The Ontology of Politics: Institutions, Movements, Agents, Action and Power
Oude Boteringestraat 52
Groningen 9712 GL
Netherlands
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- International Social Ontology Society
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Description
Political and social theorists have seldom engaged explicitly with the ontological questions and assumptions pertaining to their theories and have instead proceeded as if such assumptions and questions could be easily bracketed. This workshop aims at addressing this gap. The workshop concerns a regional ontology. While social ontology inquires into the nature and origins of social entities characteristic of various contexts of being and experience, political ontology scrutinises the nature and origins of the set of objects, entities, kinds and categories that structure one particular sphere of social life, i.e., politics. Against this background, the workshop aims to explore the understanding of persons, institutions, collective agents, actions, and power in the context of different political theories, examine the coherence of such understandings, disclose internal tensions, and offer new perspectives.
The workshop aims at driving forward and enriching exchange between both young and more established academics who proceed from the perspective of the relatively underthematised field of political ontology. While social ontology has gained traction and considerable prominence in academic debates in the past decades, little has been produced in the subfield we term political ontology. Thus, the workshop seeks to address this lag by, on the one hand, scrutinizing the political ontological background assumptions of established political philosophies, and, on the other hand, employing ontological insights in the study of political phenomena.
Keynote speakers are Frank Hindriks and Asya Passinsky. For the detailed program see the attached poster file.
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The workshop's format is hybrid. Whoever want to watch the workshop online please send an e-mail to [email protected].
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The Workshop is organized under the auspicies of International Social Ontology Society (ISOS).
