CFP: Philosophical Practices (4/15/05; journal issue)
Janus Head: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature,
Continental Philosophy, Phenomenological Psychology, and the Arts
CALL FOR PAPERS
TOPIC: Philosophical Practices
Deadline for submissions: April 15, 2005.
Guest Editor:
Helen Douglas
The past twenty years have seen the international development of a new
vocation of philosophical practice. As counselors or consultants,
academically-trained philosophers work with individuals and organizations,
supporting their clients' attempts to find solid convictions and
orientating guidelines in their own circumstances.
But in a broader sense, philosophical practice could be any endeavor
undertaken in a philosophical spirit. To philosophize suggests an engaged
exploration and examination of self and world and all our relations. It is
to quest after truth or meaning, to "think deeply in order to act
strongly" (Cabral), to "have the courage to leave no question hidden"
(Schopenhauer). Or, philosophical practice could be seen as the return
of an age-old desire to offer some consolation and relief for human
suffering (Boethius, Epicurus): it could be philosophy as an ethical
practice, "the wisdom of love, in the service of love" (Levinas).
We welcome essays, stories, poetry and artwork dealing with any
expressions of contemporary philosophical engagement and practices.
CRITERIA FOR ESSAYS: Submissions should be no longer than 10,000 words.
Works should be typed and double-spaced. Format requirements: APA or MLA
styles (footnotes should be placed at the end of paper). Submit one disk
or CD and two (2) copies to the address below. Your essay should include a
brief abstract (120 words or less). Also include a brief biography for the
contributors page, should your paper be accepted. Make sure to include all
relevant contact information, including a permanent e-mail address. Email
submissions will not be accepted!
CRITERIA FOR SHORT FICTION, CREATIVE NON-FICTION, & POETRY: Please
include a cover letter, a short biography, and correspondence information.
Short fiction should be typed and double-spaced and should be no longer
than 9000 words (about 36 pages or shorter). Poetry should be typed in the
format in which it is intended to be printed. Three to five poems are the
suggested number for poetry submissions. Submit one disk or CD and two
(2) copies to the address below. Please note: We are no longer accepting
poetry submissions via email. If you submit your poetry via email, please
do not expect it to be reviewed.
If your submission does not follow these guidelines, it will not be reviewed.
CRITERIA FOR ARTWORK: We are seeking artists for submissions of portfolios
to feature in the journal. Photos, slides, and/or electronic images are
the preferred formats. Please email the editors if you have any questions.
NOTE:
1. Essay and poetry submission materials will not be returned. However,
art, photography and other materials will be returned if you include a
self-addressed, stamped envelope.
2. Upon the acceptance of your paper, Janus Head reserves the right to use
your work for promotional purposes, anthologies, etc. However, you are
welcome to publish your work elsewhere as you see fit.
3. Contributors will geta complimentary hard copy of the issue in which
their work appears, as well as access to an electronic PDF file of their
article for distribution. Additional hard copies of the issue can be
purchased at $10 per copy.
Please send to:
Editors
Janus Head
P.O. Box 1259
Amherst, NY 14226
Authors should include their e-mail address. Allow at least 3-6 months for
the review process and editorial decisions. Notice of receipt of materials
can be obtained by email.
Please note: The next open issue, the Summer 2006 issue, will have an
August 2005 deadline, which has yet to be announced. If you submit any
materials that are not appropriate for the Philosophical Practices issue,
please realize that, upon acceptance for publication, your work may not
appear in print until the Summer of 2006. When you send your cover letter
with your submission, note that you intend to submit your work for the
Summer 2006 open issue.
The latest issue of Janus Head is now available at
It features a broad selection of essays, fiction, poetry,
and art.
