The Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative (Emory) presents An Uncomfortable Conversation: The Universal and the Particular Vulnerability and Identity II Nov. 14-15, 2014, at the University of Miami School of Law.
This second conversation continues an investigation of the relationships between particularity and universality, with an emphasis on the ability of concepts like vulnerability and identity to deepen existing critiques of legal liberalism and advance our understanding of substantive justice. Central to this investigation is an evaluation of the impact of critical theory on understanding the state and its institutions, particularly their role in promoting human resilience through the provision of education, employment and training, healthcare, family structure, cultural recognition, and social welfare more broadly.
