CALL FOR PAPERS – KIERKEGAARD’S YEAR 2018:
CITIZEN-COSMOPOLITAN IN THE LIGHT OF APOKALYPSIS
International conference and workshop, Črnomelj, Ljubljana, 29 May – 2 June 2018
The conference will take place at Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, June 1st and 2nd, 2018.Participants this year will be accommodated in Črnomelj, Slovenia where various workshops will also take place.
More on the location here: https://www.gostilna-samarin.si/
Abstract submissions are to be a maximum of 500 words. We have the intent of publishing selected conference contributions in a volume of conference proceedings.
The Expert Commission of the Central European Research Institute will select the best contributions for the presentation and publication in the Proceedings.
Participants will:
1) give a 20 minute presentation.
2) participate in the round table IN VINO VERITAS at the conference in Ljubljana (obligatory for all participants who will attend conference): We will soon communicate to selected participants the topics for three thematic sections; for each section the maximum time for a presentation is 3-5 minutes (determined by the number of participants). Those participants who wish to submit a paper for possible publication in the conference proceedings should submit a copy of their paper (maximum 20,000 characters) by May 1, 2018.
REGISTRATION FEE: 350 euros for 5 days, 70 euros for 1 day (deadline for registration 1 May)(All costs are included: accommodation, food, drink ect.)
Research Program of the Institute CERI.SK Ljubljana
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOL OF UNIJE, WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS 2018
International workshop and philosophical conference, Črnomelj, Ljubljana, 29 May – 2 June
KIERKEGAARD 2018: CITIZEN AND COSMOPOLITAN IN THE LIGHT OF APOKALYPSIS
Dedicated to: Karl Marx (1818-1883), Bela Hamvas (1897-1968), The Student Revolution (1968), Apokalipsa Publishing House (1993-) and the Central European Research Institute Soeren Kierkegaard (2013-)
6th International Philosophical Conference at Cankarjev dom
Organizer: Central European Research Institute Soeren Kierkegaard Ljubljana
Co-organizer: KUD Apokalipsa
In cooperation with Cankarjev dom and MOST (Slovenian National Commission for UNESCO)
CITIZEN AND COSMOPOLITAN IN THE LIGHT OF APOKALYPSIS
We live in a time that is entirely dominated by a neoliberal world order (capital) and its mentality. For the human being as an individual, as well as with regards to his belonging to a community, there is no longer any place. The human is only a usable commodity, disposed of after ingestion. The individual as a citizen is at first glance still protected by human rights, but his basic dignity on all the essential levels of life is more and more trampled upon. In the crucial times of the Spring of Nations and the transition from a feudal society to a capitalist society, Marx and Kierkegaard contributed their respective manifestos to the problem of the human in his humanity, Marx validating the human masses, Kierkegaard the individual, who enters into a complete relationship with others, since the foundational definition of his soul is precisely the relationality to others as other. This year on the 50th anniversary of the student protests, which realised themselves according to an ideal of love, we can try to learn something from the drive of enthusiasm, which the student resistance introduced against the existing society, as well as its failure. At once, this is also the jubilee of our publishing house and institute, two organizations, which emerge from civil society and attempt to establish a space of freedom and open a dialogue of different thoughts. How to change the model of the world from its margins, to which are pushed all living things? How to awaken a responsible society, which would support concrete changes to the political model, with otherwise leads to a point of no return? How can I as an individual contribute to this? How may we overcome the narrow and sharp limits of egoism, both personal and social? Where here is a cosmopolitanism? How can we revitalize the community, which is the world itself? Is it time for a new manifesto? How can we contribute to this manifest with a thought from the perspective of apokalypsis? In the Ancient Greek, apocalypse does not mean catastrophe, has no horrible or dark connotation, nor is it simply something hidden or secret. Quite the opposite, apokalypsis means revelation, an unveiling. We only gain insight into things when we rid ourselves of illusions. When we truly gaze through and are not crushed by fear, our consciousness opens and the world reveals itself.Those who do present will also participate in a round table with the title IN VINO VERITAS. At this round table all participants in three thematic sections will in a more informal manner express their views on the prescribed theme, which will summarize the work of the Kierkegaard Institute in Ljubljana, as well as open the possibilities for further group collaboration, especially on regional levels in Central and Southeastern Europe.
Deadline for registration: 15 February by e-mail to address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.