CFP — Working with A Secular Age – Interdisciplinary Reflections on Charles Taylor’s Conception of the Secular
Call for Papers
Working with A Secular Age – Interdisciplinary Reflections on Charles Taylor’s Conception of the Secular
International Conference, Berne, Switzerland, 6-8 March 2014
Keynote speakers: Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University, NY), Jonathan VanAntwerpen (SSRC, NY)
Since its publication in 2007, Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age has been generating a lively discussion. Understandably so: In his seminal work, the Canadian philosopher aims at nothing less than a re-telling of the (hi)story of the secular. While some enthusiastically welcomed A Secular Age as a breakthrough in the ongoing reconfiguration of secularity, others pointed to certain weaknesses and limitations of Taylor’s work. Moving one step beyond general appraisal and the already existing and important critique of A Secular Age, this conference aims at exploring the applicability (and its limits) of Taylor’s conception of the secular.
