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PHILOSOPHY, CULTURE, THE ARTS

Guest Editor: Miroslav Marcelli
(Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia)

The relationships between philosophy, culture and the arts have traditionally been the subject of several philosophical disciplines and fields of philosophical inquiry, such as metaphilosophy, aesthetics, ethics, anthropology, philosophy of culture, philosophy of language, etc. The contemporary cultural and social contexts, however, have brought new phenomena and raised new issues which require consideration in transdisciplinary collaboration with a whole range of humanities and social sciences, such as applied philosophy, semiotics, philosophical counselling, and the like.

In particular the following questions ought to be explored and re-interpreted: Is there a place for philosophy in contemporary (mass and consumer) culture? What is the cultural role of philosophy in the era of visual culture and the arts? Could philosophy be closer to the arts than to sciences? What are the philosophical aspects of a specifically urban culture? What are the philosophical aspects of the current "electronised" (internet) culture?

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invites submissions of papers for its next issue

VOLUME 21, NUMBER 2, JUNE 2011

devoted to an exploration of the above topic. Contributions drawing on all fields of the humanities and the social sciences, but also transcending them, are welcome focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on issues such as:

• Philosophy of urban culture
• Philosophy of visual arts
• Philosophy and internet
• Philosophy and mass media
• Semiotics and media studies
• Multiculturality and ways of life
• Minority cultures
• Aesthetics of everyday life
• Culture and psychotherapy
• Cultural crisis and potential for philosophical counselling

Submission Guidelines
Please follow the guidelines for submissions as stated on the cover or the website of HUMAN AFFAIRS.

Abstracts due: October 31, 2010 (in English)
Manuscripts due: March 31, 2011 (in English)

All information and communications concerning submissions should be addressed to the Editorial Office.

Address of the Editorial Office:
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
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ANTI-TOTALITARIANISM IN RECENT THOUGHT

Guest Editor: Eric B. Litwack
(Queen's University, Kingston, Canada)

The theme of totalitarianism is of both great historical and current interest in intellectual life. Given the unparalleled cost to human life and welfare of this twentieth century form of extreme statism, and the need to learn from history, it important to both assess its historical significance and to explore ways of avoiding the repetition of lethal delusions. A multi-disciplinary approach is the only methodology that can do justice to this complex political and socio-cultural phenomenon. Fundamental explanatory and categorical questions include the extent to which classical theories of totalitarianism fulfilled the need for a general explanatory model, and the place of totalitarianism in historiography and social science. The question of the economic and political implications of state policies in light of the totalitarian experience continue to resonate today. Other key themes for exploration include the extent to which the Second World War and the Holocaust can teach us fundamental ethical and political lessons for our own democratic life, and the extent to which the transformations of the Soviet bloc and its implosion in 1989 have lessons that extend globally. Whether the rise of religious fundamentalisms represents a structural parallel or distinct phenomenon vis ? vis totalitarianism is a matter of urgent debate, and underscores the value of identifying the psychological dimension of such extremist movements.

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VOLUME 21, NUMBER 1, MARCH 2011

devoted to an exploration of the above topic. Contributions drawing on all fields of the humanities and the social sciences, but also transcending them, are welcome focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on issues such as:

• post-Cold War ideologies and perspectives
• post-totalitarian thought in Eastern Europe: literary and political
• recent conceptual work on fascism and the Holocaust
• recent conceptual work on communism
• totalitarianism and historiography
• political religions' and theocratic movements: ideology and psychology
• totalitarianism in recent liberal theory
• anti-totalitarianism and Western foreign policy
• the politics of command economies vs. global markets
• analyses of classic anti-totalitarian texts

Submission Guidelines
Please follow the guidelines for submissions as stated on the cover or the website of HUMAN AFFAIRS.

Abstracts due: July 31, 2010 (in English)
Manuscripts due: December 30, 2010 (in English)

All information and communications concerning submissions should be addressed to the Editorial Office.

Address of the Editorial Office:
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava
SLOVAKIA
Tel: 00421-2-54 77 56 83
Fax: 00421-2-54 77 34 42
E-mail: humanaffairs@humanaffairs.sk
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MORALITY AND MORAL NORMS

In the light of recent discoveries and arguments concerning the evolution of morality, the issues of its innateness, the role of unconscious processes in moral judgement and the status and nature of free will, morality have become important fashionable topics in transdisciplinary research. Findings in empirical science force us to reconsider the answers to enduring questions such as: What is the nature and dynamic of moral norms, how have they evolved, to what extent are they stable or subject to change? To what degree are moral judgments accessible to consciousness and deliberation? What is the relationship between moral norms and social order? Do moral norms serve all members of society equally or only those who are in power? Are there any moral norms which are essential?

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invites submissions of papers for its next issue

VOLUME 20, NUMBER 4, DECEMBER 2010

devoted to an exploration of the above topic. Contributions drawing on all fields of the humanities and the social sciences, but also transcending them, are welcome focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on issues such as:

• The evolution of morality
• The nature of morality
• How we reach moral decisions
• The freedom of will
• Moral dilemmas
• The role of intuition in moral judgment
• The function of moral norms in society
• Obedience and social conformity
• The difference between moral and nonmoral norms
• The innateness of morality and moral universals

Submission Guidelines
Please follow the guidelines for submissions as stated on the cover or the website of HUMAN AFFAIRS.

