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The Faculty of Philosophy of the Erasmus University Rotterdam will host a conference on Identity politics, national culture, and moral resurgence.
The conference will take place on May 6 and May 7, 1997, at the
Philosophy Department. Address: Oostmaaslaan 950-952, Rotterdam.
News and last minute changes concerning the conference will be
announced on these pages.
The conference theme in short
We want to investigate the relation between identity politics and national
political cultures. We propose to focus on two dimensions of this relation.
First: we aim to analyze, compare and juxtapose the ways in which different
national political cultures have þ or have not þ managed to come to terms
with identity politics, or the politics of difference in its many forms,
including ethnic, sexual, religous, linguistic, and physical difference. In
what way and to what extent do national cultures provide room for the
creation and development of group identities? What social, political and
cultural factors are involved? How do national cultures differ from each
other on this score?
Second, and in complement: in what way and to what extent does the
appearance and proliferation of identity groups in (post)modern society in
turn influence and modify national political cultures? To what extent do
they claim to do so? Are such claims justified? As we aim to approach these
matters both descriptively and normatively, both empirical and
philosophical contributions will be solicited and welcomed.
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Dr Gijs van Oenen
P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam
tel. +31.10. 4088999/8989, fax +31.10.2120448
email: G.H.vanOenen@fwb.eur.nl