The Institute of Social & Economic Research (ISER) in conjunction with the
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) cordially invites you to a seminar
presentation.

Title: "You Don't Know Raya: introducing the Marxist Humanism of Raya
Dunayevskaya"

Speakers: Professor Sandra Rein(Associate Professor of Political Studies,

University of Alberta, Canada)

Date: Thursday, 23rd February 2012

Time: 13H00

Venue: Humanities Seminar Room

This paper is premised on two notions.  The first is that the unique and
important philosophical contributions of Raya Dunayevskaya remain relatively
unknown in both the scholarly and activist communities.

 The second is that Dunayevskaya's use of absolute negativity as the
foundation for a New Beginning, derived from her critical re-reading of
Marx, lays a foundation for thinking and acting philosophically to realize
new, human relations.

This seminar is linked to a project entitled 'Herstory, the 'Red Tent' and
Matrilineage in the Eastern Cape."  The questions we are raising in the

project relate to regional leadership and whether styles of femi-socialist
leadership can promote better notions of democracy. In order to advance this
discussion, we are trying to shed light on the works of lesser known women
revolutionaries, such as the seminar that Sandra (Prof. Rein) is proposing
to do.