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Diana Tietjens Meyers
Ignacio Ellacuría SJ Chair of Social Ethics and
Professor of Philosophy
Loyola University, Chicago
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From: Robert Tsai [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:06 AM
To: ASLCH
Subject: Call for Papers: "Hate and Political Discourse"


29 June 2011
Washington, D.C.

Dear friends:

I have been appointed Guest Editor for the Journal of Hate Studies for
2012-13.  Please find below (and attached) a Call for Papers with the theme,
"Hate and Political Discourse."  Authors selected for publication will be
invited to an event either at American University or Gonzaga University.

I hope to see papers from some of you.  And please distribute this where you
think interested scholars might see it.

Many thanks,

Robert

Robert L. Tsai
Professor of Law 
American University
The Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20016
202.274.4370

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You can access my papers at: http://ssrn.com/author=346456

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline:  March 15, 2012


“Hate and Political Discourse”

Journal of Hate Studies

Volume X, No. 1 (2012/13)



Guest Editor:

Robert L. Tsai, J.D.

Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law


About the Theme


Often shielded by constitutional rules and nurtured by political discourse,
hate has a mercurial existence in the popular imagination.

In the “arena of angry minds,” as Richard Hofstadter called American
political life, political actors sometimes choose to condemn hatred,
distance themselves from it, appeal to its existence, or foment it.

Even when subjugation, discrimination, or violence is not the goal, the
politics of hate can pay off. 

Rather than seeking its total eradication, many democracies assume the
permanence of hate and seek to minimize its excesses or to punish and
prohibit specific expressions.  Are such assumptions well-founded, and such
strategies wise?

Some of the social groups marked through the techniques of hatred have
changed over time, as the political dividends for resorting to strategies of
hate have shifted, while other groups seem to be consistent targets of hate.

Technological advances offer new tools to combat hatemongering even as they
can make demagogues more effective.

What are the structural conditions that allow hate to thrive or might permit
its isolation?

How might inroads be made in the law or politics of inclusion, especially in
countries with strong commitments to rhetorical freedom and popular
sovereignty?


Call for Submissions

The Journal of Hate Studies welcomes original papers treating the theme,
“Hate and Political Discourse,” from a wide range of disciplines, including
history, law, philosophy, political science, sociology, criminal justice,
social psychology, economics, anthropology, geography, journalism,
communications, rhetoric, literature, educational studies, and cultural
studies

We especially encourage original treatments of the following topics:

·      Hate and popular sovereignty

·      How hate can foster alternative communities and movements

·      Cultural foundations of hate

·      Historical changes in rhetorical strategies

·      Political parties and hate

·      Necessary political conditions for hate

·      Empirical approaches to the problem of hate

·      The role of hate in nation-building

·      How literature, rhetoric, journalism or other forms of communication
can fuel or discourage hate

·      Geographical differences in how hatred is sustained or combated

·      Comparative approaches and cross-cultural challenges

·      New technologies in combating or fomenting hatred in the realm of
political discourse

We anticipate hosting an invitational Symposium in Fall 2012, either at
American University or Gonzaga University, in conjunction with the
publication of this Volume.  Authors published in this Volume would be
invited to present their work at the Symposium.


About the Journal

The Journal of Hate Studies is a peer-reviewed publication of the Gonzaga
University Institute for Hate Studies.  The Journal of Hate Studies is an
international scholarly journal promoting the sharing of interdisciplinary
ideas and research relating to the study of what hate is, where it comes
from, and how to combat it.  It presents cutting-edge essays, theory, and
research that deepen the understanding of the development and expression of
hate.


Guidelines for Submissions

Submissions are typically expected to be between 5,000 and 10,000 words.

Submissions may be made in either of the following ways.

·      As an attachment sent by email to [log in to unmask]

·      Through the Journal’s online site

(http://journals.gonzaga.edu/index.php/johs/information/authors)

Submissions should be made in MS Word format.  Please do not submit PDFs.

Submissions should be presented in APA format, with endnotes rather than
footnotes.  However, legal scholarship may be presented in Bluebook or ALWD.

More information about submission guidelines, the Journal of Hate Studies,
and the Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies can be found at

http://gonzaga.edu/hatestudies

For Questions or Communications

Robert L. Tsai, J.D.

Guest Editor

Professor, American University Washington College of Law

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202.274.4370


John Shuford, J.D., Ph.D.

Director, Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies

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509.313.3665