In an age of globalization and transnationalization political philosophy and theory must ask and determine to what extent, if at all, the traditional and usually state-centered understandings of concepts like justice, democracy and political emotions remain appropriate in the novel post- or transnational constellation. Arguably, understandings of justice, democracy and political emotions that claim validity for the relations among co-citizens within the state cannot be simply extrapolated to transnational, regional contexts or even the world at large. Therefore the conference aims at discussing the possibility and desirability of alternative conceptions of transnational justice (1), transnational democracy (2) and transnational political emotions (3). It will include contributions that focus exclusively or primarily on one of these three concepts as well as contributions that endeavor to create links between them.
Monday, April 27 Transnational Democracy
9:00–9:15: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Joanildo Burity (Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife), Christoph Ostendorf (Centro Cultural Brasil Alemanha, Recife), Filipe Campello (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) and Julian Culp (University of Toronto)
9:15–10:45: Plenary Session 1
Chair: Julian Culp (University of Toronto)
9:15–9:45: Dorothea Gädeke (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) “A Critical Republican Conception of Justice”
9:45–10:15: Rúrion Melo (Universidade de São Paulo) “Public Sphere and Transnational Democracy”
10:15–10:45: Open discussion
10:45–11:15: Coffee break
11:15–12:45: Panel 1
1.A: Transnational Democracy
Chair: Sarah Goff (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Vitor Blotta (Universidade de São Paulo) “Access to Information, Recognition and Solidarity: New Forms of Media Visibility for Enhancing Transnational Public Spheres and Political Solidarity”
Gennaro Iorio (Universitá di Salerno): “The Theoretical Challenge of the ‘Bond of Difference’: the Case of Jean Monnet”
Tamara Jugov (Freie Universität Berlin) “Systemic and Structural Domination as Ground of Justice”
1.B: Critical Theory (Portuguese)
Chair: Lauro Joppert Swensson Jr. (Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo)
Wescley Fernandes Araujo Freire (Universidade Federal de Maranhão): “Sociedade Civil, Poder Comunicativo e Democratização da Esfera Pública”
Mariana Fischer Pimentel (Universidade de São Paulo) “Angústia e Política Pós-Identitária: Sobre as Consequências da Crítica de Judith Butler a Axel Honneth Para o Debate Sobre Política Transnacional”
Ana Cláudia Lopes Silveira (Universidade Estadual de Campinas) “Seyla Benhabib: Crítica Social com Filosofia”
12:45–14:00: Lunch
14:00–15:30: Panel 2
2.A Transnational Democracy
Chair: Huw Williams (Cardiff University)
Ciro Alegría Varona (PUC–Lima) “Critique and Crisis of Democracy in a Transnational Perspective”
Ronan Kaczynski (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) “Forst and Proudhon: The Basic Structure of Justification as Transnational Social-Republican-Federative System of Democracy”
Jaby Mathew (University of Toronto) “Readings of Bhagwad Gita on Race and Caste in the United States and India: Re-thinking Democracy in a Transnational Frame”
2.B. Transitional Justice (Portuguese)
Chair: Érico Andrade (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Rafael Schincariol (Universidade de São Paulo) e Fábio Franco (Universidade de São Paulo/ Comissão Nacional da Verdade) “Transnacionalizar as Comissões de Verdade: Consequências Políticas para a Justiça de Transição”
Lauro Joppert Swensson Jr. (Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo) “Justiça de Transição: Sobre Certezas e Verdades”
15:30–16:00: Coffee break
16:00–17:30: Plenary Session 2
Chair: Filipe Campello (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
16:00–16:50: Melissa Williams (University of Toronto) “Emergent Transnational Democratic Publics”
16:50–17:00: Comments by Marcus Melo (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
17:00–17:30: Open discussion
19:00: Reception at Centro Cultural Brasil-Alemanha
Tuesday, April 28 Transnational Political Emotions
9:00–10:30: Panel 3
3.A. Political Emotions, Solidarity and the Struggle for Recognition
Chair: Mahmoud Bassiouni (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
Bastian Ronge (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): “Sympathetic Solidarity: Rethinking Solidarity with Adam Smith”
Christine Unrau (Universität Köln/Centre for Global Cooperation Research Duisburg) “Global Emotions: The Importance of Emotional Experience in Thinkers of the Global Justice Movement”
Brunela Vincenzi (Universidade Federal de Espírito Santo) “Struggle for Recognition on the Outskirts of the Big Cities of Brazil”
