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Call for Publications Theme: Global Aesthetics Publication: Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics Date: Special Issue (Autumn 2013) Deadline: 11.8.2013 __________________________________________________ The editors of the Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics invite contributions for a special issue that examines the philosophical reflection on art as practiced outside the western philosophical traditions. We are looking for original articles that discuss and analyse aesthetic problems, articulated in dialogue with, independent of, or in contrast to the Western tradition of philosophical aesthetics. Philosophy of art in the western academy has largely grown out of the western philosophical tradition, as well as out of the history of western art. While much of this tradition purports to describe to all aesthetic concepts and practices, its theories are rarely confronted with non-western art or philosophy. There is still alarmingly little professional interest taken in non-western philosophies of art and aesthetics in the anglophone and European academy. With this in mind, we invite submissions of essays of not more than 3,500 words by 11th August, 2013. Essays can be on any topic within philosophical aesthetics, as long as they explore aesthetic and artistic practice throughout the world, including, but not limited to, Near Eastern, African, Asian and Latin and Native American traditions, or focus on these traditions' relationships with the philosophy of art in the Western analytic or continental traditions. Suggestions of topics include: - The representation of movement in Manga comics - Native American theories of literature - Confucianism and the ethics of music - The reception of Aristotle's Poetics in the Arabic world - The possibility of a comparative aesthetics - Modernism and Islamic formalism - Aboriginal conceptions of pictorial perspective - What is 'outsider art'? - The role of the rasika in Indian accounts of aesthetic value Papers should be submitted in Rich Text Format (.rtf). Submissions should be anonymised for peer-review, and can be made by registering as an Author at www.pjaesthetics.org and uploading your document for submission. You will also find author guidelines and more information on the website. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 11th AUGUST, 2013. PJA is unique among postgraduate journals in that it is peer-reviewed by full time academics. PJA operates a strict anonymous editorial procedure in order to increase fairness for those from groups currently underrepresented in philosophy. We aim to provide feedback on all submissions, whether successful or not. Please direct all enquiries to: [email protected] Book reviews & interviews: PJA also welcome submissions of short reviews (between 500 and 1000 words) of any recent books on philosophical aesthetics. The PJA also publishes interviews with professional philosophers of art written by postgraduates, please contact us if you would be interested in writing an interview for publication. Contact: Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.pjaesthetics.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
