PRttA19: CFP: Athena: Philosophical Studies, Special Issue “Philosophical Responses to the Anthropocene”, no. 14, 2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | April 15, 2019 |
Submission deadline | September 1, 2019 |
The Anthropocene refers to the new geological epoch in which human impact on the Earth systems has become irreversible. The term, suggested by Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer in 2000, still waits for its approval. Meanwhile, the Anthropocene thesis is vividly debated in academic circles, asking us to rethink the concept of the human and the paradigm of the Humanities in general. If human activity becomes the major factor threatening life on the planet, then the human is to be considered as a dangerous and inhuman force. As Bruno Latour points out, “no postmodern philosopher, no anthropologist, no liberal theologian, no political thinker would have dared measure the influence of humans on the same scaleas rivers, volcanos, erosion, and biochemistry. …The Earth is becoming sensitive to our actions and we humans are becoming, to some extent, geology!” (Bruno Latour, Facing Gaia, 117; 113)
The special issue of Athena: Philosophical Studiesinvites reflections on philosophical reactions and responses to the Anthropocene thesis. Human exceptionalism was questioned by critical posthumanism (Rosi Braidotti), posthuman ecologies (Rosi Braidotti and Simone Bignall), posthuman feminism (Rosi Braidotti), indigenous cosmologies (Eduardo Viveiros de Castro), the non-human turn (Richard Grusin), new materialism (Jane Bennett), object oriented ontology (Graham Harman), complexity and process philosophy (Gilles Deleuze), flat ontology (Manuel deLanda), affect theory (Brian Massumi), neuromaterialism (Catherine Malabou), etc. The Anthropocene thesis was critically reflected by creating “many names of resistance” (T. J. Demos), such as the Capitalocene (Jason W. Moore), the Plantationocene (Anna Tsing et al.), the Chthulucene (Donna J. Haraway), the Plasticocene (Heather Davis), the Anthrobscene (Jussi Parikka).
The special issue of Athena: Philosophical Studiesinvites scholars to submit articles related to the philosophical responses to the Anthropocene. Please send your article to dr. Danutė Bacevičiūtė (baceviciute@gmail.com) by 1 September 2019. The length of the article, which must be submitted in English, should be approximately 5,000 to 6,000 words (including footnotes and references).
Athena: Philosophical Studiesis an annual philosophical journal issued by the Department of Contemporary Philosophy of the Lithuanian Culture Research Institute. The journal publishes original scholarly articles and research papers devoted to problems in contemporary philosophy. The submissions are subject to double-blind peer-review by two scholars but the final decision to publish rests with the editors. The publishing languages are Lithuanian and English.
http://www.lkti.lt/athena/?lang=en&no=about-the-journal
Guidelines for contributors:
http://www.lkti.lt/athena/?lang=en&no=guidelines-for-contributors