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Call for Papers "Ethics, Culture and Justice: African and Africana Perspectives" 13th Annual Conference International Society for African Philosophy and Studies (ISAPS) Rhodes University Grahamstown (South Africa) 2-4 April 2007 __________________________________________________ Suggested topics for discussion will include but are not limited to the following themes and sub-themes: - Ethics: comparative perspectives - Justice: comparative perspectives - African & Africana conceptions of evil - Culture, ethics and justice - The future of African and Africana philosophy - Africana worldviews, ethics and justice - Western and African conceptions of ethics and justice - Multiculturalism and the alleged universality of values - Postcolonial discourse and ethics - Ubuntu and western communitarianism - Sexism in Minority and African Contexts - Race and Justice in South Africa - Xenophobia and Nationalism in South Africa - Reconciliation: Philosophical perspectives - Alternative epistemologies - HIV/AIDS in African and Africana Communities - Ethics and aesthetics in Africa - Development ethics - Religion and ethics in Africa - Language Ethics in Africa - The Ethics of Sex in Africa - Racism: philosophical, legal and/or other perspectives - Moral responsibility and the TRC - Liberalism and ethnic values: is there a clash? - Christianity in Africa: philosophical perspectives - Ethics and economic theory: African perspectives - The ethical function of African art - Ethics and community in Africa - The influences of Western philosophy on Africana philosophy We welcome papers which do not directly address the theme or sub-themes of the conference, but which are relevant to African Philosophy and African Studies. Abstract submission deadline: January 15, 2007. Address for submission of abstracts: [email protected] Conference Registration fees: - Standard rate per person US$ 200.00 (This rate is per person and it includes: Standard Accommodation including all meals; transportation from/to Port Elizabeth Airport to Rhodes University; and all conference events). - Local rate per person US $90.00 (This rate does not include accommodation, transportation and meals) Membership dues Members: US$100; Students: US$ 50 Contact: Pedro Tabensky Department of Philosophy Rhodes University P.O. Box 94 Grahamstown 6140 South Africa Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
