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"War and Peace" Conference, New York City, Dec. 28-30, 2005

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War and Peace in the Global Economy

New York City, Dec. 28-30, 2005


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 American Philosophical Association (APA) in 2005


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

1) WAR: the rhetorics and realities of war, including: wars on poverty, drugs, terror, etc., current conflicts (Sudan, Iraq, Congo, etc.), pre-emptive war, the justifying of war, civilians and war, depleted uranium munitions, the selling of war, war and empire, “war by other means”, proxy wars, resources wars, war and nationalism, war and genocide.


  2) PEACE: the politics and culture of peace, including: human rights, peace movements, perpetual peace, stateless peoples, minority rights, internal conflicts, the UN, the international criminal court, resource distribution, truth and reconciliation committees.

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 December 28-30, 2005 in New York City. 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 www.sspp.us. For other questions or information, please email us at information@sspp.us.