29/09-04/10/2019 - Διεθνές Συνέδριο | Hellenic Political Philosophy and Contemporary Europe (Μαυροβούνιο)

Center for Hellenic Studies (Podgorica, Montenegro) is pleased to announce the First International Conference of Hellenic Studies on the topic Hellenic Political Philosophy and Contemporary Europe (Herceg Novi, Montenegro, 29 September – 04 October 2019).

The Conference is organized under the auspices of the Ministry of Science of Montenegro and will be held in Herceg Novi, an ancient town on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, and an intersecting point of different cultures during ancient and medieval times.

The Conference is of an interdisciplinary character, and aims at addressing different social and political issues from perspectives of history, philosophy, economics, theology, history of ideas, anthropology, political theory and other disciplines. Such conception of the scholarly exchange does not fulfill only the purpose of an historical investigation, but will provide a systematic treatment of the topic, thus clarifying existing ideas and advancing new ones. The themes to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following:

~ The concept of the polis in antiquity and modernity ~ Freedom and democracy ~ Politics and economy ~ Democracy, liberalism, totalitarianism ~ The philosophy of the polis: Citizen, polis and cultural ideals ~ Autonomy and responsibility in politics ~ The philosophy of the cosmopolis ~ The polis and happiness ~ Ethics and politics ~ The “political” before and after Machiavelli: Similarities and differences ~ Imperialism and (neo)colonialism – political, ideological, cultural, linguistic ~ Democracy and revolution ~ Intellectuals and social change: The free intellectual and “secular priesthood” ~ Politics and the media ~ Globalization, unification, otherness ~ European Union: Foundation, possibilities, perspectives ~ Law and justice ~ International law: Sovereignty and territorial integrity ~ The politics of difference and the problem of interventionism ~ Cultural politics ~

The deadline for submission of abstracts is 1st March 2019.

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