What is the task of philosophy in an age of terror?  Must philosophy be rethought, and if so, what resources are available?  These questions are especially pressing for young philosophers whose foreseeable future will be shaped by a world no longer marked by the relative stability of identifiable states pitted against another.  An asymmetrical world political situation requires new ways of thinking that look beyond deep-seated philosophical convictions. 

In response to this need, The Philosophical Red Star Line - a collaborative enterprise between the graduate and post-doc associations of Fordham University, New York, and the University of Antwerp - is pleased to host an international congress entitled 'The Reason of Terror: Philosophical Responses to Terrorism'.