3.B. Political Emotions (Portuguese)
Chair: Rafael Schincariol (Universidade de São Paulo)
Cedric Ayres (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) “Empatia, Sentimentos Morais e o Princípio de Não Agressão”
Flávio Valentim de Oliveira (Universidade Federal de Paraná) “O Transnacionalismo Artificial: Releituras Nietzschianas das Nossas Emoções Políticas”
Daniel da Silva Souza (Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul) “Terror: O Caminho Inverso à Solidariedade”
10:30–11:00: Coffee break
11:00–12:30: Plenary Session 3
Chair: Tamara Jugov (Freie Universität Berlin)
11:00–11:30: Nythamar de Oliveira (PUC–Porto Alegre) “Critical Theory and the Normative Constructs of the Social Brain”
11:30–12:00: Joanildo Burity (Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife) “Social Activism and Religious Transnationalism in/from Latin America”
12:00–12:30: Open discussion
12:30–14:00: Lunch
14:00–15:30: Panel 4
4.A. Citizenship and Education (Portuguese)
Chair: Alexandre Brasil (Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro)
Taís Silva Pereira (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro) “Aspectos da Formação Política para a Construção de Atitudes Democráticas no Brasil”
Celso de Moraes Pinheiro (Universidade Federal de Paraná) “Cidadania Além de Fronteiras: Educação e Direito”
Maria da Graça Souza (Universidade Federal de Pelotas) “Sobre Educação em Tempos de Transnacionalização”
4.B. Capabilities, Human Rights and Social Movements (Portuguese)
Chair: Fábio Franco (Universidade de São Paulo/ Comissão Nacional da Verdade)
Diogo Cardoso and Carla Oliveira (Universidade de Fortaleza) “Os Direitos Humanos, a Construção do Acesso à Justiça e a Coletividade Transnacional por Meio dos Movimentos Sociais”
Karen Franklin (Universidade Federal de Paraná) “Desenvolvimento das Capacidades Humanas: Caminho para uma Justiça Global”
Luciana Garcia de Oliveira (Universidade de São Paulo) “Sanaúd! e Diretas Já! – O Pragmatismo Responsável no Itamaraty e a História das Alianças dos Movimentos Políticos Palestinos e Brasileiros no Brasil e na América Latina (1973-1991)”
15:30–16:00: Coffee break
16:00–17:30: Plenary Session 4
Chair: Joanildo Burity (Fundação Joaquim Nabuco, Recife)
16:00–16:30: Filipe Campello (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco) “On the Formation of Transnational Political Emotions”
16:30–17:00: André Berten (Université Catholique de Louvain) “Republicanismo, Patriotismo e Nacionalismo”
17:00–17:30: Open discussion
19:00: Reception at Barchef
Wednesday, April 29 Transnational Justice
9:00–10:00: Panel 5
5.A. Transnational Justice: Theory and Practice
Chair: Jaby Mathew (University of Toronto)
Huw Williams (Cardiff University) “Soul Mates: Paul Robeson, the Welsh Miners and Questions of Global Justice”
Davi Silva (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina) “Humanitarian Interventions: Who is Responsible?”
5.B. Transnational Justice (Portuguese)
Chair: Tárik Andrade (Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Lucas Petroni (Universidade de São Paulo) “As Bases Materiais da Autoridade Política: Uma Teoria Rawlsiana da Legitimidade”
Daniel Peres Rodrigues e Deise Adriana Fernandes (Instituto de Estudos Superior Brasília) “Justiça Transnacional: Contribuições da Filosofia Política de John Rawls
10:00–10:30: Coffee break
10:30–12:00: Plenary Session 5
Chair: Dorothea Gädeke (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt)
10:30–11:00: Nicole Hassoun (State University of New York, Binghamton) “The Human Right to Health”
11:00–11:30: Mahmoud Bassiouni (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt) “Human Rights as Social Constructions”
11:30–12:00: Open discussion
12:00–13:30: Lunch
13:30–14:30: Panel 6
6.A. Contexts of Injustice
Chair: Vitor Blotta (Universidade de São Paulo)
Julia Azarova (V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University) “The Law and Violence in Walter Benjamin’s <Zur Kritik Der Gewalt>”
Sarah Goff (London School of Economics and Political Science) “A Theory of Injustice, with Application to Trade”
6.B. Human Rights and Migration (Portuguese)
Chair: Brunela Vincenzi (Universidade Federal de Espírito Santo)
Marcela Martinez (Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica, Rio de Janeiro) “Cosmopolitismo, Hospitalidade e Transnacionalismo”
Raissa Wihby Ventura (Universidade de São Paulo) “O Imigrante nas Fronteiras da Justiça”
14:30–15:00: Coffee break
15:00–16:30: Plenary Session 6
Chair: Mariana Fischer Pimentel (Universidade de São Paulo)
15:00–15:30: Pablo Holmes (Universidade de Brasília) “The Limits of Transnational Constitutional Pluralism and the Democratic Challenge of World Society“
15:30–16:00: Julian Culp (University of Toronto) “The Rise of the Global South: How Agency Involves Responsibility”
16:00–16:30: Open discussion