COV&R-Bulletin No. 6 (March 1994)
"Theology and/or Secular Thinking: Discussion on Political Philosophy, Economy, and Sociology" Symposium in Wiesbaden-Naurod/Germany (June 8-11, 1994)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
7:00 pm Opening of the Symposium
7:30 to 9:30 pm Unlimited Rivalry and its Victims
Chair: Raymund Schwager, Universität Innsbruck
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, École Polytechnique: Sacrifice et envie: Le libéralisme aux prises avec la justice sociale
THURSDAY, JUNE 9
8:30 to 12:00 am Critical Responses to Jean-Pierre Dupuy
Chair: Gil Bailie, Florilegia Institute/USA
Hans Achterhuis, Twente Universität/Netherlands: The Concept of Scarcity
Hugo Assmann, UNIMEP, Brasilia: Critique from the Perspective of Latin America
Joseph Kufulu Mandunu, Matadi/Zaire: Critique from the Perspective of Africa
Erich Kitzmüller, Graz/Austria: Economy as a Victimization Mechanism
2:30 to 6:00 pm
Theology Versus Secular Thinking
Chair: Cheryl Kirk-Duggan, Meredith College/USA
John Milbank, Divinity School, Cambridge/England: Theology and Social Theory
Edmund Arens, Frankfurt/Germany: Theology of Communicative Praxis Versus Postmodern Patrology: The Fundamental Theological Need for Social Theory
Stefano Cochetti, Universität Chemnitz/Germany: Rationality or Gratuity in Sacrifice: On Heidegger and Adorno's Criticism of Heidegger from a Neomimetic Viewpoint
7:00 to 9:00 pm
René Girard, Stanford University: Secular Thinking in Our Contemporary World
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
8:30 to 10:00 am
Chair: Diana Culbertson, Kent State University/USA
Paul Dumouchel, Univ. du Québec à Montreal/Canada: Secularization, Christianity and the Political Problem of Religion
Wolfgang Palaver, Universität Innsbruck/Austria: Hobbes's Secularization of Mythical Theology
10:30 to 12:00 am
Panel Discussion with Jean-Pierre Dupuy, René Girard, John Milbank, and other participants
Chair: Robert G. Hamerton-Kelly, Stanford University
2:30 to 6:00 pm
Contemporary Problems of Violence
Herwig Büchele, Universität Innsbruck/Austria: World Authority
Eckhard Nordhofen, Germany: Instrumentalisierung des Bösen: Anmerkung zur Sprachgrammatik des Pazifismus
Konrad Thomas, Universität Göttingen/Germany: Gewaltphänomene und soziologische Erklärung
Jon Pahl, Valparaiso University: A National Shrine to Scapegoating?: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
George Pattery, St. Xavier's College, Calcutta/India: Gandhi, Violence and the Indian Situation
Duncan Morrow, University of Ulster/Northern Ireland: Violence and the Sacred in Northern Ireland
7:00 to 8:30 pm
COV&R Business Meeting
8:30 pm
Social Evening
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
9:00 to 12:00 am Parallel Workshops:
* Mimetic Theory and Literature (Sandor Goodhart, Cornell University, Jacques-Jude Lépine, Haverford College)
* The Mimetic Model in Psychology and Psychotherapy (Roel Kaptain, Hengelo/Netherlands)
* Mimetic Theory and Biblical Literature (James G. Williams, Syracuse University/USA)
2:30 pm
Excursion to Limburg/Germany
COV&R SYMPOSIUM IN WIESBADEN-NAUROD JUNE 8-11, 1994
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The registration form should be sent to Institut für Dogmatik (Universitätsstraße 4, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria/Europe) by May 1. For further information on the Symposium please call (43) 512 509-6649 or 509-6814 [new: 507-8569 or 507-8585], or FAX (43) 512 579799. If you want to contact us by E-mail please send it to Dietmar.Regensburger@uibk.ac.at or Wolfgang.Palaver@uibk.ac.at
