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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
Philosophy and Crisis: Responding to Challenges to Ways of Life in the Contemporary World
Under the Aegis of the University of Ioannina

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PROGRAMME
July 28-30, 2013

With the kind Support of the Cultural Centre of the Municipality of Ioannina

Karolos Papoulias Congress Hall, Dourouti University Campus University of Ioannina Ioannina, Greece

Honorary Committee
Professor Emeritus George F. McLean, President of the RVP (The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA) Professor Emeritus Evanghelos Moutsopoulos, Academician (Academy of Athens-Research Center for Greek Philosophy, Greece) Professor Panagiotis Noutsos, Head of the Sector of Philosophy (University of Ioannina, Greece) Professor Georgia Apostolopoulou (University of Ioannina, Greece) Professor Emeritus Abdul Rashid (University of Karachi, Pakistan) Professor Emeritus Thomas Robinson (University of Toronto, Canada) Professor Emeritus Antonia Soulez (University of Paris VIII-Saint Denis, France) Professor Jacob Ale Aigbodioh (Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria) Professor Costas Douzinas, Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities (Birkbeck College, University of London, UK) Professor Nikolas Kompridis, Research Coordinator of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (University of Western Sydney, Australia) Professor Tatiana Leshkevich (Southern Federal University, Russia) Professor Tianxiang Ma (Wuhan University, China) Professor Plamen Makariev (University of Sofia, Bulgaria) Professor Jnis (John) Ozoli (Australian Catholic University, Australia) Professor Neelima Sinha (Magadh University, India)

Local Organizing Committee

Golfo Maggini, Associate Professor (University of Ioannina) Helen Karabatzaki, Former Associate Professor (University of Ioannina) Vasiliki Solomou-Papanikolaou, Lecturer (University of Ioannina)

RVP Organizing Committee

Professor Emeritus George F. McLean, President of the RVP (The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.) Dr Hu Yeping, Executive Director of the RVP (The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.)

Secretariat
Paraskevi Papazachopoulou (MA Candidate)

Assistant to the Local Organizing Committee

Panagiota G. Sioula (MA in Education, Administrative-Financial Stuff, University of Ioannina)

Evgenia Patseli (MA Candidate) Maria Sozopoulou (Ph.D Candidate) Charalambos Tabakis (Ph.D Candidate) Kalliopi Tasloglou (MA Candidate) Eirini Zachari (MA Candidate)

Student Coordinator
Konstantinos D. Koskeridis (Ph.D Candidate, University of Ioannina, Sector of Philosophy)

Paraskevi Zapsa (MA Candidate)

Undergraduate Students
[Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina] Dimitris Karathanasis Athanasios Melandinos Ioannis Petsanis Anastasia Siatou Gerasimos Stamatelos Rafaela Tosiou Dimitris Vaniotis

Graduate Students
[Interdepartmental Programme of Graduate Studies on Greek Philosophy and Philosophy of the Sciences, University of Ioannina, Sector of Philosophy] Chrysoula Anastasiadou (MA Candidate) Christina-Konstantina Aprili (MA Candidate) Eleftheria Beza (MA Candidate) Stella Christoforou (MA Candidate) Konstantinos Filippakis (MA Candidate) Eleni-Stamatela Hondrogianni (MA Candidate) Konstantinos Kotsiaris (Ph.D Candidate)

Other Volunteers
Antigoni N. Papanikolaou (MA in History, University of Cardiff )

PROGRAMME
SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013
KAROLOS PAPOULIAS AMPHITHEATER 17:00 18:00 REGISTRATION 18:30 21:30

SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

KAROLOS PAPOULIAS AMPHITHEATER OPENING PLENARY SESSION Chairs: Constantin Boundas Georgia Apostolopoulou

18:00 18:30

Opening Addresses Professor Triantafyllos Albanis, Rector of the University of Ioannina Professor Emeritus Panagiotis Soukakos, President of The Council of the University of Ioannina Professor Aikaterini Liampi, Dean of the School of Philosophy Professor Konstantinos Petsios, Head of the Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology Professor Panagiotis Noutsos, Head of the Sector of Philosophy Professor Emeritus George F. McLean, RVP President Dr Hu Yeping, Executive Director of the RVP Local Organizing Committee

18:30 19:00

Costas Douzinas, Professor, Birkbeck College, University of London Resisting Philosophy: Greece and the Future of Europe

19:00 19:30

Evanghelos Moutsopoulos, Academician, Academy of Athens Crises Along History: A Philosophical Approach

19:30 19:45 19:45 20:15

DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

Chairs: Antonia Soulez Konstantinos Petsios 20:15 20:45 Nikolas Kompridis, Professor, University of Western Sydney Philosophy, Crisis and Democracy: What Do They Have to Do with Each Other? 20:45 21:15 Panagiotis Noutsos, Professor, University of Ioannina Philosophical Discourse: Speechless or Non-Judgmental in the Face of the Crisis? 21:15 21:45 DISCUSSION

