From: Dr Rob Fisher <[log in to unmask]>
>
>2nd Global Conference
>Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness
>(please cross post where appropriate)
>
>Friday 16th March - Wednesday 21st March 2001
>Charles University
>Prague
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to
>explore and engage in issues surrounding evil and human wickedness.
>Perspectives
are
>sought from those engaged in the fields of anthropology, criminology,
>cultural studies, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and
>theology. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the caring
>professions, the media, prison services, politics, psychiatry and
>other work-related areas.
>
>Papers, short papers, and workshops are invited on issues related to
>any
of
>the following themes;
>
> • the nature of evil and human wickedness
> • the sources of evil and human wickedness
> • moral intuitions about dreadful crimes
> • psychopathic behaviour - mad or bad?
> • choice, responsibility, and diminished responsibility
> • social and cultural reactions to evil and human wickedness
> • the portrayal of evil and human wickedness in the media and
> popular
>culture
> • suffering in literature and film
> • individual acts of evil, group violence, holocaust and genocide •
> obligations of bystanders • the search for meaning and sense in evil
> and human wickedness • the nature and tasks of theodicy • religious
> understandings of evil and human wickedness • postmodern approaches
> to evil and human wickedness • ecocriticism, evil and suffering
>
>The conference is part of a larger series of on-going conferences,
>run
under
>the general banner ‘At the Interface’. It aims to bring together
>people
from
>different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various
discussions
>which are innovative and exciting.
>
>Following the first ‘Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness’
conference,
>an e-mail discussion group was created, and the launch of a new
>e-journal supporting the work and research of the conference series
>will occur in February 2001.
>
>Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts
>should
be
>submitted by 15th January 2001. Full draft papers should be submitted
>by 19th February 2001. Papers accepted for the first conference are
>being published in two themed volumes; papers accepted for this
>conference will also be published in themed volumes.
>
>For further details and information, please contact:
>
>Dr Rob Fisher
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>
>
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