In the framework of the SESaMe Jean Monnet Chair on a Sustainable European Social Model, Prof. Dr. Luca RATTI cordially invites you to join us at the University of Luxembourg for two upcoming Jean Monnet lectures.
Abstract:
The ecological movement questions the productivist model that our societies inherited from the Industrial Revolution. Productivism is based on the belief that the continuous increase in production is possible and desirable. Political ecology and scientists denounce the adverse effects of productivism, in that it produces waste, exhausts natural resources and results in global warming. In this context, Prof. Elise Dermine proposes to explore the relationship between social law and productivism. Critical legal scholars classically highlight the function of social law in redistributing the value generated by labour under capitalism. Prof. Elise Dermine’s aim is to shift the focus and examine the function of social law prior to that, in the definition of what value is, more specifically what kind of labour is considered as creating value and is therefore to be supported. Through her characterization of the forms of work promoted in social law, Prof. Elise Dermine shows the ambivalence of this branch of law towards productivism. It is strongly rooted in the productivist model since it has been constructed around the concept of labour exchanged in the market, considered as the best way to ensure continued growth. However, at the same time, it relativises productivism by promoting, in some places, economically non-productive but nonetheless (eco)socially valued activities.
About Prof. Luca RATTI:
Prof. Luca RATTI, University of Luxembourg, Jean Monnet Chair Holder
About Prof. Elise DERMINE:
Prof. Elise DERMINE, Université Libre de Bruxelles
The lecture, which targets students, scholars, and policy makers is a hybrid event that offers both in-person and virtual attendance options.
- In presence: University of Luxembourg | Campus Kirchberg – Weicker Building | Room A101 (first floor) | 4, rue Alphonse Weicker, L-2721 Luxembourg
- Online: https://unilu.webex.com/unilu/j.php?MTID=m68892e2048eb259eb3cb57c64ef12cfc
This is a free seminar. Registration is mandatory.
Language: English
