CFP: theory@buffalo: Aesthetics and Finitude (6/12/06; journal issue)
Stephen Clark
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 11:13:19 -0400
From: "Nicole M. Jowsey" <nmjo...@buffalo.edu>
Reply-To: "Nicole M. Jowsey" <nmjo...@buffalo.edu>
Subject: UPDATE: theory@buffalo: Aesthetics and Finitude (6/12/06; journal
issue)
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UPDATE: We are extending our initial deadline. We will be accepting=20
submissions until June 12, 2006.
Interdisciplinary journal,Theory@buffalo, seeks submissions for its=20
2006 issue (#11) on the theme of
Aesthetics and Finitude.
The rise of modern aesthetics in the eighteenth century is well known,=20=
as is its inherently contradictory character:a philosophical category=20
concerned with the articulation of the supersensible in the sensory=20
world, aesthetics is at once grounded in the realm of sensuous life=97in=20=
the particular and concrete=97while simultaneously gesturing toward the=20=
universal and transcendent. With the continued erosion in the West of=20
metaphysical/teleological narratives of transcendence, however, there=20
has been an increased philosophical occupation with the problem of=20
finitude, concomitant with a heightened awareness of the relation=20
between art, aesthetics, and death. Our question then, is this: how has=20=
the nature of art and aesthetics changed in the wake of the losses and=20=
de-centerings brought about in modern philosophical thought? What is=20
the future of aesthetics in a postmodern world?
We welcome all papers that articulate the relationship between=20
aesthetics and finitude in the fields of art, film, visual studies,=20
literature and philosophy. Possible topics might include: the=20
relationship of death to Being, the death of art or the relationship of=20=
art to death, the role of finitude in modern/postmodern thought, the=20
Kantian inheritance of postmodern aesthetics, the finitude of an=20
aesthetic or artistic work, the position of art and aesthetics in the=20
philosophical realm (specific philosophical perspectives could come=20
from Hegel, Heidegger, Foucault, Deleuze, Lyotard, Baudrillard and=20
Kristeva among numerous others), and the relationship between=20
nontranscendence and finite aesthetics.
Submissions from any disciplinary field will be considered: social=20
theory, literary studies, political theory, philosophy, cultural=20
studies, media studies, etc.
Theory@buffalo also accepts book reviews. These can be on any topic and=20=
must be 1200 words or less. All other submissions should be 10,000=20
words maximum. Please send two blind copies with a cover page and disk=20=
to the address below.
Alternatively, you may send the paper as a MS Word attachment to=20
jre...@buffalo.edu, or nmjo...@buffalo.edu,
re: theory@buffalo 11.
theory@buffalo
Department of Comparative Literature
638 Clemens Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, 14260
USA
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