International Conference „Nihilism and Imagination“

On July 1-5 the international conference „Nihilism and Imagination" will take place at the Center for Religious Studies and Research (Vilnius University, Lithuania).

The conference addresses a wide range of topics, related to the problem of nihilism and imagination, with particular focus on their link to the challenges of contemporary world. Paper proposals from diverse philosophical perspectives are welcome.

Possible approaches may include, among others:
Nihilism and secularization
Nihilism and challenges of contemporary world
Concepts and images of nihilism
Faith, nihilism and imagination
Negativity, imagination, reality
Reason, imagination and nihilism
Concepts of imagination
Nihilism and late modernity
Technics, imagination and media
Narrative imagination
Nihilism and Realism

Organized by: Center for Religious Studies and Research (Vilnius University, Lithuania).

Deadline for abstracts: 1 June, 2013