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Call for Papers Theme: Human Rights Subtitle: Feminist- and Gender-Philosophical Perspectives Type: Interdisciplinary Symposium Institution: Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna Location: Vienna (Austria) Date: 16.–17.11.2018 Deadline: 1.5.2018 __________________________________________________ In recent years especially, international theories of justice and cosmopolitan ethics have addressed questions of justification and implementation of human rights and investigated their moral, political, legal and cultural significance. Nonetheless, the central idea of human rights that all humans are equal still remains not only a major philosophical problem, but also a juridico-political challenge. Hence, we are confronted with a series of fundamental theoretical, as well as practical questions. Especially in the light of the current political developments, namely an authoritarian shift in large parts of Europe and in the United States, the symposium aims at re-discussing, revising and reviving the theoretical status as well as the ethico-political significance of human rights in contemporary debates. By emphasizing a feminist- and gender-philosophical perspective, we especially wish to target problems of gender-related inequality, poverty, and discrimination, but also discuss possible emancipatory strategies. The symposium welcomes submissions from all disciplines, sub-disciplines and tendencies inside philosophy as well as interdisciplinary papers and projects. Please prepare a short outline of the proposed contribution (up to 600 words) and send it to: human-rights2...@univie.ac.at Please include the relevant contact details: name, affiliation with academic institution/ independent scholars, postal address and email-address. Deadline for submission is 1st May 2018. We ask participants to send a draft of their full paper-version in September. All accepted contributions will be published as an academic paper in a special volume of the SWIP Austria Series. Venue: Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna Cooperation: Prof. Dr. Kallhoff and SWIP Austria Organizing Team: Prof. Dr. Angela Kallhoff, Mag. Anna Wieder, Eva Bobst, MA, Mag. Dr. Brigitte Buchhammer (SWIP Austria) Contact: Prof. Dr. Kallhoff and SWIP Austria Department of Philosophy University of Vienna NIG, Universitaetsstr. 7 A-1010 Vienna Austria Email: human-rights2...@univie.ac.at Web: http://swip-austria.eu __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
