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CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS - MARX AND WEBER ON THE TOPIC OF MACHINES DOMINATING LABOR

  • 1.  CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS - MARX AND WEBER ON THE TOPIC OF MACHINES DOMINATING LABOR

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    Are Karl Marx's "Perpetuum Mobile" and/or Max Weber's "Machine State" Dominating Labor Today? Why or Why Not?

    Students, researchers, faculty members, and scholars working in sociology and related social sciences to submit abstracts for an upcoming joint open session at the XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology, to be held from July 4–10, 2027, in Gwangju, Republic of Korea.

    The session is sponsored jointly by RC20 Comparative Sociology and RC02 Economy and Society of the International Sociological Association (ISA).

    Speakers are invited to apply Marx and Weber's pre-Internet, classical sociological theories to our digital epoch.

    Submit abstracts by October 14, 2026 through the ISA Congress submission system at:

    ISA XXI World Congress of Sociology - Call for Abstractshttps://www.isa-sociology.org/isa-events/xxi-world-congress-of-sociology/call-for-abstracts Watch the ISA abstract submission tutorial https://youtu.be/p_dRzY4k_o4?si=6hmXNFDWH6zFIBLg

    Current Session Participants

    Session Chair, Professor Ece Kocabicak, The Open University

    Session Co-Chair Pravat Ranjan Sethi, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, India

    Discussant, Proshant Chakraborty, University of Vienna, Austria 

    Session Organizer, Noel Packard, Independent Scholar, USA

    Questions? contact Noel Packard at npac825@aucklanduni.ac.nz

    Further information available here: Sociology Group interview with Dr. Noel Packard on Marx, Weber and machines dominating labour (https://www.sociologygroup.com/an-interview-with-dr-noel-packard-karl-marx-and-max-weber-on-machines-dominating-labour/)

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