Abstracts due: March 31, 2010 (in English)
Manuscripts due: September 30, 2010 (in English)

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Address of the Editorial Office:
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava
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EMOTIONS

Human emotions have come to the forefront in contemporary science and the humanities. The interest in this phenomenon has brought a growing number of works analyzing emotions from all possible disciplinary and trans-disciplinary perspectives, ranging from biological to psychological, from cognitive to philosophical, from sociological to political, etc. This naturally reflects the central role of emotions in human affairs. No matter how interesting and important current findings in the theory and empirical research of emotions are, many crucial issues remain to be investigated and better understood. Contributions from all fields of relevance are welcome. Special focus is to be placed on evolutionary aspects and socio-cultural contexts and variation in emotions as well as on philosophical interpretations.

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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 3, SEPTEMBER 2010

devoted to an exploration of the above topic. Contributions drawing on all fields of the humanities and the social sciences, but also transcending them, are welcome focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on issues such as:

• Theories of emotions
• Rationality and irrationality of emotions
• Evolution of emotions
• Emotions and cognition
• Emotions and brain
• Emotions and computers
• Emotions in cultural contexts
• Emotions in political contexts
• Love and hate
• Emotions and human happiness

Submission Guidelines
Please follow the guidelines for submissions as stated on the cover or the website of HUMAN AFFAIRS.

Abstracts due: December 31, 2009 (in English)
Manuscripts due: June 30, 2010 (in English)

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Address of the Editorial Office:
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava
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Tel: 00421-2-54 77 56 83
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CONTEMPORARY THEORIES OF DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE

Guest Editor: Marek Hrubec (Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague)

The issues of democracy and justice are interconnected. There is a growing number of works debating the current state of democracy both in theory and practice. However, the process of globalization and the global economic crisis changed the context of the discussion. The impression that the contemporary world is in quite an exigent need of reconsidering democracy in relation with social, economic and political justice seem to be obvious. Moreover, the fact that the idea of participation has to be analyzed concerning democratic and non-democratic kinds of legitimacy, an intercultural dialogue with non-Western peoples, ideas of global governance and global state, a struggle for recognition, and social justice and redistribution. Similar claims could be made concerning the other social and political ideas related to democracy and justice.

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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 2, DECEMBER 2010

devoted to an exploration of the above topics. Contributions drawing on all fields of the humanities and the social sciences, but also transcending them, are welcome focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on issues such as:

• Conceptions & models of democracy
• Political justice and participation
• Democracy, participation, representation
• Social justice and redistribution
• Struggles for recognition
• Democratic and non-democratic kinds of legitimacy
• An intercultural dialogue with non-Western peoples
• The law of peoples
• Global state and global governance
• Parliament in the United Nations

Submission Guidelines
Please follow the guidelines for submissions as stated on the cover or the website of HUMAN AFFAIRS.

Abstracts due: October 15, 2009 (in English)
Manuscripts due: March 15, 2010 (in English)

All information and communications concerning submissions should be addressed to the Editorial Office.

Address of the Editorial Office:
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Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava
SLOVAKIA
Tel: 00421-2-54 77 56 83
Fax: 00421-2-54 77 34 42
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INTIMACY AND THE CIVIC ARENA: EXPLORING NEEDS, EXPECTATIONS & CONFLICTS;
NEGOTIATING TRANSFORMATIONS, AGREEMENTS & RULES

From the individual's viewpoint, intimacy concerns issues in different zones and distances from one-self: one's body, friends, family, gender, sexuality, emotions, sensations, identities, spirituality (e.g. religiosity), ethnicity. In all of these areas people have multiple needs and requirements. Due to restricted resources in the civic arena (e.g. public spaces, time, privacy) intimacy needs give rise to conflicts and/or frustrations between individuals, cohorts and generations. In comparison to "traditional" citizenship (as regulated by civil, political, and social rights), "intimate citizenship" concerns specific aspects of societal processes where intimacy, privacy and life-style are concerned. Furthermore, there are numerous subpopulations with specific lifestyle requirements and thus with a specific position towards intimate citizenship-e. g. handicapped people, chronically ill, public personae, young people, elderly people, ethnic minorities, etc.

HUMAN AFFAIRS

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VOLUME 20, NUMBER 1, MARCH 2010

devoted to an exploration of the above topic. Contributions drawing on all fields of the humanities and the social sciences, but also transcending them, are welcome focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on issues such as:

• Conceptions of intimacy
• The conception of "intimate citizenship"
• Relations between "intimate", "private" & "public" spaces
• Intimacy and time
• Social rights to intimacy
• Conflicts of intimacy
• Intimacy and emotions
• Norms of intimacy
• Multiculturality and respect for intimacy
• Intimacy in history and modern society

Submission Guidelines
Please follow the guidelines for submissions as stated on the cover or the website of HUMAN AFFAIRS.

Abstracts due: July 31, 2009 (in English)
Manuscripts due: December 31, 2009 (in English)

All information and communications concerning submissions should be addressed to the Editorial Office.

Address of the Editorial Office:
Department of Social & Biological Communication
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Klemensova 19
813 64 Bratislava
SLOVAKIA
Tel: 00421-2-54 77 56 83
Fax: 00421-2-54 77 34 42
E-mail: humanaffairs@humanaffairs.sk
Website: www.humanaffairs.sk

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