LIBERATING TRADITIONS: ESSAYS IN FEMINIST COMPARATIVE PHILOSOPHY

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.