Network for an Alternative Quest (ed.) Challenging Capitalist Modernity Alternative Concepts and the Kurdish Quest Documentation of the 2012 Conference Challenging Capitalist Modernity Alternative Concepts and the Kurdish Quest Network for an Alternative Quest (editor) http://networkaq.net Copyright © by International Initiative Edition International Initiative “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan—Peace in Kurdistan” P. O. Box 100 511 50445 Cologne, Germany
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[email protected] Typesetting: Holger Deilke Cover design: Annett Bender Photo of Wolf-Dieter Narr (p. 18) by arbeiterfotografie.com ISBN 978-3-89144-472-6 Printed in EU CONTENT Editorial Note 6 CHALLENGING CAPITALIST MODERNITY ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTS AND THE KURDISH QUEST 0.1 Norman Paech 8 Welcoming Address 0.2 Havin Guneser 12 Bridges, Spirals and Alternatives. Overview of the Conference 0.3 Antonio Negri 17 Message of Greeting 0.4 Immanuel Wallerstein 18 Remarks on Challenging Capitalist Modernity 0.5 Wolf-Dieter Narr 20 Message of Greeting 0.6 Abdullah Öcalan 21 Seeker of Truth SESSION 1: THE QUEST FOR A NEW SOCIAL SCIENCE 1.1. Ann-Kristin Kowarsch 32 Alternatives to the Established Social Sciences 1.2 Ahmet Alış 44 No Theory for the Kurds? The Kurds and Theories of Nationalism 1.3 Kariane Westrheim 49 The Quest for a New Social Science 6 Challenging Capitalist Modernity—Alternative Concepts and the Kurdish Quest SESSION 2: CAPITALISM AS THE CRISIS OF CIVILIZATION