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ASCP Conference, December 3-5, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
T H E P O S T / H
U M A N C O N D I T I O N
Annual Conference of the
Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy (ASCP)
University of Auckland, Dec
3–5, 2008
What
is it to be human? The advent of modern science, the industrial
revolution, the rise of the modern nation-state, and the development of
evolutionary theory conspired to bring about the collapse of traditional
understandings of the human condition during the Enlightenment. But
recently the modern and postmodern paradigms that emerged out of this
period of philosophical upheaval have themselves been put to the test by
an unprecedented constellation of phenomena: biotechnologies, globalization,
the ecological crisis, and the virtualization of social relations, to
name but a few.
How
then are we to think about the human experience today? What language can
we find for it? Indeed, what language would provide not only a
descriptive but also the necessary critical perspective on the human
condition in the contemporary context? Is the category of "the
human" still viable, or should we now speak of "the
post-human"? Are we better served by categories such as
"animal" or "life"? Are the "de-centering"
strategies of postmodernism to be further developed, or is it imperative,
as some have maintained, to revive the concept of the
"subject"? What is the status of the body and embodiment in an
age of technological prosthesis and genetic manipulation? How is the
social or "plural" character of human existence to be theorized
in view of contemporary patterns and possibilities of familial, economic,
and political interaction? What, if anything, has been contributed by the
recent "post-secular turn" in philosophy to questions
concerning the human condition? And finally, what, if anything, can be
said by the philosopher about the "ends" of humanity today?
The
ASCP 2008 Conference Committee invites proposals for papers exploring
these questions or any others of relevance to contemporary philosophical
debates concerning the (post-)human condition. Paper proposals in other
areas of Continental Philosophy are also welcome.
Proposals
are also encouraged for topical panels addressing the conference theme
and for panels on books by Australasian philosophers.
KEYNOTE
SPEAKERS
Prof.
Leonard Lawlor (Penn State)
Prof.
Ewa Ziarek (SUNY Buffalo)
Prof.
David Wills (SUNY Albany)
A/Prof.
Nikolas Kompridis (York)
CONFERENCE
STREAMS (draft list)
Animality
and Humanity
Human/Post-Human
Bare
Life and Biopolitics
The
Posthuman Body
Merleau-Ponty
Phenomenology
of Life
Phenomenology
and Post-Phenomenology
Arendt
and the Human Condition
Hegel,
Desire, Subjectivity
Levinas
and the Humanism of the Other
Humanism
and Anti-Humanism
The
Legacy of Existentialism
Comparative
Philosophy
Philosophy
& Literature
A
Post-Human Aesthetics?
Richard
Rorty in memoriam
Philosophy
of the Future
The
Human To-Come
ABSTRACT
SUBMISSION
Deadline:
Friday, 19 Sept
Paper
and panel proposals should be emailed to Dr Simone Drichel: simone.drichel@stonebow.otago.ac.nz.
Please include your name, paper title, an abstract (200 words max), plus
up to 5 key words.
REGISTRATION
Deadline:
Friday, 7 Nov
Early
bird rates (before 19 Sept): $170 NZD (staff/waged) / $80 NZD
(student/unwaged)
Late
registration rates (after 19 Sept): $185 NZD (staff/waged) / $90 NZD
(student/unwaged)
Conference
dinner: $55 (incl. drinks).
ACCOMMODATION
The
University of Auckland is able to arrange accommodation at a University
Hall of Residence or at a local hotel for the duration of the conference
at reasonable rates. Bookings can be made by completing the accommodation
form.
For
further information regarding the conference, please see the conference
website, or email the conference coordinator, Dr Matheson Russell: m.russell@auckland.ac.nz.
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