Philosophical conference: Work, break-in or alliance? The question of "prometheism

Organized by USMB's Langages, Littératures, Sociétés Etudes Transfrontalières et Internationales (LLSETI) laboratory and the Association des professeurs de philosophie de l'enseignement public, the philosophical lecture series "Quel travail dans un monde fini?" (What work in a finite world?) continues this Wednesday, February 14 at 5pm with a lecture entitled "Le travail, effraction ou alliance? The question of 'prometheism'". This conference will take place in room 3, at theuniversité Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), in Chambéry. It is open to all, without registration.

Disorderly and obscure talk about work is constantly making its way through the political world, with the result that for some, work appears to be a disruption that is harmful to both humans and nature. At the same time, too many people only talk about "work value", reducing work to an economic dimension and commodification.

The cause of environmental ills is even attributed to "prometheism", indicating that work and the transformation of the world are "ubris" by nature. Viewing work solely in terms of productivism, we come to want to restrict its role, whereas its dimension of inventiveness and even creativity would expand the human world.

This conference will be hosted by Martine Verlhac, honorary professor of philosophy in Première supérieure at the Lycée Berthollet in Annecy.

About the cycle "What work in a finite world?"

We only became aware of the ravages of unlimited human transformation of nature and the world when this world threatened to become uninhabitable. But is it the transformation of the world in general that is in question, or is it an economic model that subjects everything to commodification, while allowing the logic of domination to persist? To put it plainly: aren't people expelling themselves from the world by failing to challenge these models? We've started to get scared, and for good reason. However, understanding why and how we've come to this point is essential if we are to influence a course of events that is not inevitable. Discussing this issue would reveal its political dimension as well as its social stakes.

LEARN MORE

• - Program for the 2023-2024 philosophy lecture series
• - LLSETI laboratory website
• - Contact: Pascal Bouvier, member of the LLSETI laboratory and organizer of this conference series