[Discussion] CFP: Global Polity: 2005 (5/15/05; journal issue)

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

special issue--"Global Polity: 2005"

Kritikos: an international and interdisciplinary journal of postmodern
cultural sound, text and
image (ISSN 1552-5112), http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~nr03/ is currently
accepting submissions for
a special issue entitled "Global Polity: 2005" Volume 2, Summer 2005.

What is at stake in Polity? Is Polity as we know and live it a diverse
and inclusive endeavor and structure, or perhaps, is it that Polity as
we know it is largely a non-recombinative and exclusionary device? Is
Polity an issue? Or has Polity been decided? Is Polity undecidable? How
do we check and balance a networked Polity that perhaps, refuses to
reconcile and balance its differences, instead functioning on imbalance
and withholding? What might be needed for balance? In the U.S.--a Fox
News of the Left? Or, a new branch of governance, as Ethan Leib has
proposed? Is egalitarian Polity the goal, or are there other sorts of
Polity that we seek to cultivate?

How important is the media in the structure and execution of
Polity? Does Polity still matter, or is Polity appears ossified, and
simply a matter of aristocratic maintenance and reproduction? Is Polity
still conflicted, if not conflated with Deity? Is Polity merely a
function  of Capital? Does Culture inhibit egalitarian Polity? What are
the relationships between Polity, the State and Aristocracy? Is Global
Polity desirable or homogenizing?

All contributions that hold Polity as their central concern are welcome.
Deadline: May 15, 2005

The purpose of the journal is to publish work that materializes
theoretical renderings of, and
practical approaches to culture. In particular, Kritikos seeks to
publish work that is focused
upon the currency of the postmodern period. Kritikos publishes material
continuously; please
allow 1-3 months for review.

Articles should be submitted in MSWord or .RTF format and be between
3-6K words in length; book
reviews should be between 1000-2000 words. Video and images should be
submitted in commonly
utilized formats. (e.g., .SWF, MP3, AVI, Real Media, MPEG, Windows
Media, .JPG, .GIF, .WAV, etc.)

Send submissions via email or post:
Nicholas Ruiz III
GTA/doctoral student
Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities
Florida State University
205P Dodd Hall, CPO (#1560), Tallahassee, FL 32306
Email: nr03@fsu.edu
Editor, Kritikos
<http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/%7Enr03>http<http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/%7Enr03>://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~nr03


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