CFP: Loneliness Volume, Moral Psychology of the Emotions Series (Rowman and Littlefield)

Abstracts are being sought for a volume on the moral psychology of loneliness, as part of Rowman and Littlefield’s Moral Psychology of the Emotions series (Mark Alfano, series editor).

Volume Editor: Kaitlyn (Kaity) Creasy

For more information on the series, see here:

https://rowman.com/Action/SERIES/_/RLIMPE/Moral-Psychology-of-the-Emotions.

This volume focuses on philosophical perspectives on loneliness, though interdisciplinary perspectives are also welcome. Possible topics include:

• The normative significance of loneliness,

• An analysis of the causes or consequences of loneliness and the ethical implications of those causes or consequences,

• An analysis of different varieties of loneliness,

• Morally relevant ways that loneliness interacts with other emotions,

• The fittingness conditions of loneliness,

• A cross-cultural analysis of loneliness,

• The relationship between loneliness and various forms of loving relationship,

• The relevance of love’s grounding to loneliness as a psychological phenomenon (if any),

• Political dimensions of loneliness,

• The relationship between social and political marginalization and loneliness (e.g., the relationship between sexism, racism, or classism and loneliness), or

• The relationship between loneliness and extremism. 

Additional topics are welcome.

Instructions: 

Send the following to [email protected] by March 15, 2025: 

• Proposed paper title

• Paper abstract (300-600 words)

• CV for each author

Please send the paper title and abstract in the body of your email and attach your CV in PDF form.

Complete drafts of accepted submissions will be due March 15, 2026.