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Call for Papers Theme: (Counter)influences Type: 6th Annual Conference Institution: European Network of Japanese Philosophy (ENOJP) Faculty of Humanities, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Location: Budapest (Hungary) Date: 1.–4.9.2020 Deadline: 15.4.2020 __________________________________________________ The 6th ENOJP conference will be held between 1-4 September, 2020 in Budapest, Hungary, at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE). The general theme of the conference will be "(Counter)influences". General Topic Through more than one and a half millennia, Japanese thought has been continuously shaped, widened and diversified by different influences of religious, philosophical, scientific and ideological formations. The ability of the Japanese to introduce, creatively fuse and dynamically modify the most different modes of thought made Japan an ever-changing melting pot of various teachings. All the traditions, schools and streams of thought that have entered Japan since the earliest times until the present day have gone through numerous transformations, becoming integral parts of Japanese culture. From classical Confucian ideas, Buddhist thought and elements of Daoism, through the teachings of Zhu Xi and Wang Yangming, until the introduction of “Western” scientific, religious, philosophical and political thought, an enormous variety of influences reached Japan. These teachings, sometimes introduced under close state supervision, sometimes restricted or even banned by the authorities, sometimes seamlessly spreading through different social strata, caused continuous internal tensions and reactions, and awakened new interpretations and applications of already existing ideas and methods. Of course, it was not only the introduction of external trends that kept alive continuous internal transformations within the different streams of Japanese thought. The mutual critique between Buddhist schools, the encounters between Shinto and Buddhism, the tensions between different modes of Confucian teachings, the emergence of kokugaku as a reaction to foreign influences, just like the conflicts between Western philosophy and the Japanese intellectual tradition – these are only a few of the more notable examples of the endless series of encounters taking place within the physical borders of Japan. In this flow of transmissions, centuries of reception, growth, flourishing, decay and renewal of teachings, we see reflected the complementarity of the firmness of tradition and the flexibility of adaptation, both of which have characterised Japanese thought from the earliest times to modern academic philosophy. The 6th Conference of the European Network of Japanese Philosophy is dedicated to the examination of influences and counter-influences in the history of Japanese thought from its beginnings to contemporary philosophy. The organisers welcome papers analysing areas including but not limited to pre-modern philosophical traditions, religious thought, political ideas, encounters between different theories of arts, martial arts, science, schools of “foreign” learning (rangaku, eigaku, yōgaku, futsugaku…), Shinto’s encounters with other traditions, and modern philosophical schools and thinkers following or opposing Western ideas. The purpose of the Conference is to explore the depth and width of (counter)influences that have occurred and are endlessly occurring in Japanese thought, through the widest possible range of approaches. Submissions Applicants are encouraged to send proposals for individual presentations or group proposals (ideally 3 persons together) to collaborate on a panel. Papers related to the conference’s central topic “(Counter)influences” are particularly welcome, but papers on other aspects related to Japanese thought will also be considered. We encourage participants to approach the general topic in a creative way, keeping in mind that giving a presentation on a topic they are interested in is more important than adjusting the topic of the paper to the general theme. Deadline of submission: April 15, 2020 Notification of Peer Review: May 31, 2020 Length of abstract: 250-500 words (日本語: 400–700字) Keywords: Applicants are requested to add 5–10 keywords to the abstract Languages of the Conference: English and Japanese Conference website: https://enojp2020.elte.hu __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ __________________________________________________
