[mscp] CFP: Aesthetics and Finitude (5/15/05; journal issue)
Joanne Faulkner
J.Faulkner at latrobe.edu.au
Wed Apr 5 08:22:27 EST 2006
Some members may be interested in the following.
Apologies for the bad formatting.
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Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 21:18:55 -0400
From: "Nicole M. Jowsey" <nmjowsey at buffalo.edu>
Reply-To: "Nicole M. Jowsey" <nmjowsey at buffalo.edu>
Subject: CFP: Aesthetics and Finitude (5/15/05; journal issue)
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Interdisciplinary journal seeks submissions for its 2006 issue (#11)
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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
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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
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universal and transcendent. With the continued erosion in the West
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metaphysical/teleological narratives of transcendence, however,
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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
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the nature of art and aesthetics changed in the wake of the losses
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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
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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
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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 at buffalo also accepts book reviews. These can be on any topic
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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
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to the address below.
Alternatively, you may send the paper as a MS Word attachment to=20
jrestes at buffalo.edu, or nmjowsey at buffalo.edu,
re: theory at buffalo 11.
theory at buffalo
Department of Comparative Literature
638 Clemens Hall
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York, 14260
USA
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Joanne Faulkner
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Philosophy Program
School of CACE
Humanities and Social Sciences
La Trobe University
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Australia
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