Theory as History

Ernest Mandel's historical analysis of world capitalism

Conference at the International Institute of Social History
Amsterdam, November 10-11, 2003 (address)
For more information see the introduction.

Programme

Monday, November 10

09.30-10.00 Welcome, coffee

10.00-11.00 J. Banaji, Islam, the Mediterranean and the Rise of Capitalism (rtf, 108Kb)
Comment: E. Vanhaute

11.00-11.15 Coffee

11.15-12.15 Patrick O'Brien, Global Economic History as the Accumulation of Capital through a Process of Combined and Uneven Development: An Appreciation and Critique of Ernest Mandel (doc, 110Kb)
Comment: Ngo Manh Lan

12.15-12.45 Jan Willem Stutje, Biography E. Mandel (doc, 43Kb)

12.45-14.15 Lunch

14.15-15.15 E. Vanhaute
Comment: J. Banaji

15.15-15.30 Tea

15.30-16.30 F. Louça, Ernest Mandel et la pulsation de l'histoire: A propos de 'The Long Waves of Capitalist Development' (doc, 74Kb)
Comment: Michael Krätke

16.30-17.30 Aperitif

19.00 Dinner

Tuesday, November 11

09.30-10.30 Mohssen Massarrat, Kapitalistische Weltwirtschaft: Symbiose aus Kapitalakkumulation und Machtungleichheit Kritik des Spätkapitalismus von Ernest Mandel (doc, 71Kb)
[english version, doc, 585Kb]
Comment: Patrick O'Brien

10.30-10.45 Coffee

10.45-11.45 Ngo Manh Lan, Long waves, business cycles, and class struggles revisited (Revised version, doc, 41Kb)
Comment: Mohssen Massarrat

11.45-12.45 Guided tour IISG

12.45-14.15 Lunch

14.15-15.15 Michael Krätke, On the History and Logic of Modern Capitalism. The Legacy of Ernest Mandel (rtf, 75Kb)
Comment: M. van der Linden

15.15-16.15 M. van der Linden, The 'Law' of Uneven and Combined Development: Some Underdeveloped Thoughts (rtf, 136Kb)
Comment (doc, 26Kb): J. Kircz

16.15-17.00 Conclusions