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Call for Papers "The Politics of Misrecognition" Interdisciplinary Conference Centre for Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol Bristol (UK) 22-23 January 2010 __________________________________________________ What is misrecognition and why does it matter? This conference aims to explore this question, and to consider how the idea of misrecognition can help us understand the interaction and political orientations of different cultures, social movements and state policies. For nearly twenty years now, a debate has raged over the best way to respond to peoples desire to have their cultural particularities recognized. A number of important political theories of recognition have therefore emerged, and these have invited a range of further critiques. These debates have yielded significant theoretical insights into the precise character and normative significance of the idea of recognition. Yet there have been less direct focus on its logical and necessary opposite: misrecognition. How can it motivate political struggle? Is it necessarily unjust? Does it necessarily inflict psychic harm? And more broadly how might misrecognition impact upon such things as citizenship, intercultural dialogue and gender relations? To address these themes we welcome papers from scholars writing about misrecognition from a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, political theory, sociology, psychoanalysis, history, moral economy and criminology. We also welcome papers reflecting on a wide range of types of social, political and personal experience, and investigating cleavages of nationality, religion, race, gender, ethnicity, class identity, disability, and criminality. Papers promising a mediation of theoretical and empirical insights, bringing speculative analysis and lived experience together, would be particularly welcome. Keynote speaker: Axel Honneth, University of Frankfurt (to be confirmed) Organizers: Wendy Martineau (University of Bristol) Nasar Meer (University of Southampton) Simon Thompson (University of the West of England) Supported by: the Economic and Social Research Council, the Political Studies Association and the Department of Politics at Bristol University. Conference fee: £50 for academics £25 for postgraduates (includes meals but not accommodation) To propose a paper, please submit a 250 word abstract to Simon Thompson by 11 September 2009. Contact: Dr Simon Thompson Department of Politics, Philosophy and International Relations University of the West of England St Matthias Campus, Fishponds Bristol, BS16 2JP UK Tel: +44 (0)117 3282706 Email: simon.thomp...@uwe.ac.uk Web: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/sociology/ethnicitycitizenship/events.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
