WORKSHOP ‘Cosmopolitanism and Conflict’ - Final Announcement
Thursday 16 DECEMBER 16:00 – 18:00 and
Friday 17 DECEMBER 9:00 – 18:00
(zaal 11, het Gravensteen)
The aim of the workshop will be to examine and discuss the relation between cosmopolitanism and conflict. For Kant, social antagonism (the human “unsocial sociability”) plays a clear and vital role in the historical progress of humankind towards a cosmopolitan world order, but its status and value in that order is less clear. If, as both Kant and Nietzsche believe, antagonism is indispensable for the realisation of human capacities and for human flourishing, then surely it should figure also in the conception of a cosmopolitan world order itself. Yet the constructive role of conflict remains under-theorised by Kant and his contemporary successors. What place should be given to antagonism in cosmopolitan theory, and to which forms of antagonism?
‘Cosmopolitanism’ will be taken broadly to include political, cultural, lifestyle and ethical cosmopolitanisms. ‘Conflict’ will also be taken broadly to include all forms of antagonism from wars of annihilation, constructive forms of political agonism to cultural contests of excellence. The aim is to develop a differentiated understanding of both concepts: of the diverse forms of cosmopolitanism and the diverse forms of conflict in order to come to better understanding of their interconnections. The key axis for this question is given by Kant and Nietzsche, the thinker of cosmopolitanism and the thinker of conflict par excellence. But there will also papers on other theorists contributing to a better understanding of conflict & cosmopolitanism.
Organised by the Institute for Philosophy, Leiden University
Organisers: Herman Siemens & Martine Prange
With the generous support of LUF and the Institute for Philosophy
See also: http://www.hum.leiden.edu/areastudies/news/workshop-cosmopolitanism-and-conflict.html
WORKSHOP ‘Cosmopolitanism and Conflict’ - Programme
Thursday 16 DECEMBER 16:00 – 18:00 and
Friday 17 DECEMBER 9:00 – 18:00
(zaal 11, het Gravensteen)
organised by the Institute for Philosophy, Leiden University
Programme:
Thursday 16 December
16:00 – 18:00 : Zeno lecture Beatrix Himmelmann (Tromsø, Norway):
Towards Perpetual Peace – Does this Idea Allow for Inevitable or even Desirable Conflict?
18:00 : Drinks
19:00 : Dinner
Friday 17 December
9:00 – 10:30 : Martine Prange (Maastricht) & Herman Siemens (Leiden):
Conflict and Cosmopolitanism, Kant, Nietzsche and Beyond
10:30 – 11:00 : Tea/ Coffee
11:00 – 12:30 : Pauline Kleingeld (Leiden/ Groningen) :
Kant, Cosmopolitanism, Law & Conflict
12:30 – 14:00 : Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 : Miguel Vatter (UDP, Santiago Chile)
The Political-Theological Foundations of Cosmopolitan Democracy
15:30-16:00 : Tea/ Coffee
16:00 – 17:30: Chris Goto-Jones
Cosmopolitics and Contradictory Universes in Kyoto School Philosophy.
Stefan Rummens
Agonism and the visibility of global politics
18:00 -19:00 : Drinks
All are welcome. Participation is free, but please ensure that you register with Ms. Lies Klumper: e.klumper@phil.leidenuniv.nl
For location see: http://portal.leiden.nl/locatie/gravensteen
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