*** Dinner Buffet at the Karolos Papoulias Reception Hall ***

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 1A 1D, 09:00 14:00

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 1A 1D, 09:00 14:00

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 FIRST MORNING SESSION 1A: THE MULTI-FACED ASPECTS OF CRISIS
Chairs: Vessela Misheva Athanasia Glycofrydi-Leontsini Gail Presbey, University of Detroit Mercy Crisis, Opportunity, and Community in Detroit Felix O. Olatunji, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Knowledge, Security Risks and the Crisis of Development in Africa Tai Dong Nguyen, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Social Responsibility in Vietnamese Traditional Thought Joseph Osei, Fayetteville State University How the Selfishness Ethics and Ideology of Ayn Rand Have Determined American Economic Stability: Analysis and Prescription from a Communal Ethics Perspective Tianxiang Ma, Wuhan University Modern Crisis of Chinese Traditional Philosophy, Behind Economic Development in the New Period Olufemi Ronald Badru, Lead City University Political-Economic Justice and Human Flourishing in Nigeria: Towards an Argument for Necessary Conjunction DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 FIRST MORNING SESSION 1B: CRISIS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
Chairs: Asha Mukherjee Eleni Leontsini Nikos Psarros, University of Leipzig The Emergence of Philosophy from the Crisis of the Homeric Way of Life Vasiliki Solomou-Papanikolaou, University of Ioannina Platos and Aristotles Response to the Crisis of Their Contemporary Polis Christos Tezas, University of Ioannina Plato, Aristotle and Todays Global Crisis George Lekkas, University f Peloponnese/Hellenic Open University Soul in Crisis. The Negative Function of Desire in Platos Republic and in Epictetus Philosophy Maria Protopapas-Marneli, Academy of Athens Research Center for Greek Philosophy Hellenistic Era: Affinities to the Present Political, Economic and Institutional Crises Charalambos Stergioulis , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Nikoletta Tsitsanoudis-Mallidis, University of Ioannina Rhetorical Texts of the Fourth Century A.D. for Wealth and Its Loss DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

KAROLOS PAPOULIAS

AMPHITHEATER
09:00 09:20 09:20 09:40 09:40 10:00 10:00 10:20

CONFERENCE ROOM A
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SECOND MORNING SESSION

12:00 12:20 12:20 12:40 Chairs: Marios Begzos Ruzana Pskhu Asha Mukherjee, Visva-Bharati University Philosophy and the Crisis: An Eastern Solution? Abdul Rashid, University of Karachi Crisis Responding by Philosophical Values in the Contemporary World: Pakistan Experience Athanasia Glycofrydi-Leontsini, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens National Crises and Self-Awareness in Modern Greece Tatiana Leshkevich, Southern Federal University Philosophical Analysis of the Crisis Consequences in Russia DISCUSSION 12:00 12:20 12:20 12:40

SECOND MORNING SESSION

Chairs: Gail Presbey Jnis (John) Ozoli Thomas Robinson, University of Toronto Managed Democracy: A Temptation with a Pedigree Helen Karabatzaki, University of Ioannina The Meaning of the Term Crisis as a Challenge to Ways of Life in Ancient Thought from the Homeric to Hellenistic Times DISCUSSION

12:40 13:00

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13:00 14:00

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Ancient Greek Philosophy as an Antidote to Todays Global Crisis Discussion Leader: Thomas Robinson

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MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 1A 1D, 09:00 14:00

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 1A 1D, 09:00 14:00

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 FIRST MORNING SESSION 1C: MODERN PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CRISIS
Chairs: Jeffrey Bloechl Athanasios Sakellariadis Ana Bazac, Polytechnic University of Bucharest Conatus and the Worth of Life in a Time of Crisis 09:20 09:40 Panagiotis Pantazakos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Rousseau: Nationalism vs Political Compassion 09:40 10:00 10:00 10:20 10:20 10:40 10:40 11:00 11:30 12:00 Konstantinos Sargentis, University of Crete Crisis and Progress in Kants Philosophy of History Antis Loizides, University of Cyprus John Stuart Mill, Liberty and the Art of Life Kyriakos Demetriou, University of Cyprus Philosophic Radicals: A Precedent in Time of Crisis and Transition DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 FIRST MORNING SESSION 1D: YOUNG SCHOLARS SESSION (I)
Chairs: David Rose Panos Eliopoulos Deniz Ertug, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Crisis as an Ideological Problem 09:20 09:40 Anna Harciarek, University of Silesia Crisis of Responsibility in Modern World, Its Ontological and Ethical Consequences 09:40 10:00 10:00 10:20 10:20 10:40 Vana Stavridi, University of Crete The Crisis and the Role of Intellectuals in the Work of Karl Mannheim Dimitris Alexakis, University of Crete Dogmatism and Experimentalism in Crisis DISCUSSION

CONFERENCE ROOM B
09:00 09:20

MEETING ROOM
09:00 09:20

11:30 12:00

COFFEE BREAK

SECOND MORNING SESSION

Chairs: Sanping Kuang Vasiliki Karavakou 12:00 12:20 Jeffrey Hanson, Australian Catholic University The Logic of the Discrimen Rerum: Sin as a Crisis Point in Kierkegaardian Anxiety 12:20 12:40 12:40 13:00 John Poulakos, University of Pittsburgh Thus Spoke Nietzsche: Philosophy and Crisis Vasilis Grollios, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Challenges for the Marxian Dialectic by the 21st Century Crisis 13:00 13:20 Stephanos Dimitriou, University of Ioannina Democracy, Political Autonomy and Crisis: A Democratic Republican Approach 13:20 13:40 DISCUSSION 13:00 13:20 12:40 13:00 12:20 12:40 12:00 12:20

SECOND MORNING SESSION

Chairs: Jonathan Cloke Michalis Bartzidis George Papageorgakis, University of Ioannina Karl Poppers Optimism and Critical Rationalism as Antidotes for Todays Global Crisis Ioannis Telios, Aarhus University Crisis as the Aesthetics of Politics James Estevez, Florida International University In Case of Emergency: The Obama Doctrine and the Ethics of Gloved Hands DISCUSSION

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AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 2A 2C, 17:00 20:00

