THE CENTER FOR TRANSCULTURAL

The moishe postone legacy project (mplp) moishe postone (1942-2018) was one of the leading interpreters of marx and critical theory. His analyses drove the critique of political economy beyond the limitations of traditional marxism and demonstrated the significance of marx's theory for an understanding of global capitalism today. Postone's contributions to a critical theory of modern antisemitism, his interventions into the german politics of memory, and his analyses of reductive and ultimately reactionary critiques of capitalist modernity on the left as well as the right had a profound and lasting impact on scholars and political activists in the german-speaking world and increasingly in other national contexts. In collaboration with the center for transcultural studies, the mplp aims to preserve postone's work and to promote engagement with his ideas and pedagogy. It is in the process of creating a detailed index for his papers, which will be deposited in the university of chicago's

Center planning, harrington group: this group was previously called the "normativity group." several members of the cts board are in this group. It meets annually in august at harrington, near montreal, canada. It is charged with long-term planning for the center. The harrington group is currently preparing a proposal for launching a long-term and multi-disciplinary study of critical transformations-cultural, political, economic, technological, and environmental-occurring in our times and their global consequences.