Panel 2: The Presupposition of Equality

SERIES TITLE
The Politics of Equality: Oxford University Graduate Political Theory Conference 2013
SPEAKER
Nathan Pinkoski
Nabila Abbas
Matt Hann
Iwona Janicka

Chair: Dr Mark Philp
Discussant: Nathan Pinkoski (MPhil candidate, Oxford)
Speakers:

  • Nabila Abbas (Aachen), Equality to Come: Equality in the Work of Jacques Rancire
  • Matt Hann (Durham), Equality as a Prerequisite for Rights: Egalitarianism in the Work of T.H. Green
  • Iwona Janicka (Cambridge), Why Equality is No Good: Judith Butler and the Politics of Asymmetry

The second annual Oxford Graduate Political Theory Conference was on the theme of The Politics of Equality, and was held at Nuffield College on 25 April and at the Department of Politics and International Relations on 26 April.

The conference included four panel discussions, a round table event led by David Miller (Nuffield College, Oxford), Cecile Fabre (Lincoln College, Oxford) and Philippe van Parijs (Louvain) and keynote addresses by Jonathan Wolff (University College London) and Nils Holtug (University of Copenhagen).