The 2016 CRMEP Graduate Student Conference will focus on Kant’s anthropological works and their legacy. The mainstream marginalization of Kant’s anthropological writings, in part due to their racist content, arguably makes philosophy ill-equipped to think some of today's most pressing concerns, notably with regard to ableism, racism, classism and sexism in philosophical discourse. As Robert Bernasconi has observed, ignoring the Kant of the Anthropology is ‘to diminish philosophy as an activity more generally.’ In his use of Anthropology From a Pragmatic point of View as a starting point for his foundational work The Order of Things, Foucault demonstrates how Kant’s anthropological works have a central role in the history of knowledge production and ‘truth discourse.’ While it is clear how Kant’s canonical works in philosophy inform his anthropological work, it is not clear how his anthropology informs his philosophy and to what extent his anthropology is integral to the rest of his thought. The 2016 CRMEP Graduate Conference aims at reconsidering these questions and opening a critical discussion on the anthropological legacy of Kant in contemporary thought.

Keynote Speakers

Stella Sandford

Professor Of Modern European Philosophy, CRMEP, Kingston University.

Lewis Gordon

Professor of Philosophy and Africana Studies, University of Connecticut.

Practical Information

Venue: Room 0002, John Galsworthy building, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road Campus.

Price: £5.00 (Lunch, coffee and refreshments will be provided on both days)

Thursday, 19 May 2016 from 9:30 to 17:30
Friday, 20 May 2016 from 10:00 to 17:45

Further Information: www.kanthropology.com

Please get in touch if you are unable to afford the fee but would like to attend