Call for Papers
Catastrophe and Justice
The 8th International Conference of the Faculty of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences,
Soshikan Conference Room, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, March 21-22, 2012
Purpose:
Recently theories of justice progressed remarkably through responding to challenges by social
movements such as feminism, multiculturalism or cultural studies. Yet events like the
catastrophe recently experienced in Fukushima, Japan raise questions for theories of justice. For
example: can we continue to base our reactions on such notions as freedom, rights, equity,
reciprocity and human security--- all of which are pivotal to social justice--- in catastrophic
situations? Catastrophe, as it is understood here is not restricted to the type of evident calamity
such as natural disasters, war or economic collapse. If we loosely define the concept of
catastrophe as an experience which happens both accidentally and inevitably, or which brutally
disrupts between the relation between ordinary and the non-ordinary, then there may have been
many events which we should have recognized as catastrophes, but failed to. The purpose of
this conference is to reexamine the modern theories of justice, their limit and possibilities in a
broader angle in relation to the issue of catastrophe.
近年、正義論は、フェミニズム、多文化主義、カルチュラル・スタディーズなどの挑戦
を受けて大きく発展した。だが、このたび日本のフクシマが体験したカタストロフィは
正義論に新たな問いを突きつける。自由、権利、衡平性、相互性、人間の安全保障など
これまで社会正義の中心にあった概念は、破局的な状況において、はたしてどこまで有
効性をもちうるのか、と。ただし、ここでいうカタストロフィとは、災害や戦争、経済
破綻など、だれの目にも明白な惨事に限定されない。むしろその本質を、日常と非日常
が荒々しく分断される体験、さらには、偶然であるとともに必然であると感じられる体
験に見出すならば、カタストロフィは、われわれの生活のただ中に――それとして認識
されることなく――存在することになる。本コンファレンスの目的は、現代正義論の限
界と可能性をより広い視角のもとでとらえ返すことを目的とする。
Invited Speakers:
Prof. Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Stanford University (USA)
Prof. Frédéric Worms, Université de Lille et École Normale Supérieure (France)
And others
Eligibility
Anyone from any country and any disciplines can apply. Graduates students, postgraduates
fellows and recent graduates*are mostly encouraged to submit a proposal.
院生、若手研究者をはじめとして、どなたでも報告申し込みできます。
Submissions
Submissions should be in the form of an abstract of a maximum of 2 pages (500 words) and
should be sent electronically to the following address justiceandcatastrophe@gmail.com
Papers read at the conference should not exceed 25 minutes. Deadline for submissions is
October 31 and the results will be made public by November 8.
10 月 31 日までに、英語あるいは日本語の報告概要を justiceandcatastrophe@gmail.com に
お送りください。概要は 2 ページ（英語の場合は 500 語）を上限とします。選考結果は
11 月 8 日までにお知らせします。
Financial help:
The living expenses of speakers (hotel and food) for the duration of the conference will be
taken care by the conference organization.
報告者に関しては、コンファレンス期間の宿泊、昼食＆夕食などはこちらで用意します。
Languages
Languages of the conference are English and Japanese. Submissions can be made in either of
those two languages. In the case of Japanese, we will require English translation after the
submission is accepted.
コンファレンスで使用する言語は英語と日本語です。報告はいずれでも可能です。ただし、
日本語の報告概要で受理された場合には、後日に設定される期限までに長めの英文アブス
トラクトをお願いします。
Organizers: International Justice and Symbiosis Center, Graduate School of Core Ethics and
Frontier Sciences & Institute of Language and Culture, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.
(Coordinators) Paul Dumouchel & Reiko Gotoh, Professors, Graduate School of Core Ethics
and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.