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Call for Papers "Genocide and Philosophy" Journal of Genocide Research Special Issue __________________________________________________ It is no longer the case, as Emil Fackenheim argued in 1985, that Philosophers have all but ignored the Holocaust. The works of Levinas, Lyotard, Derrida, Agamben and many others have taken the Holocaust as their central problematic. The commentaries on Heideggers relationship with Nazism; on Fascism origins in actualism, futurism or other movements; on Adornos supposed Verbot on poetry; on ethics after the Holocaust; or on the limits of representation now make up a voluminous body of philosophical responses to the Holocaust. But whereas historians, sociologists, anthropologists, lawyers and human rights advocates have been at the forefront of a new cohort of genocide scholars, philosophers have been slower to take up the challenge of genocide to philosophy. Despite the pioneering work of John Roth and the important contributions of Robert Bernasconi, Mohammed Abed, Emmanuel Eze and others, there has been little philosophical work on the meaning of genocide for philosophy, or, no less important, on what philosophy can bring to the study of comparative genocide or to thinking about genocide as a phenomenon. In this special issue, we seek contributions that will develop these areas of thought. Topics might include, but are not limited to: - Philosophically-informed theories of genocide - The implication of genocide for philosophical systems and approaches - The impact of genocide on contemporary philosophy, e.g., bio-ethics, human rights or jurisprudence - Genocidal intent as philosophy - The roles played by philosophy and philosophers in perpetrating or resisting genocide Essays may be strictly philosophical, or may approach the topic from a variety of disciplinary angels, such as history of ideas, social theory, anthropological theory or literary criticism. Proposals (max. 1.5 pages) and a short curriculum vitae should be submitted by September 30, 2009 to the guest-editor Professor Dan Stone, Royal Holloway, University of London: [email protected] Journal of Genocide Research Editors: Henry R. Huttenbach, Dominik J. Schaller, Jürgen Zimmerer Official Journal of the International Network of Genocide Scholars (INoGS): http://www.inogs.com Contact: Prof. Dan Stone Department of History Royal Holloway University of London Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX UK Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.informaworld.com/jgr __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
