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Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 11:42:27 +0100
From: Gerard Greenway <greenway-AT-angelaki.demon.co.uk>
Subject: CFP: The New Bergson (Angelaki) (1997)


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THE NEW BERGSON
(Angelaki)

Edited collection for publication winter 1997

Ed: John Mullarkey, University of Sunderland, UK

Call For Papers

As part of the current resurgence of interest in Bergsonian studies
internationally, a collection of essays is being prepared to address
this renewal and its relevance for contemporary thought.

This is not intended as a historical investigation: as a truly new
reading of Bergson, his ideas will be examined in terms set by modern
debates. The aim for _The New Bergson_, then, is the establishment of a
set of conceptual tools with which to interpret a thinker whose previous
neglect can in large part be put down to the fact that his work is
commonly regarded as irrelevant to modern thought.

This retrieval will be arguing for an alternative contemporary image of
Bergson, an image that is only now beginning to emerge. This volume
should also act as an introduction to that large readership who can see
the relevance of the Bergsonian _Weltanschauung_ for their own ideas,
but who have yet to find the appropriate access-point into it.

As Bergson's writing straddles analytic and Continental philosophical
interests, contributions are invited dealing with concerns covered by
both traditions. Importantly, contributions are also sought from authors
based in disciplines other than philosophy: literature, art history,
psychology, sociology, biology, physics.

Current contents include work on evolutionary theory, process
philosophy, machinism, relativity and chaos theory, virtuality and post-
humanity, environmentalism, aesthetics, subjectivity, ontology, and
laughter.

Deadline for material for consideration: April 1997 

Ready work, drafts, 500 word abstracts to:

John Mullarkey
Philosophy
School of Social and International Studies
University of Sunderland
Forster Building 315
Sunderland SR1 3SD
United Kingdom
E-mail: John.Mullarkey-AT-sunderland.ac.uk
Fax: +44 (0)191 515 2105
Tel: +44 (0)191 515 2171

_The New Bergson_ is planned as the first title of a new book series
associated with the journal _Angelaki_, working title: Angelaki
Humanities. Angelaki is seeking to publish the series in cooperation
with another publisher. Publishing proposals for _The New Bergson_ and
two further launch titles, _Evil Spirits: Nihilism and the Fate of
Modernity_ and _Gilles Deleuze: Philosophy, Art and Politics_
(announcements will be posted), are currently under consideration at
Routledge and Manchester University Press.

Established in September 1993 _Angelaki_ is an independent international
journal of the theoretical humanities. The journal publishes thematic
collections interspersed with general (non-theme) issues. For more
information about _Angelaki_ please contact the managing editor:

Gerard Greenway
Angelaki
44 Abbey Road
Oxford  OX2 0AE
United Kingdom
E-mail: greenway-AT-angelaki.demon.co.uk
Fax: +44 1865 791 372

PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR MATERIAL MAIL ADDRESS.
Authors are requested to send material for consideration for _The New
Bergson_ to the issue editor and not to Angelaki.
-- 
Gerard Greenway



-- 
Gerard Greenway



   

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