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Workshop “Egalitarianism in the 21st Century”

 

Date:    April 26, 2025 (Sat) / 10:00-17:45

Venue: University of Tokyo Komaba Campus, Building 18, Collaboration Room 1

https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/campusmap/cam02_01_17_j.html

 

Organizers:         Akira Inoue (University of Tokyo), Devon Cass ((Manchester/Nova Lisbon), and Christian Schemmel (University of Manchester)

 

Program

 

10:00-10:05         Opening remarks

 

10:05-10:55         Takuto Kobayashi (Waseda University)

“Political Inequality and Social Hierarchy: A Defense of the Constitution Thesis”

11:05-11:55         Christian Schemmel (University of Manchester)

“Class Inequality as Social Hierarchy”

[Chair: Susumu Cato (University of Tokyo)]

 

11:55-13:30         Lunch Break

 

13:30-14:20         Kumie Hattori (University of Tokyo)

“A Limit of the Egalitarian Dimension: A Perspective on Rights After Violations”

14:30-15:20         Shin Osawa (The University of Kitakyushu)

“Remaking Meaningful Work into an Egalitarian Social Norm”

[Chair: Gen Fukushima (University of Tokyo)]

 

15:20-15:50         Break

 

15:50-16:40         Akira Inoue (University of Tokyo)

“The Flaws in Chain-Relatedness Argument”

16:50-17:40         Devon Cass (Manchester/Nova Lisbon) (and Manuel Valente (UMinho))

“Old Age, Social Status, and Equality”

[Chair: Ken Oshitani (Waseda University)]

 

17:40-17:45        Closing remarks