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Call for Papers Theme: Through Crisis and Conflict Subtitle: Thinking Differently with Paul Ricoeur Type: International Conference on Ricoeur Studies Institution: University of Salento University of Verona Enrico Castelli Institute for Philosophical Studies, Sapienza University of Rome Society for Ricoeur Studies Fonds Ricoeur Location: Lecce (Italy) Date: 24.–27.9.2012 Deadline: 4.5.2012 __________________________________________________ The International Conference on Ricoeur Studies, Throught Crisis and Conflict: Thinking Differently with Paul Ricoeur, originates from a broad international research framework that has already proved successful in the recent past, through the organization and realization of other high-profile scientific conferences. For several years, the Society for Ricoeur Studies and Fonds Ricoeur have been actively cooperating in organizing international meetings on most relevant cultural topics. This year, the Conference will be held in Lecce (Italy), where the University of Salento, in collaboration with the University of Verona (Verona, Italy), the Institute of Philosophical Studies “Enrico Castelli” (Roma, Italy), The Society for Ricœur Studies (Pittsburgh, USA), and Fonds Ricœur (Paris, France) will welcome scholars from all over the world for opening and debating new philosophical perspectives having Ricœur’s thinking as a landmark. The method of Ricoeur and the fruitfulness of his reflection will serve as a guide to continue considering the issues of our time, with a special focus on the paradigms of crisis and conflict. The current global economic situation is echoed in the multiple theoretical and practical forms in which these issues appear, and makes it urgent to rethink policies and lifestyles of the Western world. However, the same concepts of crisis and conflict must also be re-thought not only within a financial and monetary context, but even, and most importantly, from an ethical, political, anthropological and epistemological perspective. Ricoeur’s “philosophy of tension” will, therefore, offer an important trace for re-thinking the many inflexions of crisis and conflict, addressing issues such as: multiculturalism achieved through exclusion, interaction and integration; the economic crisis; political communication and debating; social justice and human dignity; the right to develop human capabilities; the situational moral choice; the promise and the attestation; the relationship between man and God in the age of secularization; the secularism; disorientation and the irruption of sense in religiosity; the dialectical method; the relationship between experience and theory in hermeneutics. Abstract submissions The abstracts (300-500 words) can be submitted in either Italian, French or English to <[email protected]>. Deadline for submission is May 4, 2012. Decisions on papers acceptance will be made until June 2012. The abstract should be submitted as a Word (.doc) file, with a separate title page containing the following data: paper's title, author's name, reference field of study (including those mentioned above), institutional affiliation, mailing address and email address. Abstracts will be submitted for blind review to the Scientific Committee. Final papers need to be suitable for a 30 minutes presentation. At the end of the conference, there will be a second selection of papers; those considered suitable by the Scientific Committee will be published. Papers addressing all aspects of Ricoeur’s work in relation to contemporary social, political, economic and anthropological crises are welcome. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to: a) Epistemology, Hermeneutics, Philosophy of Language b) Anthropology and Sociology c) Law, Politics, Economics d) Ethics e) Religion Participation in the conference is also open to interventions that are not strictly connected with the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur, and to scholars from other fields, in order to promote an interdisciplinary meeting. Languages of the Conference: English, French, Italian Whether you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact our organizing committee to the following address: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
