ANTI-HUMANISM & PUBLIC ETHICS

PROGRAM

Thursday, March 12th

Morning

09:30 – 10:00 Registration / Coffee 10:00 – 10:05 Welcome, by Chantal Beauvais, of Saint Paul University 10:05 – 11:05 Marc De Kesel (Saint Paul University) Between Sade and Labre: Modernity’s Impossible Humanism Respondent: Andrew Pump (University of ) 11:05 – 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 – 12:15 Hélène Tessier (Saint Paul University): Humanisme et Démocratie: le rationalisme esthétique de Thomas Mann Respondent: Anna Djintcharadze (Dominican University College) 12:15 – 13:30 Lunch

Afternoon

13:30 – 14:30 Jean-Pierre Couture (): Le posthumanisme de Peter Sloterdijk: du berger génétique à l’athlète anthropotechnique Respondent: Marc De Kesel (Saint Paul University)

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14:30 – 15:30 Mark Salter (University of Ottawa): Global Ethics: Sovereignty and New Materialism Respondent: Michael Hejazi (Saint Paul University) 15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break 15:45 – 16:45 Devin Z. Shaw, (University of Ottawa and ): Curmudgeonly Humanism: From Sartre to Vonnegut Respondent: Matthew R. McLennan (Saint Paul University)

18h Conference Dinner

Friday, March 13th

Morning

10:00 – 11:00 Christopher Sauder (Dominican University College): De l’existence à la logique : le système hégélien et les origines de l’antihumanisme français Respondent: Joshua Lalonde (University of Ottawa) 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 – 12:15 Deniz Guvenc (Carleton University): Locating Anti-Humanism within Contemporary Anarchism Respondent: Martin Samson (Saint Paul University) 12:15 – 13:15 Erica Harris (McGill University): Ethics of Transgression: The Perverse Human Condition and Anti- pornography Legislation Respondent: Iva Apostolova (Dominican University College) 13:15 – 14:00 Lunch

Afternoon

14:00 – 15:00 Geraldine Finn (Carleton University): Of all Things Man is the Measure: It is no longer, but it is still a Science of Man Respondent: Naomi Goldenberg (University of Ottawa) 15:00 – 15:15 Coffee Break 15:15 – 16:15 Matthew R. McLennan (Saint Paul University): Medical Humanism: Putting the Ghost into Language Respondent: Monique Lanoix (Saint Paul University) 16:15 –16:30 Closing Remarks by Sophie Cloutier (Director of Public Ethics, Saint Paul University) 16:30 – 17:00 Closing Discussion

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