2nd Global Conference
Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness
(please cross post where appropriate)
Friday 16th March - Wednesday 21st March 2001
Charles University
Prague
CALL FOR PAPERS
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to explore
and engage in issues surrounding evil and human wickedness. Perspectives are
sought from those engaged in the fields of anthropology, criminology,
cultural studies, literature, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and
theology. Perspectives are sought from those engaged in the caring
professions, the media, prison services, politics, psychiatry and other
work-related areas.
Papers, short papers, and workshops are invited on issues related to any of
the following themes;
• the nature of evil and human wickedness
• the sources of evil and human wickedness
• moral intuitions about dreadful crimes
• psychopathic behaviour - mad or bad?
• choice, responsibility, and diminished responsibility
• social and cultural reactions to evil and human wickedness
• the portrayal of evil and human wickedness in the media and popular
culture
• suffering in literature and film
• individual acts of evil, group violence, holocaust and genocide
• obligations of bystanders
• the search for meaning and sense in evil and human wickedness
• the nature and tasks of theodicy
• religious understandings of evil and human wickedness
• postmodern approaches to evil and human wickedness
• ecocriticism, evil and suffering
The conference is part of a larger series of on-going conferences, run under
the general banner ‘At the Interface’. It aims to bring together people from
different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions
which are innovative and exciting.
Following the first ‘Perspectives on Evil and Human Wickedness’ conference,
an e-mail discussion group was created, and the launch of a new e-journal
supporting the work and research of the conference series will occur in
February 2001.
Papers will be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be
submitted by 15th January 2001. Full draft papers should be submitted by
19th February 2001. Papers accepted for the first conference are being
published in two themed volumes; papers accepted for this conference will
also be published in themed volumes.
For further details and information, please contact:
Dr Rob Fisher
rob@fishwest.demon.co.uk
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