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Call for Papers "Levinas and Asian Thought" Edited Volume by Leah Kalmanson, Frank Garrett, and Sarah Mattice __________________________________________________ Comparative philosophy has often reached out to major figures within the continental European tradition, resulting in such successful publications as Heidegger and Asian Thought and Nietzsche and Asian Thought. In recent years, the editors of the present volume have noted a growing number of journal articles and conference presentations exploring connections between Emmanuel Levinas and various Asian philosophies. We feel that the time is ripe for an essay collection that will help highlight and bring into focus this developing field of inquiry. We invite submissions addressing any one of many possible topics falling under the theme of Levinas and Asian thought, including but certainly not limited to: - Alterity, inter-subjectivity, and the relational self - The implications of Buddhist “no-self” for alterity (for example, does no-self imply, in any way, no-other?) - Alterity and the family in Levinas and Confucian role ethics - Infinity and nothingness in Levinas and Kyoto School philosophy - Being, non-being, and “otherwise than being” in Levinas and Daoism - Alterity, as articulated in either non-dualist or dualist schools in Indian philosophy - Alterity and the question of comparativist projects (for example, is the “other” tradition always the non-western one?) - Alterity, comparative philosophy, and colonialism - Levinas, comparative philosophy, and globalization - Levinas’s relevance for Islamic traditions in Asia - Levinas, Asian thought, and environmental ethics (for example, how might an Asian tradition help us think through the idea of a non-human other?) The deadline for submission is May 1, 2010. Please send submissions, prepared for blind review, to Leah Kalmanson at <[email protected]>. All submissions should follow Chicago style and should not exceed 6,000 words. Please include, as a separate attachment, an abstract of approximately 250 words. Website: http://www.sirel-levinas.org/dotclear/index.php?post/2009/06/17/LEVINAS-AND-ASIAN-THOUGHT __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
