International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME) - Call for Papers 2014

UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
School of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy

UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA
School of Philosophy
Department of Philosophy

Call for Papers

International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry (ISME)
8th Annual Conference
(University of Athens, Athens, Greece,
July 9-12, 2014)


Theme: ‘Tradition, Modernity, and Beyond’

The final deadline for submitting abstracts is April 30th, 2014.

The 8th Annual Conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Enquiry, co-organized by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Ioannina and the Department of Philosophy of the University of Athens, is to be held at the Main Building of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, in July 9-12, 2014. The theme for the conference is ‘Tradition, Modernity, and Beyond’.

Papers are welcome in any substantive area of moral, political, social, or legal philosophy (democracy, justice, liberty, equality, rights, liberalism, Marxism, communitarianism, civic republicanism, virtue ethics, ethics of care, bioethics, virtue epistemology, critical theory, hermeneutics, etc) and from any philosophical methodological approach. Proposals for papers may address a broad range of issues including, but not limited, to: Moral and Political Theory in Times of Crisis; Moral and Political Rhetoric in a Fractured Society; Theories of Democracy and the Crisis of Democracy; Democracy and the Crisis of Democratic Institutions; The Revival of Community and Civil Society; Friendship, Solidarity and Civil Society; Liberty, Tradition, and Reason; Ancient and Contemporary Conceptions of Liberty; The Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Moral and Political Philosophy; Tradition & Modernity in the Philosophy of Alasdair MacIntyre; MacIntyre’s Notion of the Aristotelian Tradition; MacIntyre’s Critique of the Enlightenment; Varieties of Contemporary Aristotelianism. In addition, there will be two special sections devoted on MacIntyre’s Reception in Greece and MacIntyre’s Reception in Continental Europe. It is not envisaged that all the papers presented at the conference will directly address the theme, and contributions devoted to all aspects of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre are most welcome.

Paper proposals should include a title, 300-400 word abstract and brief biographical information (no more than 100 words). Please, fill in the special form provided and email it to Eleni Leontsini (eleontsini@gmail.com). All abstracts will be submitted to blind peer review. Proposals from postgraduate research students are welcome.
Conference Application Here


The academic conveners for the Conference are Prof. Jeffery Nicholas (Providence College, Executive Secretary ISME) (jefferynicholas@gmail.com) & Dr. Eleni Leontsini (University of Ioannina/ISME member) (eleontsini@gmail.com). The local organizer is Eleni Leontsini.

Conference Location: The Conference will be held in the Main Building of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, at the centre of the city of Athens (http://en.uoa.gr). The opening session will take place in the Great Hall of the Main Building. Two parallel sessions will be held at the two historic lecture theatres (Amphitheatre “Ioannis Drakopoulos” & Amphitheatre “Alkis Argyriades”), both in the Main Building. The Main Building of the University of Athens is one of the most prestigious and historic buildings of the city of Athens, built in 1841 by the Dutch architect Hans Christian Hansen and decorated by the Austrian painter Karl Rahl, and is part of the famous “architectural Athenian trilogy”, standing in between the buildings of the National Library and the Academy of Athens. All facilities are renovated, fully equipped and air conditioned.

Accommodation: Accommodation options in various Athenian Hotels and University Halls will be posted in due course at the Conference web-site.

Alasdair MacIntyre - Catholic instead of what?

Conferência Prof. Alasdair MacIntyre - Catholic instead of what?

Alasdair MacIntyre is an extremely influential Catholic philosopher who has made major contributions to moral philosophy. He is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Notre Dame and Duke University, and has also taught at Oxford, Yale, and Princeton.

His most influential book, "After Virtue," was recognized as a significant critique of contemporary moral philosophy. Newsweek called it "a stunning new study of ethics by one of the foremost moral philosophers in the English-speaking world."

MacIntyre converted to Roman Catholicism in the early 1980s. In an interview with Prospect Magazine, MacIntyre explains that his conversion to Catholicism occurred in his fifties as a "result of being convinced of Thomism while attempting to disabuse his students of its authenticity."

Livro: Comunitarismo Contra Individualismo - Prof. David L. Izquierdo

Comunitarismo contra Individualismo: Una Revisión de los Valores de Occidente desde el pensamiento de Alasdair Macintyre - David Lorenzo Izquierdo

Idioma: espanhol. Edição: 1ª. País de origem: Espanha. Páginas: 480. Sinopse: El individualismo es una de las características que definen la cultura occidental contemporánea desde la modernidad (especialmente la ética y la filosofía política). Es una antropología, una concepción global del hombre y de la sociedad. Ha impregnado el espíritu de muchos cambios políticos positivos, pero también ha llevado a la cultura occidental a problemas que exigen la revisión de algunos de sus valores y conceptos fundamentales para poder responder cabalmente a algunas cuestiones fundamentales para la vida del ser humano hoy: la relación entre la autonomía individual y la sociedad, la necesidad de unos valores comunes ante la diversidad de concepciones éticas diversas, etc. Este libro, basado en una investigación doctoral concluida en 2005, analiza los problemas del individualismo y una posible alternativa a su visión del hombre y de la sociedad de la mano del conocido pensador Alasdair MacIntyre. 

David Lorenzo Izquierdo (Barcelona, 1977) es Licenciado en Humanidades (especialidad Filosofía) por la Universidad Pompeu Fabra y Doctor en Ciencias Humanas y Sociales por la Universidad Internacional de Cataluña. Ha publicado diversos artículos dentro del ámbito de la ética (general y aplicada) y la filosofía política. Fue Visiting Research en la Universidad de Notre Dame (donde pudo trabajar con A. MacIntyre). En 2003, su investigación El individualismo de J. Rawls en su obra ""A Theory of Justice"", y sus antecedentes recibió el Premio de Filosofía ""Arnau de Vilanova"".. ISBN:9788483553848. "