Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 13:04:21 -0400 (EDT) From: "M. Michael Schiff" <mmichael-AT-yorku.ca> Subject: 1. announcement new issue of j_spot: no. 2, material / bodily / strata; 2. call for submissions for No. 4 The articles on Orlan and Primitive Spectacle may be of interest to this list. As well, please see the call for papers for issue 4 below the announcement for 2. Members of this list are invited to send papers at any time. * * * 1. j_spot: Vol. I, no. 2, "material / bodily / strata" now on-line at a slightly new location: http://www.yorku.ca/jspot 2. Call for submissions for No. 4 http://www.yorku.ca/jspot/cfs.htm PLEASE DISTRIBUTE TO ALL AND SUNDRY (with apologies for cross and multiple postings). 1. The Editorial Collective of j_spot: the Journal of Social and Political Thought is pleased to announce the publication of its second issue, entitled "material / bodily / strata." Issue No. 2 is available on-line at: http://www.yorku.ca/jspot j_spot is a new, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed electronic journal focusing on a wide range of intersections between theory, politics, culture and social justice. In light of contemporary political and intellectual conditions in late capitalist society, j_spot aims to expand the space for interdisciplinary critique, innovation and originality. Already situated in the rapidly evolving nexus of technologically mediated social and political change--a transformative nexus which must itself not escape critique--j_spot aims to give free rein to the crucial, critical energies that aim beyond a deadly acceptance of the status quo. j_spot invites submissions for Vol. I, Issue No. 4, entitled "Language: Cage or Frontier?" See the call below. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ material / bodily / strata j_spot, Vol. I, no. 2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "'Weblish' or Perish, or, 'I Touch Myself': Reflections on j_spot the Journal of Social and Political Thought" by M. Michael Schiff, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Programme in Social & Political Thought, York University "Left Out: Politics and Postmodern Hermeneutics" by John S. Howard, Ph.D., Dean's Scholar, School of Law, St. Louis University This article begins with a quotation from Georges Bataille's The Solar Anus: "Everyone is aware that life is parodic and that it lacks/interpretation./Thus lead is the parody of gold./Air is the parody of water./The brain is the parody of the equator./Coitus is the parody of crime." We see this piece on the postmodern turn as an excellent precursor to j_spot's issue 4: "Language: Cage or Frontier?" (call below). "Primitive Spectacle in Black Narcissus" is an exploration of Michael Powell's 1946 film from the point of view of primitive spectacle and the imperial gaze. by Anh Hua, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Programme in Women's Studies, York University "Adorno and the Muse of the Dialectic (a fable)" is an examination of Negative Dialectics using Nietzsche and a fable by Kafka by Chris McCutcheon, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Programme in Social & Political Thought, York University "Contract Labour and Bondage in Andhra Pradesh (India)" visits a bonded labour system extant in some regions in the state of Andhra Pradesh, "throwing light on the pervasiveness of unfree relations," a fascinating social, economic and political account by lecturers in quantitative development economics and economics law by Dr. Wendy K. Olsen, Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Development Economics, Graduate School University of Bradford, United Kingdom and Dr. R.V. RamanaMurthy, Assistant Professor, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, India "Grotesque Performativity: Orlan and the Limits of Materialization" serves as an examination of the work of French performance artist Orlan and eleven planned operations in a series of videotaped surgical performances entitled The Reincarnation of Saint Orlan, in which she invites international audiences to watch as a surgeon splits the skin of her face, and re-models it. Following Judith Butler the author suggests that connections to the abjection of sex are not the only ones that should be disavowed. by Jasmine Rault, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Programme in Social & Political Thought, York University "Outside of Power, or the Power of the Outside" is a clever essay on the scholarship of Judith Butler, Deleuze and Guattari, and Foucault; by Jon Short, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Programme in Social & Political Thought, York University ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Comments and inquiries to j_spot should be addressed to: spot-AT-yorku.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: j_spot, Vol. I, No. 4: "Language: Cage or Frontier?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ While the nature, operation, and possibilities of language have been of concern to philosophy since its very beginnings, the latter half of the twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented interest in questions of discourse, communication, and speech. Drawing sustenance from a diversity of critical approaches, social theory in particular continues to develop the political, philosophical, and cultural implications arising out of the 'linguistic turn.' What are the critical potentialities that have been simultaneously unleashed and submerged in this turn to language? What are the political stakes involved here? What is left to be done? Has the time indeed come where we can begin to speak of a 'post-linguistic turn'? If so, what forms might such a line of inquiry take? For Issue No. 4 of j_spot, entitled "Language: Cage or Frontier?" we encourage submissions between and across disciplines that address or expand upon the above concerns. Please consult the j_spot Guide for Submissions http://www.yorku.ca/jspot/cfs.htm for submission format and guidelines. All submissions should be sent to Mike Palamarek c/o j_spot-AT-yorku.ca, preferably as a Word Perfect, Microsoft Word, or html file attachment. The deadline is September 15, 2000.* *j_spot also always welcomes submissions and book reviews outside specific issue themes, at any time. j_spot is currently soliciting reviewers for submitted work. Should this prospect be of interest to you, please email us at spot-AT-yorku.ca a brief description of your areas of expertise. For more info, visit http://www.yorku.ca/jspot/reviewers.htm . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The j_spot Editorial Collective: Caitlin Fisher caitlin-AT-yorku.ca Chris McCutcheon chrismcc-AT-yorku.ca Mike Palamarek mikashy-AT-yorku.ca M. Michael Schiff m-AT-mmichael.com Kathy Walker kat-AT-yorku.ca * * * mailto:mmichael-AT-yorku.ca | M. Michael Schiff Ph.D. Candidate | Graduate Programme in Social & Political Thought York University | Toronto | Canada http://www.yorku.ca/spot/ --- from list french-feminism-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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