The Ethics of Debt
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From the biblical injunction to forgive debts in the seventh year to the Occupy Wall Street movement’s call for student loan forgiveness, the problem of debt has regularly inspired political movements. Global financial crises now make debt a threat to the survival of entire nations as well as individuals. And yet, in other cultural and historical contexts, recognition of indebtedness to others has been a key building block of social life.
This conference will create a unique forum for discussing the ethics of debt by bringing together scholars from across the disciplines. We invite submissions from Anthropologists, Art Historians, Economists, Historians, Literary and Cultural Theorists, Philosophers, Political Scientists, Sociologists, and other scholars. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
*credit/debt systems throughout the history of political economy
*the relationship between debt and crisis
*how borrowing, lending, and repayment are impacted by larger forces at work in society and the economy
*representations of debt in art, literature, and film
*the impact of social movements upon contemporary discussions of debt
*risk versus reward with respect to debt
*the impact of debt upon contemporary political developments
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