Association Raymond Abellio de Recherches et Études (ARARE)
Raymond Abellio Society for Research and Studies (ARARE)
ARARE is a cultural and scientific non-profit organisation which aims at promoting the work and thought
of Raymond Abellio, french philosopher and novelist, in all research aspects generated or inspired by that work, and inherent activities such as:
- publishing documents,
- organizing conférences, meetings, colloquia, seminars, exhibitions...,
- organizing training courses,
- production and making of audiovisual programs,
- research projects in philosophy, sciences, litterature, arts.
ARARE organizes every year the Rencontres Raymond Abellio and publishes the present web site.
History
A group ofparticipants in the 2002 Colloque devoted to Raymond Abellio in Cérisy-la-Salle (Normandie, France) organized in 2004 the first session of
the Rencontres de Seix, in the pyrenean village of Seix (Ariège), historical home of the maternal family of Abellio.
That first Rencontre was hosted in the former village presbitery with the support of the Seix community and of the society Patrimoine seixois.
Since that time, the Rencontres have been organized each year, often in Seix, and also in Montréal (2012), in Porto (2010 et 2015) and in Toulouse (2018, 2019).
In 2011 the Rencontres de Seix became Rencontres Raymond Abellio.
In July 2012 the present site was created, published by the non-profit organization Le Promeneur des Lettres, des Sciences et de la Philosophie.
In 2017 that Society changed name for Association Raymond Abellio de Recherches et Études (ARARE).
ARARE est registered in the Répertoire National Français des Associations under reference number W751118511.
View of the pyrenean village of Seix (Ariège, France)
Scientific Committee
The Rencontres Raymond Abellio Scientific Committee is composed of:
- José Guilherme Abreu, professor at the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), Porto Center,
and member of the Research Center on Arts Sciences and Technologies (CITAR), same university.
- Rémi Boyer, spécialist of esoteristic philosophies, author of essays, short stories and poems.
- Laura Castro, professor at the School of Arts of the Portuguese Catholic University (UCP), Porto Center,
and member of the Research Center on Arts Sciences and Technologies (CITAR), same university.
- Michelle Nahon, psychologist, author, researcher.
- Bertrand Vergely, philosopher.
- Daniel Verney, engineer and researcher in software sciences and technologies,
former associate professor at Reims University.
The Scientific Committee's function is to verify and enforce scientific ethics in the documents which it examines, before publication in the Rencontres Abellio web site.
This applies in particular to méthodological rigour, to distinction between hypotheses and facts, to sources and citations of documents.
It is not within its purview to take a position against, or in favor of, contents of sumitted papers.