The aim of this three-day conference is to re-evaluate critically and in contemporary terms the rich phenomenological resources regarding the understanding of social relations and social reality generally\, i.e. the intersubjective\, interpersonal\, collective and communal aspects of the shared life-world. \;However much they differ in degree and commitment\, phenomenologists all agree on the basic idea that humans are intrinsically social beings\, necessarily embodied and embedded in a common\, historical world shared with others. \;Phenomenological conceptions of sociality are expressed in such notions as &lsquo\;being-with-others&rsquo\; (Heidegger&rsquo\;s \;Mitsein \;or Sartre&rsquo\;s \;Being-for-Others)\, &lsquo\;consociality&rsquo\; (Schü\;tz)\, the &lsquo\;we-world&rsquo\; (Husserl&rsquo\;s \;Wir-Welt)\, &lsquo\;communalization&rsquo\; (Vergemeinschaftung)\, and so on.
\nA special feature of the conference is that it will not only focus on the \;phenomenology of sociality found in main figures such as \;Husserl\, Heidegger\, Schü\;tz\, Scheler\, or Sartre\, \;but also on hitherto more neglected figures of the period such as Edith Stein\, Felix Kaufmann\, Adolf Reinach\, Dietrich von Hildebrand\, and Karl Lö\;with\, among others.
\nBy exploring the methodological and thematic \;variety of phenomenological approaches to human sociality the conference shall\, not least\, contribute to recast and invigorate the conceptions of collectivity and sociality as currently discussed in post-Frankfurt School social philosophy\, in research on social cognition or in analytic social ontology.
\nPossible topics include (but are not restricted to)
\nPhenomenological accounts of intersubjectivity and being-with-others
\nThe constitution of the social world
\nRecognition and social identity
\nThe social constitution of normativity
\nThe intersubjective constitution of objectivity and rationality
\nCulture\, historicity\, social habitualization\, etc.
\nThe problem of methodological solipsism in phenomenology
\nThe collective intentionality debate in analytic philosophy and phenomenology
\nPhenomenology of social acts (e.g. in Reinach\, Stein\, Husserl) and the constitution of social facts
\nPhenomenological conceptions of group mindedness\, collective consciousness and experience or higher-order and group personality (e.g. in Stein\, Scheler\, Husserl)
\nPhenomenological accounts of social ontological core concepts (such as groups\, community and society\, institutions and associations\, etc.)
\nPhenomenological accounts of social cognition (shared attention\, empathy\, etc.)
\nSubmission and Review Process
\nPlease send an abstract of max. 500 words including references by email\, with the subject line &ldquo\;Submission to Discovering the &lsquo\;We&rsquo\; Conference&rdquo\;\, to: \;thomas.szanto@ucd.ie \;
\nDeadline for submission: \;February 28\, 2013
\nDate of notification of acceptance: \;March 15\, 2013
\nFurther Information \;
\nFor further information\, see the conference webpage:
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