CFP: Thirty-First International Social Philosophy Conference sponsored by The North American Society for Social Philosophy

Call for Abstracts (Deadline Extended to 3/29)

Thirty-First International Social Philosophy Conference

sponsored by

The North American Society for Social Philosophy

July 17 - July 19, 2014

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon, USA

Proposals in all areas of social philosophy are welcome, but special attention will be devoted to the theme:

Power, Protest, and the Future of Democracy

Some possible paper topics include:

·      The Aims and Uses of Protest

·      Protest and Human Rights

·      Civil Disobedience

·      Protest and Deliberative Democracy

·      The Future of Protest

·      Transnational Solidarity and Protests

·      Protest and Complacency

·      Forms of Power

·      Democratizing Global Political Power

·      Democracy and Disenfranchisement

·      The Justification of Political Power

·      Global Capitalism and Democracy

We welcome submissions from both members and non-members, but we require that all presenters join the North American Society for Social Philosophy if their papers are accepted and if they present at the conference.

Please submit a 300-500 word abstract here: bit.ly/nassp2014
 

Submission Deadlines:

For those living in Canada or the U.S.: March 29, 2014 (extended deadline).

The Program Committee:

Professor Mark Navin of Oakland University (Chair), Professor Elizabeth Sperry of William Jewell College, and Professor Peter Higgins of Eastern Michigan University.

Members of the Program Committee may be reached at: [email protected]

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NASSP Support for International Presenters

The NASSP will waive fees for conference registration and for the banquet for those participants traveling from outside of the United States and Canada.