At the March 14 seminar, we will welcome Beverley Best, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University, for a discussion of her book, The Automatic Fetish: The Law of Value in Marx’s Capital (Verso 2024).

As background reading, an e-book of the Automatic Fetish can be bought and downloaded from the Verso website. Or read a recent interview that Professor Best gave on her book here.

Professor Best’s seminar is part of the Spring 2025 Arrighi Center General Seminar serie on the theme of  “Value, Price and Profit in The Contemporary World System” (aka “Are Profits Hurting Capitalism?)”.  The spring seminar will be let by Professor Chris Nealon, JHU English Department and Arrighi Center Faculty Advisory Board Member.

As always, the seminar is open to JHU students, faculty, postdocs, visiting scholars, alumni and Arrighi Center friends (old and new) in Baltimore and around the world. The seminar meets weekly on Fridays at 1:30 pm (Baltimore time), in person in 526 Mergenthaler Hall (JHU Homewood campus) with a zoom option for those outside Baltimore.

To be added to the Arrighi Center mailing list (or update your email address) and/or to request the seminar zoom link, please fill out this Google form or scan the QR code on the poster. For questions contact arrighi@jhu.edu.