Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

To mark the English translation of L’Être et lévénement as Being and Event, “Cosmos and History” will publish a special issue on the work of the philosopher Alain Badiou. The approach of this journal is to publish work that goes beyond the merely exegetical and to this end we would like contributors to take up the challenge Badiou raises in Being and Event when he says,

“The categories that this book deploys, from the pure multiple to the subject, constitute the general order of a thought such that it can be practised across the entirety of the contemporary system of reference. These categories are available for the service of scientific procedures just as they are for those of analysis or politics. They attempt to organize an abstract vision of the requirements of the epoch.” (EE, 10 / BE, 4)

We invite contributors to this special issue to respond to Badiou’s challenge and deploy his categories in thinking a particular situation—be it political, artistic, scientific or amorous.

Submissions can be made through the website www.cosmosandhistory.org or to the editors. The journal may also consider a limited number of contributions in languages other than English.

For further information please contact one of the special issue editors:
Justin Clemens: justindc@deakin.edu.au
Adam Bartlett: bartlett@deakin.edu.au
Paul Ashton: paul.ashton@vu.edu.au

Cosmos and History is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of natural and social philosophy. It serves those who see philosophy’s vocation in questioning and challenging prevailing assumptions about ourselves and our place in the world, developing new ways of thinking about physical existence, life, humanity and society, so helping to create the future insofar as thought affects the issue. The editorial board includes Keith Ansell-Pearson, Brian Goodwin, H. Romano Harré, Carolyn Merchant, Graham Priest, and Michael Zimmerman, among others.