CFP: International Journal of Badiou Studies

The inaugural issue of the IJBS will be dedicated to the idea of 'Badiou Now!' Why? Because Badiou's philosophical interest is fundamentally contemporary and political. The notion of Badiou Now! captures the urgency that Badiou sees in combating the 'Thermidorian' spirit, reactive and obscurantist subjects that deny the necessity of rupture, events, acts, new truths, who replace action with political apathy, and radical democracy with a return to 'pure' transcendental notions. In contrast to the Evental-negating/denying subject, Badiou is concerned with the question of how to maintain fidelity to the event, while remaining aware of competing subjective forces and of the materialist dialectical need for endless events, for perpetual breaks and splits, which promote the present as future. The first issue then, will seek proposals that address the role of Badiou's thought in building a 21st century conception of human organization.

Prospective articles should be in the range of 6,000-8,000 words, prepared for blind review, and accompanied by an abstract of not more than 250 words. Abstracts should be submitted no later than the 12th of January 2012. Full articles should be sent by the 31st of March 2012.

Authors should follow the standard guidelines for online submission, and are required to register with the journal in order to submit their work. In line with the ethos of the IJBS, we will accept articles in supported world languages, although an English abstract is required for all submissions.

Contact emails: Michael J. Kelly [email protected]
Arthur James Rose [email protected]