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New Cultural Theory and Techno-Politics
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CALL FOR PAPERS from A N G E L A K I
Best New Journal Council of Editors of Learned Journals (CELJ) 1996 Awards
"Buzzing with critical energy," CELJ judges
>>> NEW CULTURAL THEORY & TECHNO-POLITICS <<< (Angelaki 4.2)
Edited collection for publication winter 1998/99
What is technology? What are its political dimensions? What is the significance of techno-politics and the so-called "new" cultural theories being advanced in response to the emergence of the "virtual," or, "cyber-society"? What are the implications of new information and communications technologies like Virtual Reality and the Internet for contemporary political theory and practice? What consequences are there for the state, social relations, authority, the acquisition of power and civil society? Do the newly developing cultural theories of technology and politics really provide a secure foundation for the construction of new ethical values or do they merely recycle old ones?...
This edition of Angelaki will focus on the growing interest in techno-politics and the new cultural theories and practices being developed by researchers and activists in political science, philosophy, literature and cultural studies. It will incorporate discussions of the relationship between new information and communications technologies, virtual, or, cyber-politics and contemporary cultural theory. The editor invites contributions which address the technological nature, political importance and cultural development of: cybernetic capitalism, Virtual Reality, the Internet, virtual class warfare, cloning, posthumanism, cyborgs, cyberfeminism, speed, cyberspace, Temporary Autonomous Zones (TAZs), cyberwar, cybernetic art, literature, cinema and popular culture.
The issue aims to present a critical exploration of techno-politics and also to position it within the broader context of cultural theoretical approaches derived from: Autonomous Marxism, Poststructuralism, Anarchism, Situationism and Postmodernism. It is hoped that such a publication will make a core contribution to these and related perspectives on technology, politics and cultural theory. Not the least of the difficulties confronting such a project is the fact that the technology at issue itself destabilises the approaches and disciplines that have tried to work on and through it. New Cultural Theory & Techno-Politics will not take any academic or political categories for granted and will open itself up to any critical engagement.
This is the only journal issue (so far) to consider techno-politics and its importance for cultural theory. It is anticipated that it will provide a wide variety of essays, review articles and interviews for the benefit of cultural and political theorists, activists and others working in the humanities, social sciences and the arts.
Essays, review articles, interviews, proposals and requests for further information should be addressed to the editor:
John Armitage Division of Government and Politics University of Northumbria at Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST United Kingdom
E-mail: John.Armitage@unn.ac.uk Fax: +44 (0) 191 227 4654 Tel: +44 (0) 191 227 3943
Final material for publication: January 31, 1998 Extent: 2--7,000 words Style: MLA
E-mail: finished work/drafts may be e-mailed (John.Armitage@unn.ac.uk). Hard copy: send two copies, double-spaced.
Please include a c. 50-word biographical note (degrees, affiliation/occupation, publications, etc.).
Authors are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the journal.
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about A N G E L A K I <> New Issue
"Perhaps the most vibrant and consistently surprising new journal on the contemporary UK cultural and political scene." Nicholas Royle, University of Stirling
Established in September of 1993, Angelaki is an independent international journal of the theoretical humanities. The journal publishes two thematic collections and one general or open issue per volume. Angelaki is a peer-reviewed serial. The journal is currently included in the MLA International Bibliography, MHRA Annual Bibliography, The Year's Work in English Studies and The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory. Angelaki collections carry ISBNs (Angelaki thematic collections are technically and substantially book publications). ISSN: 0969-725X.
Recent issues (still available): Reconsidering the Political (1.3;
200pp), Home and Family (2.1; 208pp), Authorizing Culture (2.2;
168pp). (Go to Published Issues page at website and click issue title
for full contents and cover scan
And coming in June...
Intellectuals and Global Culture (2.3)
17 pieces. 240pp. ISBN: 1-899567-05-4. Work by McKenzie Wark (Virtual Geography), Tricia Rose (_Black Noise) and Jean Baudrillard.
TOC Editorial Introduction - Charlie Blake and Linnie Blake <> Antipodality - McKenzie Wark <> Neohispanism: A Program for Tongue Dispossession - Alberto Moreiras <> The Impertinence of Intellectuals: Democracy and Postmodernity in Latin America - Joanildo A. Burity <> Postmodern or Post-Totalitarian: The Reality of the Crisis of the Bulgarian Intellectual - Yanna Popova <> Stop Making Sense: Heiner Muller, Germany and Intellectuals - Angelica Michelis <> Rainbow Fragments - David Hallowes <> Falling Down: Intellectuals, Scholars and Popular Culture - Tim Shakesby <> So Here Comes a Book That Makes Everything Easy: Towards a Theory of Intellectual History in the Field of Intellectual Production - Jon Beasley-Murray <> Critical Mass: Intellectual Politics and the Mode of Complexity - Charlie Blake <> The Terror of the Law: Judaism and International Institutions - Gary Banham <> On Four Formulas That Might Sum Up the Deleuzian Philosophy
Issue price (for all issues): US$10/5 pounds (inc. air p+p) Individual subscription (Vol 2; 3 issues; 600+pp): US$24/12 pounds (inc. air p+p)
Cheques to:
Angelaki 44 Abbey Road Oxford, OX2 0AE United Kingdom
E-mail confirmation of order receipt/dispatch if required (greenway@angelaki.demon.co.uk).
For more details/any questions about Angelaki contact: greenway@angelaki.demon.co.uk Website: http://www.bookshop.co.uk/angelaki/ Fax: +44 (0) 1865 791 372
Please consider recommending an order of Angelaki to your library (committee). Free sample copies are available to librarians/heads of department. We regret that we are not able to give free samples to prospective individual subscribers. ISSN: 0969-725X.
"Refreshing and truly thought-provoking ... Worthy of all but the smallest college libraries," Library Journal
Thank you for your interest.
Please forward this CFP.
Gerard Greenway managing editor A N G E L A K I Best New Journal, CELJ Awards 1996
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