Call for Papers on Process Thought, Violence, and Nonviolence

Society for the Study of Process Philosophies

The Society for the Study of Process Philosophies has been invited to propose a group session to be held in conjunction with the 2009 American Philosophical Association – Pacific Division Meeting (April 8-12, 2009), at the Weston Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada. [Note: US travelers to Canada now need a passport to re-enter the United States, and students in the US on F1 visas must ensure proper documentation.]

A CALL FOR PAPERS is being issued on this year’s theme:  Violence and Nonviolence.  Possible subtopics include concepts of violence and nonviolence; types of violence—abuse (emotional, child, domestic), crime, oppression, religious, war, genocide, terrorism, 9/11, and torture; just war theory, military ethics, peacemaking, pacifism, vegetarianism, etc.

 

Submissions relating the Whiteheadian tradition to other philosophers (process and non-process) are welcome.  Each presentation will be 20 minutes, with 10-15 minutes for discussion.  For submission of a 250-word abstract and a paper of 2000 words, the deadline is August 30, 2008, since APA cannot schedule our program without full program information, early submissions get scheduling priority, and their deadline is mid-October.  Since submissions will be sent to referees, please eliminate self-identifying references, and accompany the paper with a separate page containing paper title, author’s name, institution, status, email and postal address. 

 

Please send submissions to John Quiring, Center for Process Studies, 1325 N. College, Ave., Claremont, CA 91711 johnq@ctr4process.org