|
The Communitarian Update
Number 10
September 10, 1998
European Leaders Take Notice of Communitarianism, For Better or For Worse
President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland recently held a private meeting in his home
with Dr. Amitai Etzioni to discuss communitarian principles. Ahtisaari is a longtime
proponent of communitarianism.
Former Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus was critical of communitarians, comparing
them to collectivists. Klaus said that communitarians advance, "empty, false
concepts," such as devolution.
New Speakers Added to the 1999 Communitarian Summit
Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, and Internet guru Esther Dyson have
both confirmed that they will address the second Communitarian Summit, which
will be held February 27-28, 1999 at the National Airport Hilton in Washington,
DC. Others on the long and esteemed list of speakers include author Deborah Tannen,
and Francis Fukuyama, Hirst Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University.
If you are interested in submitting a paper or organizing a session, send a brief
description to Vanessa Wight at the Communitarian Network, 2130 H St., NW, Suite
714J, Washington, DC 20052.
Registration for the summit is $90 before December 15, 1998; $120 thereafter.
Members of the Communitarian Network will receive a 30% discount. Fellowships are
available. For more information or to register, visit our website at
http://www.gwu.edu/~ccps, or contact Vanessa Wight at (202) 994-9790; e-mail:
vwight@gwu.edu.
New Publications
Communitarianism: A New Agenda For Politics and Citizenship, by Henry Tam, was
recently published by MacMillan (UK) and New York University Press (USA).
Upcoming Events
The Eleventh Annual Symposium on Law, Religion & Ethics will take place October 22-23,
1998 at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. This year's topic is Restorative Justice.
Contact: Kathryn Marron; (651) 523-2082 or kmarron@gw.hamline.edu.
AND...
Multiculturalism Personified:
Amitai Etzioni was listed as representing "USA" in one session and "Italy" in
another in the program of the 1998 meeting of the World Congress of Philosophy
in Boston.
For more information on any of the items above, please contact us by phone
at 1.800.245.7460 or 202.994.7997; by fax at 202.994.1606; or by email at
comnet@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu.
|