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 2A 2C, 17:00 20:00

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 FIRST AFTERNOON SESSION 2A: CRISIS, VALUES AND MODERNITY
Chairs: Sergey Nizhnikov Eleni Karabatzaki Alexander Gungov, University of Sofia Mystification of the Current Crisis: Is There a Winning Move? 17:20 17:40 17:40 18:00 Filimon Peonidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The Dirty Hands Problem in a Democratic Context Maria Dimitrova, University of Sofia The Social State Crisis Fueled by the Market Logic 18:00 18:20 Hu Yeping, The Catholic University of America Identity Crisis and Metaphysical Being 18:20 18:40 18:40 19:00 DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 FIRST AFTERNOON SESSION 2B: CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS ON CRISIS (I)
Chairs: Ana Bazac Demetrios Matthopoulos Panos Eliopoulos, University of Peloponnese Crisis and the Challenge of a Noble Life in Ortega y Gasset 17:20 17:40 17:40 18:00 Jeffrey Bloechl, Boston College The Pre-Ontology of Religious Experience and the Crisis of Phenomenology Vicky Iakovou, University of the Aegean Which Space of Experience? Which Horizon of Expectation? Reading the Crisis Through Ricoeurss Lenses 18:00 18:20 Christos Grigoriou, University of Patras Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis: Thoughts on the Origins of Its Pathogenesis and the Attempt Towards a Canonistic Re-conceptualization of It 18:20 18:40 18:40 19:00 DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

KAROLOS APOULIAS

AMPHITHEATER
17:00 17:20

CONFERENCE ROOM A
17:00 17:20

SECOND AFTERNOON SESSION

Chairs: John Poulakos Vasiliki Solomou-Papanikolaou 19:00 19:20 Plamen Makariev, University of Sofia The Role of Morality with Regard to the Legitimizing Function of the Public Sphere 19:20 19:40 19:40 20:00 Michalis Bartsidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Subjects in Crisis: Indebtedness, Money, Life Anjun Tao, Anhi Huayi Equipment Co. LTD On the Moral Risks of Business Fraudulence 20:00 20:30 DISCUSSION 20:00 20:30 19:40 20:00 19:20 19:40 19:00 19:20

SECOND AFTERNOON SESSION

Chairs: Kyriakos Demetriou Filimon Peonidis Yannis Prelorentzos, University of Ioannina Dealing with the Crisis via Contemporary French Philosophy Eftichis Pirovolakis, University of Crete Derrida and the Demand for an Economy of Crises Lian-fu Yan, Xian Jiaotong University From Intellectual Ethics to Family Ethics. A Comparison of Chinese and Western Traditional Ethics DISCUSSION

21:00 22:00

*** Musical Concert Organized by the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Ioannina (Its Kale Fortress, Old Town of Ioannina) ***

21:00 22:00

*** Musical Concert Organized by the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Ioannina (Its Kale Fortress, Old Town of Ioannina) ***

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 2A 2C, 17:00 20:00

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 2A 2C, 17:00 20:00

MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 FIRST AFTERNOON SESSION

CONFERENCE ROOM B
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MONDAY, JULY 29, 2013 SECOND AFTERNOON SESSION

CONFERENCE ROOM B
19:00 19:20

2C: THE HERMENEUTICS OF CRISIS (I)

Chairs: Sirajul Islam Athanasios Gotovos Alexandra Deligiorgi, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Judging Crisis and the Crisis of Judgment Sandeep Gupta, Deemed University, Dayalbagh Educational Institute Need to Manage the Thinking Behind the Thinking Leonidas Koutsoumpos, National Technical University of Athens Crisis and Reflective Disruption Evgenia Mylonaki, University of Patras On the Very Idea of a Way of Life: Ethics within the Current Crisis DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

2C: THE HERMENEUTICS OF CRISIS (I)

Chairs: Alexander Gungov Jos Pereira da Silva Apostolos Stavelas, Academy of Athens Research Center for Greek Philosophy The Notion of Phronema as a Regulator in Life and as Countermeasure to Crisis

19:20 19:40

Jove Jim S. Aguas, University of Santo Tomas Crisis and Decision-Making: The Role of Reason and Will in Ethical Crisis

19:40 20:00

Jian-qun Li, Xian Jiaotong University The Criticism of Political Reconstruction in the Perspective of Risk Society

20:00 20:30

DISCUSSION

21:00 22:00

*** Musical Concert Organized by the Cultural Center of the Municipality of Ioannina (Its Kale Fortress, Old Town of Ioannina) ***

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 3A 3D, 09:00 14:00

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 3A 3D, 09:00 14:00

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

KAROLOS PAPOULIAS

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

CONFERENCE ROOM A
09:00 09:20

FIRST MORNING SESSION 3A: PERSPECTIVES ON THE CURRENT EUROPEAN CRISIS

Chairs: Thomas Robinson Qun Gong Jos Pereira da Silva, University of Helsinki Moralism of the Rescuers and the Morality of Rescuing in the Euro-Crisis Jonathan Cloke, Loughborough University Europe and the Birth-Crisis of Ultracapital Athanasios Gotovos, University of Ioannina Narratives of the Greek Debt-Crisis: Critical Pedagogy and the Rebirth of Ethnic Thinking in Europe Golfo Maggini, University of Ioannina The European nations are sick; Europe itself it is said, is in crisis: Reflections on Husserls Idea of Europe Theofanis Tasis, Acadmie Universitaire de Louvain Democracy and Virtual Capitalism: On Image and Mortality in Castoriadis and Arendt Vasilis Paschalis, University of Ioannina The Crisis Out of Its Humour: Theorizing on the Jokes and the Caricatures in a Period of Agony DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

FIRST MORNING SESSION 3B: CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHICAL VIEWS ON CRISIS (II)

