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Call for Papers Theme: Transitions – Übergänge – 移り渉り Subtitle: Crossing the Boundaries in Japanese Philosophy Type: 4th ENOJP Conference Institution: European Network of Japanese Philosophy (ENOJP) Department of Philosophy, University of Hildesheim Location: Hildesheim (Germany) Date: 5.–8.9.2018 Deadline: 30.4.2018 __________________________________________________ The European Network of Japanese Philosophy (ENOJP) is pleased to announce its 4th Conference will take place on September 5th – 8th 2018 at the University of Hildesheim (Germany). The thematic focus of the conference emphasizes the importance of such an engagement with “Transitions” in the context of Japanese Philosophy. Moreover, it aims at showing the possibility of an interdisciplinary transition between philosophy and other scientific and creative fields of knowledge and practice, enabling a “thinking in transition” that remodels itself continuously while engaging with current debates. “Transitions” can be interpreted on the one hand as spatial continuities, the blurring of borders, spaces of openness or mediating intersections, on the other hand as temporal processes of metamorphosis, transformation or revolution. Spatiotemporal forms of movement are also phenomena of transition which leave objectified traces on their path without being identical to them. “Transitions” are characterized by vagueness and openness. They blur the boundaries of distinct phenomena and break up the borders of fixed definitions, enabling separate fields to resonate and opposing notions to interfere with each other. In Japanese Philosophy, we find a wide variety of observations on transitory phenomena. The notions of nothingness (無) and emptiness (空) in Daoist and Buddhist thought can be interpreted as modalities of openness which enable transitions and interpenetrations between different phenomena (自自無碍). This fundamental idea is also influential in Modern Japanese Philosophy. Nishida Kitarō’s logic of place emphasizes the (me-)ontological priority of encompassing fields and processes of self-structuring over rigid substances and Watsuji Tetsurō’s notion of “betweenness” (間柄) stresses the relationality and spatial transition of human existence which inspires Kimura Bin to his concept of “intersubject” (間人). Practices of self-cultivation which are influenced by different strains of East Asian Philosophy also constitute creative self-transformations of human subjects, enabling mediations between body and mind and structuring embodiments of mental and affective attitudes through habitualized enactments of bodily patterns (型). We encourage applicants to send in proposals for individual presentations or group proposals of about 3 persons to collaborate on a panel together. Papers dealing with the conference theme “Transitions – Übergänge – 移り渉り: Crossing the Boundaries in Japanese Philosophy” are particularly welcome, but papers on other aspects related to Japanese Philosophy will also be considered. Deadline: April 30, 2018 Notification of Peer Review: June 2018 Length of abstract: 250-500 words Conference Languages: English, German and Japanese Contact: European Network of Japanese Philosophy (ENOJP) Email: eno...@gmail.com Web: https://enojp4.wordpress.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
