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>From: "Elisabeth Herrmann" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: CFP: Conceptualizations, Representations,	and Social
>	Practices of [In]Tolerance in German Culture and Literature
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>Call for Submissions for a Special Issue of Seminar: A Journal of
>Germanic Studies
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>"Embracing the Other: Conceptualizations, Representations, and Social
>Practices of [In]Tolerance in German Culture and Literature"
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>
>Guest Editors:
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>Florentine Strzelczyk, University of Calgary, Canada
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>Elisabeth Herrmann, University of Alberta, Canada
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>
>We are inviting submissions for a special theme issue of Seminar: A
>Journal of German Studies that will explore the concepts and practices
>of tolerance in German culture and cultural history.
>
>Since the era of Enlightenment, concepts and practices of tolerance have
>been linked to ideals of justice, equality, and political acceptance.
>But as the German philosopher Rainer Forst has recently argued, the
>history and definitions of tolerance have also been inextricably beset
>by conflict. Is tolerance one of the essential pillars of the liberal
>state, a principle for the peaceful coexistence of differing beliefs,
>norms, practices, and identities? Or, as critics have argued, is it no
>more than a haughty and tenuous concession from those in power toward
>those regarded as different? As Goethe wrote in 1829: "Tolerance should
>be a temporary attitude only: it must lead to recognition. To tolerate
>means to insult." These fundamental disagreements persist within the
>recent renaissance in "tolerance talk" that has been noted by the
>American political philosopher Wendy Brown. German culture and cultural
>history - from debates about tolerance in the eighteenth century to
>Germany's descent into destructive intolerance during the Third Reich -
>provide a context that is both especially grim and productive for
>exploring the conflicts, impossibilities, and potential of tolerance.
>
>Multi- and inter-disciplinary perspectives are particularly encouraged.
>Contributions may address, but are not limited to one or more of the
>following topics:
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>- Theoretical Approaches to the Discourse of Tolerance
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>- Philosophical, Religious, Social and Political Concepts of Tolerance
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>- Freedom of Conscience and Religious Practice
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>- Representations of Tolerance in Specific Cultural Periods and Eras
>(such as the Enlightenment, Nineteenth Century, Holocaust and WWII,
>German Unification)
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>- Sexual Expression and Orientation, Gender Identity and
>Intergenerational Relationships
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>- Identity, Alterity and Otherness and their Relation to Tolerance
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>- Globalization, Migration, Inter- and Transculturality
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>Manuscripts (max. 6000 words including Work Cited) may be submitted in
>German or English. They must conform to Seminar guidelines, which can be
>accessed at:
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>http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/Seminar/submissions.htm
><http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/Seminar/submissions.htm>
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>All articles will be anonymously peer-reviewed.
>
>The special issue will likely appear in 2011.
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>Submission due date:  March 1, 2010.
>
>Submissions and Inquiries to:
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>Florentine Strzelczyk                                         Elisabeth
>Herrmann
>
>Associate Professor of German                         DAAD Associate
>Visiting Professor of German
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>University of Calgary                                        University
>of Alberta
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