Chairs: Tatiana Leshkevich Panagiotis Pantazakos Archontoula Giannopoulou, cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales (Ph.D) The Role of the Philosopher in Times of Crisis: Wittgenstein and Spengler Athanasios Sakellariadis, University of Ioannina Using the Wittgensteinian Ladder: Some Remarks on Consciousness and Metaphor Vasiliki Karavakou, University of Macedonia Paideia in Crisis: Arendtian Reflections on Education, Culture, and Politics Eleni Roumkou, University of Ioannina (Ph.D) The Thought of Kostas Axelos in an Era of Disillusion and Disappointment Neelima Sinha, Magadh University Crises of Post-Modernity: Nature and Remedies DISCUSSION

AMPHITHEATER
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COFFEE BREAK

SECOND MORNING SESSION

12:00 12:20 Chairs: Platon Rigos Christos Tezas Kostas Theologou, National Technical University of Athens The Physical Effects of Institutional Violence and Ideological Manipulation During Modern Liberalist State Crisis Denis Drosos, University of Ioannina Markets, Commons and the Dystopia of Spontaneous Order Spyridon Tegos, University of Crete The Liberal and the Sceptic: Reflections on the Relativism of the Ways of Life from Hume Onwards Dan Chioiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai Between Paidea and Mystagoga: Formative Ideals and the Crisis of Today DISCUSSION 12:00 12:20

SECOND MORNING SESSION

Chairs: Maria Protopapas-Marneli Joseph Osei Georgios Daremas, University of Indianapolis-Athens Campus The Crisis of Philosophical Thought Within the Crisis of the Modern Bourgeois World Lia Mela, Democritus University of Thrace The Crisis of Modernity: History, Tradition and Virtues Gavin Keeney, Deakin University/Agency X Gray (Areas) and Black (Zones) David Rose, University of Newcastle Crisis, Moral Errors and History DISCUSSION

12:20 12:40 12:40 13:00

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13:20 14:00 15:00 17:00

*** Visit to the Byzantine Museum of Ioannina (Its Kale Fortress, Old Town of Ioannina) ***

13:20 14:00 15:00 17:00

*** Visit to the Byzantine Museum of Ioannina (Its Kale Fortress, Old Town of Ioannina)***

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 3A 3D, 09:00 14:00

MORNING PARALLEL SESSIONS 3A 3D, 09:00 14:00

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

CONFERENCE ROOM B
09:00 09:20

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

MEETING ROOM
09:00 09:20

FIRST MORNING SESSION 3C: THE MULTI-FACED ASPECTS OF CRISIS (II)

Chairs: Plamen Makariev Alexandra Deligiorgi Jnis (John) Ozoli, Australian Catholic University The Rise of Four Global Crises: Economic, Demographic, Secular and Social

FIRST MORNING SESSION 3D: YOUNG SCHOLARS SESSION (II)

Chairs: Gabriella Calchi-Novati Eftichis Pirovolakis Marie-Odile Hobeika, University f Pittsburgh Platos Myth of Theuth: Kriseis in Crisis

09:20 09:40

Ashok Kumar Sinha, Magadh University Environmental Crisis: Challenges and Strategies to Achieve Sustainable Development

09:20 09:40

Maria Sozopoulou, University of Ioannina How to Discern the Genuine Politician in a Period of Crisis: The Case of Platos Statesman

09:40 10:00

Temisanren Ebijuwa, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Post-Colonial African Condition and the Quest for an Enduring Social Security

09:40 10:00

Konstantinos D. Koskeridis, University of Ioannina The Pathogenesis of the City-State According to Plato in View of the Contemporary Crisis

10:00 10:20

Jacob Ale Aigbodioh & Elvis Imafidon, Ambrose Alli University Philosophical Challenges of Modernity and Moral Degeneration in Contemporary African Societies

10:00 10:20

Emmanouil Kougioumzoglou & Giovanna Bitchava, University of Ioannina : The Therapy of Passions in the Context of Ancient Cynicism as a Way to Psychological Resilience and Self-Awareness

10:20 10:40 10:40 11:00

Chrysoula Gitsoulis, City University of New York The Looming Ecological Crisis Georganna Goe, Mathematician Conversion: Linear Perception of Time to Living Perception of Time. The New Dispensation

10:20 10:40 10:40 11:00

Mohamed Ahmed Suleiman Ahmed, University of Ioannina The Crisis of Mind in Anselms of Canterbury Ontological Argument Konstantinos Polias, Athens School of Fine Arts Crisis and Critique: Friedrich Schlegels Happy Catastrophe as Hermeneutic Inversion of Rousseau

11:00 11:30 11:30 12:00

DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

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DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

SECOND MORNING SESSION

12:00 12:20 Chairs: Jeffrey Hanson Antis Loizides Grigorios Karafillis, University of Ioannina Racism and Altruism in the Contemporary World Ven. Dharmarakit Sraman, Khon Kaen University Educators in a Time of Crisis Georgios Anagnostopoulos, University of California, San Diego Socrates Response to the Challenges of Relativism and Voluntarism DISCUSSION 12:00 12:20

SECOND MORNING SESSION

Chairs: George Chryssafis Dimitris Alexakis Paschalis Sougioultzis, University of Ioannina The Role of Dialogue in a Multilingual Europe: The European Crisis and Its Therapy According to Gadamer James Taylor, Boston College Modern Subjectivity as Spiritual Crisis: Reading Foucaults Backwards Anthony C. Ajah, University of Nigeria Nsukka The West and the Rest of Us: From Misconceived Freedom and Valuation to Endemic Crises and Madness DISCUSSION

12:20 12:40 12:40 13:00

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*** Visit to the Byzantine Museum of Ioannina (Its Kale Fortress, Old Town of Ioannina) ***

