An anonymous coward writes:

Work/Leisure in the Global Economy

The Society for Social and Political Philosophy (SSPP):

Historical, Continental, and Feminist Perspectives

Call for Papers For the Society's Meetings To Be Held in Conjunction With the SPEP (Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) in 2005

The SSPP invites papers for two conference panels. We are seeking papers that address issues pertaining to:

1) WORK: in all of its aspects: economic, political, ontological, and cultural. Topics might include: paid and unpaid work, mental and manual labor, “immaterial” and “affective” labor, work and gender, work and race, work and domesticity, the ethics of work and productivity, labor movements, “global supply chains,” child labor, sex workers and international sex trafficking, alienation, living wage movements, worker rights in the developing world, the WTO, bi-lateral trade agreements, etc.

2) LEISURE: in its various aspects and associated realities, including: consumer culture, conspicuous consumption, the tourist industry – types of tourism (eco-, sex-, resort-), entertainment, cultural capital, class and leisure, gender and leisure, race and leisure, leisure in the non-west, the history of leisure, leisure time, philosophy as a leisure activity.

Complete papers of 3000-5000 words (that can be summarized and presented in 20-30 minutes) should be submitted for consideration for the 2005 meeting (deadline: March 1, 2005). The meeting will be scheduled for late October/early November 2005, at a place yet to be determined. Authors should include their name(s) and contact information on the cover page ONLY. Papers should be emailed as attachments in Word or RTF format to papers@sspp.us.

For information on the society, and to become a member, please consult our web page at http://www.sspp.us. For other questions or information, please email us at information@sspp.us.