CFP: Politics & Poetics: A Journal for Humane Philosophy Volume III 'Compassion and Community'

Submission deadline: March 15, 2016

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Politics & Poetics: A Journal for Humane Philosophy invites submissions for its third volume 'Compassion and Community'.

Compassion is a virtue whose political presence few would oppose in principle. However, when it comes to the exercise of compassion in the political community, a number of philosophical problems arise, at least some of which appear to be absent at the personal level. For example, does it make sense to speak of institutions such as political parties and businesses, or the political community itself, as being compassionate? If so, what would a compassionate polis look like? Furthermore, is the most compassionate political community also the best or most desirable? Is compassion a political virtue after all?

The journal requests articles that discuss these and related questions. Compassion may be construed broadly to cover other concepts such as agape, brotherly love, empathy, sympathy, public spiritedness, altruism and enthusiasm for the good of others.

Further information can be found at http://www.politicsandpoetics.co.uk/#!cfps/c1t44

Articles should be submitted as an email attachment in rich text format to [email protected] The submission deadline is March 15, 2016. Articles should be prepared for blind peer review and should not be previously published or under consideration for publication elsewhere.

This edition of Politics & Poetics will be guest edited by the Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion, Oxford. For more information please visit http://www.compassionoxford.org.

Politics & Poetics is also proud to announce its second your scholars prize, generously funded by the Blackfriars Oxford Wine Society.

£500 will be awarded to the winning paper addressing the question 'Can compassion be a public virtue?' Papers will also be considered for publication in Politics & Poetics at the author's request. Authors must be under the age of 30 at time of submission.

Further information can be found athttp://www.politicsandpoetics.co.uk/#!bows-prize/eexx7 

Politics & Poetics is a new peer-reviewed journal of the humanities with a focus on philosophy. As a journal of humane philosophy, P&P seeks to contribute to a reconciliation of political and literary discourses and to offer a forum for discussion for the human person as both a political and a literary animal.  

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