13:00 13:30 15:00 17:00

*** Visit to the Byzantine Museum of Ioannina (Its Kale Fortress, Old Town of Ioannina) ***

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 4A 4D, 18:00 21:00

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 4A 4D, 18:00 21:00

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

KAROLOS APOULIAS

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

CONFERENCE ROOM A
17:40 18:00

FIRST AFTERNOON SESSION 4A: GREECE IN CRISIS

Chairs: Tai Dong Nguyen Yannis Prelorentzos George Chryssafis, University of Ioannina (Ph.D) Corruption in Greece: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Implications

FIRST AFTERNOON SESSION 4B: RELIGION AND CRISIS

Chairs: Neelima Sinha Grigorios Karafillis Ioan Dura & Iulian-Constantin Damian, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai From Old Age to New Age: Eastern Monism as a Reaction to the Ecological Crisis of the West

AMPHITHEATER
17:40 18:00

18:00 18:20

Constantin V. Boundas, Trent University . The Hellenic Proposition for Life and Culture and the Current Crisis of the Greek State in the Writings of Christos Giannaras

18:00 18:20

Ellara Omakaeva & Darina Badgaeva, Russian Academy of SciencesKalmyk Institute for Humanities The Concept of Crisis Through the Prism of Buddhism

18:20 18:40

Eleni Leontsini, University f Ioannina Guilt, Shame, and Morality: The Use of Emotional Arguments in the Current Greek Crisis

18:20 18:40

Qun Gong, Renmin University of China To Take Secularity as Sacred: Confucians Transcendent Spirit

18:40 19:00

Platon Rigos, University of Southern Florida The Crisis as Self-Discovery: The Case of Greeces Systemic Values

18:40 19:00

Sanping Kuang & Xiaomei Li, Sun Yat-Sen University The Chinese Religions in the Context of Faith-Crisis in the Age of Globalization

19:00 19:20

Konstantinos Rantis, University of Ioannina Neither Fate nor Decline: The Crisis of Modern Greek Society in Kostas Axelos and Panagiotis Kondylis

19:00 19:20

Sirajul Islam, Visva-Bharati University Religious Conflict and the Crisis in Ways of Life: An Indian Perspective

19:20 19:40 19:40 20:00

DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

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DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK

SECOND AFTERNOON SESSION

19:40 20:00

SECOND AFTERNOON SESSION

Chairs: Ashok Kumar Sinha Maria Pournari Christos Merantzas, University of Patras Claude Lvi-Strauss Going on a Journey to Byzantium: From Last Judgment to Paradise Sergey Nizhnikov, Peoples Friendship University of Russia Faith as the Form of Reintegration Marios Begzos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens The Interreligious Dialogue in the Frame of Contemporary Crisis DISCUSSION

20:00 21:00

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION: Greece in Crisis Discussion Leaders: Costas Douzinas Nikolas Kompridis

20:00 20:20 20:20 20:40 20:40 21:00 21:00 21:30

21:00 21:30

Conferences Closing Remarks

Location: Karolos Papoulias Amphitheater Local Organizing Committee Professor Joo J. Vila-Ch, RVP Vice-President

Conferences Closing Remarks

Location: Karolos Papoulias Amphitheater Local Organizing Committee Professor Joo J. Vila-Ch, RVP Vice-President

22:00

*** Conferences Official Dinner ***

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*** Conferences Official Dinner ***

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 4A 4D, 18:00 21:00

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS 4A 4D, 18:00 21:00

TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

CONFERENCE ROOM B
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TUESDAY, JULY 30, 2013

MEETING ROOM
17:40 18:00 18:00 18:20

FIRST AFTERNOON SESSION 4C: THE HERMENEUTICS OF CRISIS (II)

Chairs: Maria Dimitrova Kostas Theologou Maria Pournari, University of Ioannina Crisis Theory and Theory of Knowledge Valery Goryunov, St Petersburg Polytechnical University Technosocial Anatomy of the Crisis

FIRST AFTERNOON SESSION 4D: AESTHETIC VALUES AND CRISIS

Chairs: Abdul Rashid Konstantinos Sargentis Panos Vlagopoulos, Ionian University Crisis and Tradition in the History of 20 Century-Music: The Schoenberg Case Iliana Zarra, University of Patras Kasimir Malevich (1879-1835) Under Crisis: The Return from the NonObjective World to the Figure during the Period between World-Wars
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18:20 18:40

Andrew Blasko, University of Uppsala Integration, Manipulation, Alienation

18:20 18:40

Konstantinos Proimos, Technical University of Crete/Hellenic Open University Responding to the Post-War Crisis in Germany. Survival and Memory in Joseph Beuyss Actions

18:40 19:00

Georgia Apostolopoulou, University of Ioannina Crisis and Openness

18:40 19:00

DISCUSSION

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DISCUSSION COFFEE BREAK 19:20 19:40 COFFEE BREAK

SECOND AFTERNOON SESSION

19:40 20:00 Chairs: Lian-fu Yan Vicky Iakovou Demetrios Matthopoulos, University of Patras & Michael Mantzanas, Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens Moral Values as Mentors to Contemporary Challenges Vessela Misheva, University of Uppsala Social Indifference, Social Exclusion, and Self-Alienation: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Antonia Soulez, University of Paris VIII-Saint Denis As if the life of the world was at a standstill(Musil), What Can Philosophy Do in Time of Crisis? DISCUSSION 19:40 20:00

SECOND AFTERNOON SESSION

Chairs: Konstantinos Rantis Konstantinos Proimos Ruzana Pskhu, Peoples Friendship University of Russia Poetry as a Guiding Thread of the Contemporary World-Life Katerina Karamitrou, University of Ioannina The Philosophical Language of Dramatic Art as a Moral Vehicle Towards a Reading of Crisis and Self-Awareness: The Dialectical Embrace of Dramatic Art and Philosophy as a Reflection and Challenge upon Crisis Gabriella Calchi-Novati, Trinity College Dublin Resisting the Contemporary (Semiotic) Crisis: The Anonymous Movement as Poetry DISCUSSION

