CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

for a topical issue of Open Philosophy

DIALOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE SPHERE ‘IN-BETWEEN’ SELF AND OTHER: THE METHODOLOGICAL MEANING OF LISTENING

Open Philosophy (https://www.degruyter.com/opphil) invites submissions for the topical issue “Dialogical Approaches to the Sphere ‘in-between’ Self and Other:  The Methodological Meaning of Listening,” edited by Claudia Welz and Bjarke Mørkøre Stigel Hansen (Aarhus University, Denmark).   

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this special issue is to explore dialogical approaches to the sphere ‘in-between’ self and other. The emphasis is placed on the difference of perspectives, which influences not only how we understand ourselves as persons, but also how we acquire knowledge and interact with each other. Hence, the focus of the analysis lies on that through (dia) which dialogue takes place: the event of an intersection of multiple perspectives in an encounter that interrelates an ‘I’ and a ‘You.’ What is the epistemological significance of the second-person perspective, which combines at least two standpoints in the sphere where language and reason (logos) ‘speak’ with or without words?

In particular, the methodological meaning of listening will be investigated in attending to the sphere ‘in-between’ the interlocutors as a way of relating to the world. Listening is an essential yet under-investigated dimension of the phenomenon and trans-disciplinary concept of ‘dialogue.’ In listening, pre-determined categories of ‘otherness’ are suspended in receptive openness. As such, listening holds a promise of unearthing new terrains of learning and knowing since it can provide us with unique insights that cannot be acquired through other senses. Moreover, dialogue including the art of listening to silence can function as an invitation to hear what cannot be heard acoustically.

Contributions may address, for instance, the following questions:

• What are the main differences between a first person-, second person-, and third person-approach to the sphere ‘in-between’ self and other?
• How does a mutually rewarding dialogue combine listening, speaking, and being silent?
• What is the specific methodological meaning of listening (as in contrast to seeing, touching, or smelling) in certain concrete practices (e.g. playing music together or conducting a conversation, being involved in political negotiations, teaching, or offering therapy to a patient)?
• What can we learn through listening, and what kinds of insights can we acquire through it?
• Why does the language of everyday life link phenomena like conscience to the acoustic metaphors of a ‘voice’ or ‘call’ rather than visual metaphors?
• How is a listening with one’s ears (and other senses), i.e., a listening to sounds, related to a listening with one’s heart, i.e., a listening that also embraces silences and ‘resonances’ in the figurative sense, which are not (or not only) provoked by physical objects and their vibrations?

Authors publishing their articles in the special issue will benefit from:

• transparent, comprehensive and fast peer review,
• efficient route to fast-track publication and full advantage of De Gruyter’s e-technology.

Because Open Philosophy is published under an Open Access model, as a rule, publication costs should be covered by so called Article Publishing Charges (APC), paid by authors, their affiliated institutions, funders or sponsors.

Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or waivers with Managing Editor of the journal Katarzyna Tempczyk (katarzyna.tempczyk@degruyter.com) before submitting their manuscripts.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Submissions will be collected until November 15, 2024.

To submit an article for the special issue of Open Philosophy, authors are asked to access the online submission system at:  http://www.editorialmanager.com/opphil/

Please choose as article type: Listening

Before submission the authors should carefully read over the Instruction for Authors, available at: https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/OPPHIL/downloadAsset/OPPHIL_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf

All contributions will undergo critical review before being accepted for publication.

Further questions about this thematic issue can be addressed to Claudia Welz at clw@cas.au.dk. In case of technical problems with submission, please contact AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com    

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RECOVERING OUR EMBODIED LIFE | 2023 ATLANTIC REGION PHILOSOPHERS’ ASSOCIATION (ARPA) CONFERENCE

Keynote Speaker: Professor Richard Kearney

Conference Theme: Recovering Our Embodied Life
Venue: University of Prince Edward Island

The UPEI Philosophy Department is pleased to welcome you to this year’s meeting of
the Atlantic Region Philosophers’ Association (October 13-14, 2023). The theme of
this year’s gathering is Recovering Our Embodied Life.

This year’s keynote speaker is distinguished philosopher, public intellectual, novelist,
and poet, Professor Richard Kearney. Prof. Kearney will give a talk entitled “Are We
Losing Our Touch?”. Prof. Kearney holds the Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at
Boston College and has previously served as a Visiting Professor at University of
College Dublin, the University of Paris (Sorbonne), the Australian Catholic University,
and the University of Nice. He is the author of more than 24 books in philosophy and
literature, including 3 novels and a volume of poetry, and he currently serves as the
International Director of the Guestbook Project — Hosting the Stranger: Between
Hostility and Hospitality.

