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CALL for PAPERS<br>
Deadline for submission of paper proposals: January 18, 2008<br><br>
Colloquium on Violence and Religion Conference 2008<br><br>
CATASTROPHE AND CONVERSION<br><br>
POLITICAL THINKING FOR THE NEW MILLENIUM<br><br>
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University of California, Riverside<br><br>
June 18-22, 2008<br><br>
SPEAKERS<br>
Jean-Pierre Dupuy (Stanford / Ecole Polytechnique) <br>
René Girard (Académie Française / Stanford) <br>
W. J. T. Mitchell (Chicago / Editor-in-Chief, Critical Inquiry)<br>
Gianni Vattimo (Turin / Member of the European Parliament,
1999-2004)<br><br>
This conference will address many issues of current concern in the
humanities, arts, and social sciences. The idea that we live in a world
ever more susceptible to the ravages of man-made catastrophes is linked
with the religious notion of conversion as a metaphor for the changes in
attitude and outlook that will be required in order to survive in
increasingly uncertain times. In a post-9/11 world, the static logic of
mutually assured destruction has been replaced by a dynamic, asymmetrical
threat emerging from the shadows. At any moment a catastrophe could
occur, without warning and without redress. Our ability to prepare for
and cope with this new threat is one of the great political and social
challenges of the twenty-first century. This conference will thus deal
with ways of understanding the root causes of violence, with particular
emphasis on the anthropological and sociological dimensions of conflict,
and on the theories of René Girard.<br><br>
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