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Conferences Closing Remarks

Location: Karolos Papoulias Amphitheater Local Organizing Committee Professor Joo J. Vila-Ch, RVP Vice-President

Conferences Closing Remarks

Location: Karolos Papoulias Amphitheater Local Organizing Committee Professor Joo J. Vila-Ch, RVP Vice-President

22:00

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22:00

*** Conferences Official Dinner ***

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AGUAS, JOVE JIM S. Professor, College of Accountancy, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, PHILIPPINES (jovejim24@gmail.com) AIGBODIOH, JACOB ALE. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, NIGERIA (jabodioh@yahoo.co.uk) AJAH, ANTHONY C. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Enugu State, NIGERIA (anthonyajah@aol.com) ALBANIS, TRIANTAFYLLOS. Professor, Department of Chemistry and Rector, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (talbanis@uoi.gr) ALEXAKIS, DIMITRIS. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete, Rethymno, GREECE (dimitrisalexakis@hotmail.com) ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, GEORGIOS. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of California San Diego, La Jolla California, USA (ganagnostopoulos@ucsd.edu) APOSTOLOPOULOU, GEORGIA. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (gapostol@cc.uoi.gr) BADGAEVA, DARINA. Ph.D Candidate, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RUSSIA
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BADRU, OLUFEMI RONALD. Lecturer, Department of Politics and International Relations, Lead City University and Department of Philosophy, Saints Peter and Paul Major Seminary, Ibadan, NIGERIA (femmydamak@gmail.com) BARTSIDES, MICHALIS. Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE (mbart@otenet.gr) BAZAC, ANA. Professor, Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Bucharest, ROMANIA (ana_bazac@hotmail.com) BEGZOS, MARIOS. Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Theology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GREECE (mbegzos@theol.uoa.gr) BITCHAVA, GIOVANNA. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (ioannabit@yahoo.gr) BLASKO, ANDREW. Ph.D in Philosophy, European Polytechnical University and Uppsala University, Uppsala, SWEDEN (abvm-con@blasko.se) BLOECHL, JEFFREY. Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill Massachusetts, USA (jeffrey.bloechl@bc.edu) BOUNDAS, CONSTANTIN V. Professor Emeritus, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada (cboundas@cogeco.ca / cboundas@trentu.ca) CALCHI-NOVATI, GABRIELLA. Adjunct Lecturer, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, IRELAND (calching@tcd.ie) CHIOIU, DAN. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai, Iai, ROMANIA (dan811@yahoo.com) CHRYSSAFIS, GEORGIOS. Ph.D in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (gchryss@otenet.gr) CLOKE, JON (JONATHAN). Lecturer, Department of Geography, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UNITED KINGDOM (j.m.p.cloke@lboro.ac.uk)

DAMIAN, IULIAN-CONSTANTIN. Research Assistant, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai, Iai, ROMANIA (damianiulian@gmail.com) DAREMAS, GEORGIOS. Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Indianapolis-Athens Campus, Athens, GREECE (g_daremas@ath.forthnet.gr) DELIGIORGI, ALEXANDRA. Professor, Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE (deligiorgia@gmail.com) DEMETRIOU, KYRIAKOS. Professor, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS (kyrdem@ucy.ac.cy) DIMITRIOU, STEPHANOS. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (sdimitri@uoi.gr) DIMITROVA, MARIA. Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University, Sofia, BULGARIA (mabigar@yahoo.com) DOUZINAS, COSTAS. Professor and Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UNITED KINGDOM (c.douzinas@bbk.ac.uk) DROSOS, DENIS. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (drden25@gmail.com) DURA, IOAN. Research Assistant, Faculty of Orthodox Theology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iai, Iai, ROMANIA (duraioan@yahoo.com) EBIJUWA, TEMISANREN. Professor and Dean of the Postgraduate School, Department of General Studies, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Oyo State, NIGERIA (ebijuwa@yahoo.com / tebijuwa@lautech.edu.ng) ELIOPOULOS, PANOS. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Philology, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata, GREECE (ksatriya@tri.forthnet.gr) ERTUG, DENIZ. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GREECE (ertug_deniz@yahoo.es) ESTEVEZ, JAMES. Ph.D Candidate, Miami Dade College, Florida International University, Miami Florida, USA (millennial85@gmail.com) GIANNOPOULOU, ARCHONTOULA. Ph.D in Philosophy, cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, FRANCE (archontoula.giannopoulou@gmail.com) GITSOULIS, CRYSOULA. Adjunct Assistant Professor, City College, City University of New York, New York, USA (cgitsoulis@gc.cuny.edu) GLYCOFRYDI-LEONTSINI, ATHANASIA. Professor and Head of the Sector of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GREECE (aleon@ppp.uoa.gr) GOE, GEORGANNA. Mathematician, Ioannina, GREECE (dialgoe@otenet.gr) GONG, QUN. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Renmin University of China, Beijing, CHINA (gongq@ruc.edu.cn/ qung@gmail.com) GORYUNOV, VALERY. Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, St Petersburg Polytechnical University, St Petersburg, RUSSIA (goryunov42@mail.ru)

