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SUMMARY:POSTPONED – NEW DATE TBC: ‘Beyond Subcultures: Populism\, Hegemon
 y and Cultural Production’ – David Alderson’s Inaugural Lecture
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DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. A new date will be announced s
 oon. Existing bookings will be valid for the rescheduled event\, and mor
 e tickets will be released when the final details are confirmed.\n\nAlan
  Sinfield once distinctively theorised both the New Left generally and l
 iberation movements individually as subcultures\, but regarded these pos
 itively in the context of the defeats the Left had suffered during the 1
 980s. \n\nThe recent emergence of culture wars directed against a ‘new e
 lite’ appears to mark a resurgence of the social conservatism of that de
 cade after\, and in response to\, what Professor David Alderson has call
 ed a ‘diversified dominant’ under neoliberalism. \n\nPerhaps\, though\, 
 we need to break from the strategies of the past? The argument of Profes
 sor Alderson’s inaugural lecture is that subcultures have had a mixed re
 cord of success\, but that they are ultimately poor vehicles for a trans
 formative politics. \n\nA more promising agenda would be one that emphas
 ized the values of freedom and responsibility\, and the relations betwee
 n them. \n\nThis lecture will focus on film\, poetry and fiction as thes
 e relate to the Left's fortunes.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G16\, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama\, Manchester
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