CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
LIBERATING TRADITIONS: ESSAYS IN FEMINIST COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY
Edited by: Ashby Butnor and Jen McWeeny
Abstract Deadline (500 words): March 1, 2008
Completed Paper Deadline: July 1, 2008
Preliminary selection based on abstracts. Final selection based on
completed papers (20-25 pgs. total).
E-mail submissions and inquiries to both ashby.butnor@gmail.com and
jmcweeny@jcu.edu.
FEMINIST COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY is the practice of integrating feminist and
non-Western philosophical traditions in an innovative way, while still being
mindful of the unique particularity of each, in order to envision and enact
a more liberatory world. East-West comparative philosophy and feminist
philosophy already share much in terms of methodology: a hermeneutic of
openness and respect for difference, a crossing of philosophical boundaries
and traditions, a rejection of the dichotomy of theory and practice, and the
pursuit of new ways of looking at the world. In this volume, we seek to
show how bringing diverse philosophical traditions into dialogue with each
other can provide fresh insights on questions of specific interest to
feminists and global theorists generally.
Comparative themes may include, but are by no means limited to:
Theories of Embodiment, Gender, or Personhood
The Hermeneutics of Cross-Cultural/Cross-World Dialogue
Philosophical Practice & Marginalization
The Phenomenology of Liberatory and/or Spiritual Practice
Philosophical Responses to Globalization, Imperialism, and
De-Colonization
Intersectional Selves: Culture, Race, Tradition, Sexuality, etc.
Embodied Epistemologies
Conceptions of Moral Agents & Actions
Theories of Emotion
Persons, Communities, and the State
Liberatory Aesthetics
Comparative Metaphysics
Pathways to Liberation
We seek any philosophical papers that engage the intersection of feminist
and non-Western philosophies. Although the collection will primarily
consist of comparative essays involving Asian traditions, such as Indian
philosophy, Chinese philosophy, or Japanese philosophy, we also invite
submissions that address North/South comparative philosophy, including
African, Latin American, and indigenous philosophies.
Abstract Deadline (500 words): March 1, 2008
Completed Paper Deadline: July 1, 2008
Preliminary selection based on abstracts. Final selection based on
completed papers (20-25 pgs. total).
E-mail submissions and inquiries to both ashby.butnor@gmail.com and
jmcweeny@jcu.edu.