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GOTOVOS, ATHANASIOS. Professor, Head of the Sector of Education and Director of Graduate Programme, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (agotovos@otenet.gr) GRIGORIOU, CHRISTOS. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Patras, Patras, GREECE (chrisgrigoriou@yahoo.gr) GROLLIOS, VASILIS. Ph.D in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE (Greecevgrollios@gmail.com) GUNGOV, ALEXANDER L. Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University, Sofia, BULGARIA (agungov@yahoo.com) GUPTA, SANDEEP. Researcher, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Deemed University, Agra, INDIA (sandeep1956@gmail.com) HANSON, JEFFREY. Research Fellow and Lecturer, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA (Jeffrey.Hanson@acu.edu.au) HARCIAREC, ANNA. Ph.D Candidate, University of Silesia in Katowice, POLAND and Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (ania.harciarek@gmail.com) HOBEIKA, MARIE-ODILE. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA (od.hobeika@gmail.com) HU, YEPING. Ph.D in Philosophy and Executive Director, The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, Washington, D.C., USA (huy@cua.edu) IAKOVOU, VICKY. Lecturer, Department of Social Anthropology and History, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, GREECE (viakovou09@gmail.com) IMAFIDON, ELVIS. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, NIGERIA (elvismafi@yahoo.com) ISLAM, SIRAJUL. Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, INDIA (siraj_tuli@yahoo.co.in) KARABATZAKI, HELEN. Former Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (ekaraba@cc.uoi.gr) KARAFILLIS, GRIGORIOS. Professor, Department of Primary School Education, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (gkarafyl@cc.uoi.gr) KARAMITROU, KATERINA. Assistant Professor, Department of Primary School Education, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (mari.ill@windowslive.com) KARAVAKOU, VASILIKI. Assistant Professor, Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, GREECE (vkm@uom.gr) KEENY, GAVIN, Ph.D Candidate, Deakin University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA /Creative Director, Agence X, New York, USA (agencex@gmail.com) KOMPRIDIS, NIKOLAS. Professor and Research Coordinator of the Institute for Democracy and Human Rights, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA (N.Kompridis@uws.edu.au) KOSKERIDIS, KONSTANTINOS. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (konstantinos_koskeridis@yahoo.gr)

KOUGIOUMZOGLOU, EMMANOUIL. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (emmanouel85@hotmail.com) KOUTSOUMPOS, LEONIDAS. Lecturer (under appointment), School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GREECE (leonidaskoutsoumpos@gmail.com) KUANG, SANPING. Professor, The Research Institute of Marxism, Philosophy and Chinese Modernization, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, CHINA (kuangsp@mail.sysu.edu.cn) LEKKAS, GEORGE. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Philology, University of Peloponnese, Kalamata and Hellenic Open University, Patras, GREECE (glekkas@internet.gr) LEONTSINI, ELENI. Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (eleontsini@gmail.com) LESHKEVICH, TATIANA. Professor, Faculty of Philosophy and Culture Sciences, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, RUSSIA (leshkevicht@mail.ru) LI, JIAN-QUN. Professor, Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xian Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, CHINA (easyjqli@163.com) LI, XIAOMEI. Researcher, The Research Institute of Marxism, Philosophy and Chinese Modernization, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, CHINA LIAMPI, AIKATERINI. Professor, Department of History and Archeology and Dean of the School of Philosophy, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (kaliampi@cc.uoi.gr) LOIZIDES, ANTIS. Ph.D in Philosophy, Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CYPRUS (Loizides.a@gmail.com) MA, TIANXIANG. Professor, School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, Wuhan City, Hobei Province, CHINA (matianx@yahoo.com) MAGGINI, GOLFO. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (gmaggini@uoi.gr) MAKARIEV, PLAMEN. Professor, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University, Sofia, BULGARIA (makariev@phls.uni-sofia.bg) MANTZANAS, MICHAEL. Assistant Professor, Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens, Athens, GREECE MATTHOPOULOS, DEMETRIOS. Professor, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Agrinio, GREECE (dmatthop@uwg.gr) MCLEAN, GEORGE F. Professor Emeritus and President of the RVP, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., USA (cua-rvp@cua.edu) MELA, LIA. Assistant Professor (under appointment), Department of Political Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, GREECE (liamela@yahoo.com) MERANTZAS, CHRISTOS. Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Heritage Management and New Technologies, University of Patras, Agrinio, GREECE (hmerantz@cc.uoi.gr) MISHEVA,VESSELA. Professor, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, SWEDEN (Vessela.Misheva@soc.uu.se) MOUTSOPOULOS, EVANGHELOS. Academician, Professor Emeritus and Former Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Academy of Athens-Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Athens, GREECE (emouts@academyofathens.gr)

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MUKHERJEE, ASHA. Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, INDIA (ashamukh@gmail.com) MYLONAKI, EVGENIA. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Patras, Patras, GREECE (evgenia_mil@hotmail.com) NGUYEN, TAI DONG. Professor and Vice Director of the Institute of Philosophy, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, VIETNAM (ntaidong@yahoo.com) NIZHNIKOV, SERGEY. Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Peoples Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, RUSSIA (nizhnikovs@mail.ru) NOUTSOS, PANAGIOTIS. Professor, Head of the Sector of Philosophy and Director of Graduate Programme, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (pnoutsos@uoi.gr) OLATUNJI, FELIX O. Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, NIGERIA (felixolatunji@gmail.com) OMAKAEVA, ELLARA. Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics, Center for Tibetology and Mongolistics, Kalmyk Institute for Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences, Republic of Kalmykia, Elista, RUSSIA (elomakaeva@mail.ru) OSEI, JOSEPH. Professor, Department of Government and History, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA (josei@uncfsu.edu) OZOLI, JNIS (JOHN). Professor, School of Philosophy, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA (john.ozolins@acu.edu.au) PANTAZAKOS, PANAGIOTIS. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, GREECE (papantaz@ppp.uoa.gr) PAPAGEORGAKIS, GEORGE. MA Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (laplanta10@yahoo.gr) PASCHALIS, VASILIS. Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Arts and Art Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (vpaskalis@yahoo.gr) PEONIDIS, FILIMON. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE (peonidis@edlit.auth.gr) PETSIOS, KONSTANTINOS. Professor and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (kpetsios@uoi.gr) PIROVOLAKIS, EFTICHIS. Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete, Rethymno, GREECE (epirovolakis@yahoo.co.uk) POLIAS, KONSTANTINOS. Ph.D Candidate, Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, GREECE (kospolias@yahoo.gr) POULAKOS, JOHN. Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, USA (johnpwex@hotmail.com) POURNARI, MARIA. Associate Professor, Department of Primary School Education, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (mpurnari@cc.uoi.gr) PRELORENTZOS, YANNIS. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (iprelore@uoi.gr)

