
The paper will explore the implications of Castoriadis' theory for a renewed conception of “praxis”. This will lead us to develop the concept of infra-power, before moving to the implications that this renewed concept of praxis as paideia (or permanent education of individuals to autonomy) has for contemporary militancy, critical thought, and philosophy of emancipation.
The Role of NGOs in Enhancing EU Integration Aspirations in Eastern Europe: Youth Political Empowerment
The present research has been conducted with the aim to examine youth participation in civic EU-related activities and make comparative analysis of youth political involvement in EU affairs in eastern-European states with special emphasis on Ukrainian case.Organizational Change and its Impact on Organizational Effectiveness in Albanian Businesses
Abstract: During these twenty years of democracy the Albanian managers not only had to attain the required pace to survive local competition but recently they had also to successfully face foreign competition. Free movement of both labour force and capital is increasingly making countries look smaller and markets bigger. Therefore, continuous organizational changes are required as well as successful implementation approaches of modern managerial methods. However, organizational changes in Business Organizations may often occur at inconvenient time, subject to the psychologicaElectoral System and its Impact on Political Parties in Albania
The value of this paper consist in the fact that it is an original work based on different historical facts that have influenced the development of political parties. Highlighting the role of political parties as an important promoter of state functioning makes it an important study.
