{"id":22,"date":"2014-04-17T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T15:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kant-online.ru\/en\/?p=22"},"modified":"2021-06-02T15:07:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T15:07:03","slug":"xi-kant-readings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kant-online.ru\/en\/xi-kant-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"XI Kant Readings Conference Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University announces the XI International Kant Readings: \u201cKantian Project of Enlightenment Today\u201d, dedicated to Kant\u2019s 290th anniversary and to 230th anniversary of his widely influential essay \u201cAnswering the Question: What is Enlightenment?\u201d<\/p>\n

The conference is organized with the support of Russian Foundation for Humanities, grant \u2116 14-03-14026\u0433 and Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, development program \u0413-2014-53211 \u00abOrganization and Implementation of International Conference \u201cXI International Kant Readings\u201d\u00bb<\/p>\n

The conference will take place on April 21st – 24th, 2014. The Organizing committee suggests the following broad topics for discussion:<\/p>\n

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  1. What is the meaning of Enlightenment in twenty-first century?Age of Enlightenment and modernity.<\/li>\n
  2. What constitutes the power of an enlightened reason?<\/li>\n
  3. Social and political problems of today\u2019s world in light of the Kant\u2019s treatise.<\/li>\n
  4. Enlightenment and world religions.<\/li>\n
  5. Problems of morality in today\u2019s world.<\/li>\n
  6. Enlightenment, science and education.<\/li>\n
  7. Enlightenment and evolution of law and legal awareness in nowadays society.<\/li>\n
  8. Aesthetic theory, art and Enlightenment.<\/li>\n
  9. Educational functions of mass media and communication.<\/li>\n
  10. Contemporary culture and Enlightenment.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Traditional topics of Kantian studies, not immediately connected to the topic of Enlightenment, are also proposed for discussion in relevant sections of the Readings.
    \nWorking languages – German, English, Russian.<\/p>\n

    Panel Sections<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Theoretical Foundations of the Philosophy of Enlightenment<\/li>\n
    2. Enlightenment, Human Nature, and Religious and Moral Issues<\/li>\n
    3. Enlightenment and Social and Political Issues<\/li>\n
    4. Criticism and Reception of the Ideas of Enlightenment<\/li>\n
    5. Enlightenment and its Relevance Today<\/li>\n
    6. Enlightenment in Education and Art<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Time limit<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Plenary papers<\/strong> – 40 min., discussion – 20 min.
      \nSession papers<\/strong> – 20 min., discussion – 10 min.<\/p>\n