PRESBEY, GAIL. Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Education, University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit, Michigan, USA (gpresbey@yahoo.com) PROIMOS, KONSTANTINOS. Adjunct Lecturer, Architectural Engineering Department, Technical University of Crete , Chania and Hellenic Open University, Patras, GREECE (cproimos@otenet.gr) PROTOPAPAS-MARNELI, MARIA. Director of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Academy of Athens, Athens, GREECE (marproto@Academyofathens.gr) PSARROS, NIKOS. Professor, Institute of Philosophy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, GERMANY (psarros@uni-leipzig.de) PSKHU RUZANA, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of the History of Philosophy, Peoples Friendship University of Russia, Moscow, RUSSIA (r.pskhu@mail.ru) RANTIS, KONSTANTINOS. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (krantis@cc.uoi.gr) RASHID, ABDUL. Professor Emeritus, University of Karachi, Karachi, Sindh, PAKISTAN (hazara9@yahoo.com) RIGOS, PLATON. Associate Professor, Department of Government and International Affairs, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA (rigos63@yahoo.com) ROBINSON, THOMAS. Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto, Toronto, CANADA (tmrobins@chass.utoronto.ca) ROSE, DAVID. Lecturer, Department of Philosophical Studies, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UNITED KINGDOM (david.rose@newcastle.ac.uk) ROUMKOU, ELENI. Ph.D in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (lenirou@yahoo.gr) SAKELLARIADIS, ATHANASIOS. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (asakel@uoi.gr) SARGENTIS, KONSTANTINOS. Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete, Rethymno, GREECE (sargentis@fks.uoc.gr) SILVA, JOS FILIPE PEREIRA DA. Research Fellow, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FINLAND (jose.pereiradasilva@helsinki.fi) SINHA, ASHOK KUMAR. Professor and Head of the Department of Geography, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, INDIA (draksinha2004@rediffmail.com) SINHA, NEELIMA. Professor, Department of Philosophy, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, INDIA (neelima_sinha04@rediffmail.com) SOLOMOU-PAPANIKOLAOU, VASILIKI. Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (vsolomou@cc.uoi.gr) SOUGIOULTZIS, PASCHALIS. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (psougioul@yahoo.com) SOUKAKOS PANAGIOTIS, Professor Emeritus, School of Medicine and President of the University Council, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE SOULEZ, ANTONIA. Professor Emeritus, Universit de Paris VIII-Saint Denis, Paris, FRANCE (antonia.soulez@wanadoo.fr)

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SOZOPOULOU, MARIA. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (hieratetraktys@yahoo.gr) SRAMAN, DHARMARAKIT VEN. Researcher, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, THAILAND (barua_shipon@yahoo.com) STAVELAS, APOSTOLOS. Researcher, Academy of Athens-Research Center for Greek Philosophy, Athens, GREECE (stavelas@academyofathens.gr) STAVRIDI, VANA. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete, Rethymno, Crete, GREECE (vanastavridi@yahoo.com) STERGIOULIS, CHARALAMBOS. Ph.D in Byzantine Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GREECE (babisterg@yahoo.gr) SULEIMAN, AHMED MOHAMED AHMED. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (amas2010@yahoo.com) TAO, ANJUN. MA in Philosophy and General Manager, Anhui Huayi Equipment Technology Co., LTD, Anhui, CHINA (hyf999@126.com) TASIS, THEOFANIS. Marie Curie Research Fellow, Acadmie Universitaire de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BELGIUM (theofanistasis@gmail.com) TAYLOR, JAMES. Ph.D Candidate, Department of Philosophy, Boston College, Chestnut Hill Massachusetts, USA (jlt.jamestaylor@gmail.com) TEGOS, SPIRIDON. Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Social Studies, University of Crete, Rethymno, GREECE (stegos@fks.uoc.gr) TELIOS, IOANNIS. MA in Philosophy, Aarhus University, DENMARK (tel_ion@hotmail.com) TEZAS, CHRISTOS. Professor Emeritus, Department of Philosophy, Education and Psychology, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (chtezas@uoi.gr) THEOLOGOU, KOSTAS. Lecturer, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, GREECE (ktheolog@central.ntua.gr) TSITSANOUDIS-MALLIDIS, NIKOLETTA. Lecturer, Department of Pre-School Education, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, GREECE (nitsi@cc.uoi.gr) VILA-CH, JOO J. Professor, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, ITALY and RVP VicePresident, Washington, D.C., USA VLAGOPOULOS, PANOS. Assistant Professor, Department of Music Studies, Ionian University, Corfu, GREECE (pvlag@ionio.gr) YAN, LIAN-FU. Professor, Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xian Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, CHINA (yanzi9807@mail.xjtu.edu.cn) ZARRA, ILIANA. Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural Heritage Management and New Technologies, University of Patras, Agrinio, GREECE (izarra@cc.uoi.gr)

Philosophy and Crisis International Conference, Ioannina 2013

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LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Golfo Maggini, Associate Professor (www.golfomaggini.blogspot.com) Helen Karabatzaki, Former Associate Professor (ekaraba@cc.uoi.gr) Vasiliki Solomou-Papanikolaou, Lecturer (vsolomou@cc.uoi.gr)