[ecrea] cfp: Anti-Democracy Agenda Symposium 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS

Anti-Democracy Agenda Symposium 2011

Organized by: Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society (SCIS)

Mode: Online by Google+ video conference

Date: 15-16 November 2011

The "Anti-Democracy Agenda" is the premier resource on the net for the
study of anti-democratic thought and practice across the boundaries of
various traditions and academic disciplines. First introduced by the
Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society (SCIS) as a blog in
January 2010, it has since been reconstituted as a circle (with
associated public posts, much like a blog) on the new social network
Google+. An archive of the blog is to be found here:
http://anti-democracy-agenda.blogspot.com

For the new circle, see here:
https://plus.google.com/109507108125539761871/posts

The Anti-Democracy Agenda Symposium 2011 will be the third event we
organize to advance the research agenda on anti-democratic thought and
practice as well as old and new criticisms of democracy. It will build
up on a highly successful workshop on anti-democratic thought SCIS
organized at the Annual Conference Workshops in Political Theory in
Manchester, England, in September 2007, as well as the Anti-Democracy
Agenda Symposium 2010, taking place at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (ETH) Zurich in November last year. Both events drew
participants from the world over. The Manchester workshop led to the
publication of an edited volume on "Anti-Democratic Thought" (Imprint
Academic, 2008).

The Anti-Democracy Agenda Symposium 2011 is set to be equally
international and interdisciplinary in scope. We invite affiliated
academics, independent scholars, and doctoral students and candidates
from a wide range of disciplines, such as Philosophy, Political
Theory, Political Science, International Relations, Development
Studies, Security Studies, Law, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology,
Psychology, Literature, History, Classics, Theology, Religious
Studies, Education, and so on. Papers may not only cover any and all
aspects of criticisms of democracy and anti-democratic thought and
practice, from perspectives including anarchism, libertarianism,
conservatism, communism, Islamism, the extreme right, and others, but
also related concepts such as authoritarianism, dictatorship, military
rule, monarchy, chieftaincy, mixed constitution, the backlash against
democracy promotion, terrorism, post-democracy, voter apathy, voter
ignorance, etc. Have a look at the blog to see what might be of
interest and falls within our remit. Papers may be theoretical and/or
empirical in nature. Work in progress is welcome too.

This symposium may be the first academic conference to make use of the
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Google+. Due to technical restrictions, the number of participants in
the Anti-Democracy Agenda Symposium 2011 is limited to 10. All
accepted participants will be required to create a profile on Google+
in order to be able to participate in the event. While we encourage
the participation of scholars from developing countries, please only
apply if you have access to a stable Internet connection. As in our
previous physical events, over the course of two days, each presenter
will have 60 minutes to present his or her paper and discuss it with
all others. Due to the small size of the symposium, all participants
are expected to attend both days fully.

As with all SCIS events, no fees will be charged from participants,
and no funding is available to cover participants' expenses (if any).
We will be glad to issue letters of acceptance on request to assist
participants in securing leave from work. Detailed instructions on how
to set up a Google+ profile and join the video conference will be
provided to confirmed participants.

Please send your proposal to: (erichkofmel /at/ gmail.com)

Deadline: 15 October 2011

Later submissions may still be accepted, but early submission is
strongly advised and proposals may be accepted as they come in.

Cordially,

Erich Kofmel
Managing Director / Research Professor of Political Theory
Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society (SCIS)
https://plus.google.com/109507108125539761871
E-mail: (erichkofmel /at/ gmail.com)

Postal address:
Sussex Centre for the Individual and Society
1200 Geneva
Switzerland

SCIS is an international association under Swiss law.
Founded 2006 at the University of Sussex.


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