Papers from all areas of philosophy relating to the conference theme are especially
welcome. Sessions will be 50 minutes long. Papers should be no longer than 30
minutes, to ensure adequate time is left for discussion.

Submissions should assume the form of abstracts no longer than 300 words and
include the author’s name, institutional affiliation, and complete contact information.
Abstracts should be sent as Word or PDF files to Max Schaefer at mschaefer@upei.ca,
with the subject line “ARPA Submission”. Queries relating to the conference can be
directed to the same address.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: Thursday, August 31st, 2023.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Crisis and Ecology: On Ian Angus’s Phenomenological Marxism

Existential Phenomenological Theory and Culture
Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (May 27 – June 2, 2023)
“Reckonings and Re-Imaginings”
York University, Toronto

Rogue Collective (Flickr Creative Commons)

Ian H. Angus’s Groundwork of Phenomenological Marxism is a major work exploring the convergences between Husserl’s Crisis of the European Sciences and Marx’s Capital I. While many have recognized overlaps between Marx’s early writings and phenomenology, Angus explores the correspondence between Husserl’s late discussion of Galilean science (mathematization of nature; the crisis) and Marx’s theory of value (surplus value; abstract labour). Beyond revealing these convergences, Angus also reveals that the arguments succumb to parallel critiques. Both arguments, though in different ways, fail to consider the necessity of natural fecundity. While for Husserl the realization of phenomenological significance of bodily lived experience had pointed in the direction of biology as a basis for a rigorous science, for Angus the recognition of the fecundity or excess of nature suggests an ecological phenomenology. The Groundwork offers a profound critical engagement with and opening up of Marx’s theory of labour and Husserl’s understanding of the lifeworld. The work ends with reflections on ecological phenomenology and the possibility of dialogue with what Angus calls place-based Indigeneity.

The object of this panel is to critically engage and develop Angus’s Groundwork with particular attention to his notion of an ecological phenomenology and its potential for opening dialogue with place-based Indigeneity. Papers engaged with any aspect of Angus’s work—technology, labour, capital, lifeworld, modern science, ecology, Indigeneity, etc—that contribute to the theme of crisis and ecology and the general theme of the 2023 Congress, “Reckonings and Re-Imaginings”, will be considered. Ian Angus has agreed to respond to the papers presented.

Possible themes to be explored and developed include, but are not limited to the following:

• Marxism and/or Phenomenology and Ecology
• Phenomenological Marxism
• Abstract Nature and Abstract Labour
• Intercultural Dialogue
• Technology and Capital
• Science and Ecology
• Ecological Horizons
• Ecology and place-based Indigeneity
• Post-Husserlian Phenomenological Marxism(s)
• Critical theory, Phenomenological Marxism, and ecology
• Lifeworld, Labour, Culture
• Ontology of the Lifeworld/Ontology of Labour
• Late Marx/ Early Marx and Ecology

Submission Instructions

Interested authors should submit the following electronically in .doc, .docx, or .rtf format:

1. A copy of your paper, not more than 4000 words, and prepared for anonymous review (identifiable by paper title only), and
2. A separate abstract, not more than 100 words, listing the paper’s title, author’s name, complete mailing address, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address.

While complete papers are preferred, long abstracts (750–1000 words, plus bibliography) will also be considered. Please prepare this for anonymous review, and submit along with a separate cover sheet listing the title, author’s name, address, etc. Please also include a short CV.

Papers and/or Abstracts should be submitted to Gregory Cameron (grcameron@wlu.ca) no later than 15 January 2023. Papers will be blind reviewed and decisions will be made by 1 March. Final, edited versions of papers are to be submitted by 15 April 2023.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

2023 Arendt Circle

June 26-29 Verona, Italy

The Arendt Circle meets annually to share research on any aspect of
Hannah Arendt’s work. This year’s conference will be in person with
presentations in English at the University of Verona.

Deadline for submission: Dec 1, 2022

Submit a 750-word abstract, prepared for anonymous review, as a
Word Document or PDF, to thehannaharendtcircle@gmail.com.

Our working groups are in flux due to Covid and this year’s international conference. Updates on the working groups will be posted to our website at thearendtcircle.com.

2023 Organizing Committee

Katherine Brichacek, Northwestern University
Magnus Ferguson, Boston College
Valentina Moro, DePaul University and University of Verona
Olivia Guaraldo, University of Verona