--- EDITORIAL
Brent Dean Robbins
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Editorial.pdf
--- ESSAYS
Fetishism and Bad Faith: A Freudian Rebuttal to Sartre
Christopher M. Gemerchak
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Gemerchak.pdf
Singing the World in a New Key: Merleau-Ponty and the Ontology of Sense
Ted Toadvine
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Toadvine.pdf
Elemental Sonority: Heidegger, Hölderlin and Thunder
Stephen B. Hatton
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Hatton.pdf
Evil and the Ritual of Shame: A Crime Against Humanity in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Keith Doubt
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Doubt.pdf
The Loss of Language, the Language of Loss: Thinking with DeLillo on Terror
and Mourning
J. Heath Atchley
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Atchley.pdf
Launching the Hydrapolemic: The Mythological Encounter with Polemic as
Concept
Kane X. Faucher
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Faucher.pdf
Violence and Heterogeneity: A Response to Habermas' "Between Eroticism and
General Economics: Bataille"
Apple Zefelius Igrek
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Igrek.pdf
Descartes in the Matrix: Addressing the Question "What is Real?" from
Non-Positivist Ground
Gilbert Garza
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Garza.pdf
"God is dreaming you": Narrative as Imitatio Dei in Miguel De Unamuno
Costica Bradatan
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Bradatan.pdf
Painting in the Expanded Field
Gustavo Fares
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Fares.pdf
--- FICTION
Gestures in Waiting
Robert Vivian
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Vivian.pdf
The Philosopher
Aaron Parrett
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Parrett.pdf
--- ART & POETRY COLLABORATIONS
Desert Flesh and Iron
Nat Hardy & Julian Grater
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/HardyGrater.pdf
Vignettes in Stone
Anita Lundberg & Jean Weiner
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/LundbergWeiner.pdf
--- POETRY
Three poems
Ewa Lipska (translated by Margret Grebowicz)
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Lipska.pdf
Sonnets to Orpheus 1.2
Rainer Maria Rilke (translated by Rick Anthony Furtak)
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Rilke.pdf
Six poems
James Deahl
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Deahl.pdf
Six poetry translations
Ouyang Yu
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Yu.pdf
Three poems
Robert Gibbons
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Gibbons.pdf
Three poems
Jnana Hodson
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Hodson.pdf
Five poems
James Hoggard
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Hoggard.pdf
--- BOOK REVIEWS
The Current State of the "Question of the Animal"
Review of Zoontologies: The Question of the Animal
Edited by Cary Wolfe
Reviewer: Fareed Awan
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Wolfe.pdf
Restoring Life to the Treatment of Madness
Review of History Beyond Trauma
by Francoise Davoine & Jean-Max Gaudilliere
Reviewer: Pam Leck
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/DavoineGaudilliere.pdf
Sex of the Soul: Transsexual Identity Development
Review of Transsexualism: Illusion and Reality
by Colette Chiland
Reviewer: Nadine Vaughan
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Chiland.pdf
Caught in the Net and Dreaming Lucidly
Review of Connected--Or What It Means to Live in the Network Society
by Steven Shaviro
Reviewer: Andrew J. Felder
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Shaviro.pdf
"The rest is jelly"
Review of Wetwares: Experiments in Post-Vital Living
by Richard Doyle
Reviewer: Gavin Miller
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Doyle.pdf
A Passionate Embrace With Thought Itself
Review of Intimacy or Integrity: Philosophy and Culutral Difference
by Thomas P. Kasulis
Reviewer: Alan Pope
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Kasulis.pdf
Bodies and Thinking in Motion
Review of Body and World
by Samuel Todes
Reviewer: Tom Strong
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Todes.pdf
Classifications of Dissociation: Bridging Disciplines to Understand States
of Consciousness
Review of Mind Over Mind: The Anthropology and Psychology of Spirit
Possession
by Morton Klass
Reviewer: Angelina Baydala
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Klass.pdf
Does Anyone Really Know What Time Is?
Review of Are We In Time?: And Other Essays on Time and Temporality
by Charles M. Sherover
Reviewer: Steven J. Hendlin
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Sherover.pdf
Culture and the Western World
Review of Thresholds of Western Culture: Identity, Postcoloniality,
Transnationalism
Edited by John Burt Foster, Jr. & Wayne J. Froman
Reviewer: Van Yu
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/FosterFroman.pdf
CONTRIBUTORS
http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Contributors.pdf
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Costica Bradatan, PhD
Department of Philosophy,
Miami University,
Hall Auditorium, 221
Oxford, OH 45056
USA
http://www.users.muohio.edu/bradatc/
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