BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T134809Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210530T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210530T234500 SUMMARY:Inaugural University of Leeds Graduate Political Theory Conference UID:20240329T134809Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6f97df9687-7c6q9 TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Leeds\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:
University of Leeds Graduate Political Theory Conference 2021
Centre for Contemporary Political Theory
&ldquo\;Beyond Ideal and Nonideal theory: alternative epistemologies and methodologies in political theory&rdquo\;
\nSubmission deadline: May 30\, 2021
Keynote speaker: Linda Zerilli (University of Chicago) \;
\nWithin anglophone debates in political theory\, the ideal-nonideal paradigm remains dominant. Broadening beyond Rawls&rsquo\; initial distinction between full compliance and noncompliance\, the ideal-nonideal binary places theories that begin from certain assumptions about society in relation to those that begin by accepting society &ldquo\;as it is&rdquo\;. Despite disagreement over the limits of ideal and/or nonideal theory\, these debates nevertheless serve to reproduce the dominance of the ideal- nonideal paradigm and obscure alternative approaches to political theory. The aim of our conference is to dislodge the ubiquity of the ideal/nonideal framework and showcase alternative epistemologies and methodologies that sit entirely outside the ideal and nonideal approach.
\nWithin the history of political philosophy\, the &lsquo\;continental tradition&rsquo\; provides a wealth of alternative approaches. To name a few\, Hannah Arendt\, following Heidegger&rsquo\;s and Jaspers&rsquo\;s phenomenology\, developed an original account of the political as an action in concert that brings novelty into the world. From a phenomenological perspective as well\, Simone de Beauvoir and Frantz Fanon respectively gave an account of what it means to be a woman and what it means to be racialized. On another level\, philosophers such as Nancy Fraser moved beyond the ideal- nonideal paradigm in order to provide a theory of justice rooted in critical theory.
\nWe therefore welcome PhD students to submit abstracts that highlight alternative approaches to political theory beyond the ideal-nonideal. We also welcome a wide range of approaches for theorising specific concepts &ndash\; e.g. submissions in phenomenology\, feminist philosophy\, critical race theory\, and/or class-based analysis are welcomed\, but are certainly not restricted to.
\nTopics of interest:
\n-  \;Phenomenology and Hermeneutics
\n-  \;The Cambridge School of Political Thought
\n-  \;Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School
\n-  \;Marxism and materialism
\n-  \;Post-structuralism
\n-  \;Pragmatism
\n-  \;Genealogy
\nProposals will be selected from the abstracts (approximately 300-500 words) by the Conference Program Committee. The deadline for sending abstracts is May 30\, 2021. Please send your abstracts to ccptconf2021@gmail.com.
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