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Continental and Analytical Political Theory: An Insurmountable Divide?
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
28 May 2013
Time: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Venue: TBC
Analytical and Continental political theory are divided not only over
substantial issues, but also over the very nature of political
theorising. Theorists working within one tradition view with
scepticism the work and conclusions of theorists within the other
tradition, and the two traditions often speak past one another because
they do not agree what theorising amount to in the first place.
Further, the division is also marked by different conceptions of
politics and the political. Consequently, Analytical and Continental
theorists have different understandings of the role of and
relationship between philosophy and politics.
We invite contributions that address the divisions between Analytical
and Continental political theory, and between liberal normative theory
and post-structuralism. Is it possible to bridge the different
traditions? If so, what would this entail? If divisions will remain,
what is the exact nature of those divisions? Are they primarily
political or philosophical? And are there approaches that eschew these
divisions? Contributions can be comparative discussions between
different approaches, analyses of specific debates, or readings of
texts that address the divisions in an indirect way.
Paper givers should send an abstract of no more than 300 words to the
conference organisers: Clayton Chin and Lasse Thomassen by 8th of March
2013. Notifications by 15 March 2013.
Keynote speaker: Prof. Paul Patton, University of New South Wales
Roundtable participants: Prof. Paul Patton, University of New South
Wales, Prof Albert Weale (University College London) and Dr David
Howarth (University of Essex)
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