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Those reading this post might be interested in contributing to a volume I am editing for Wiley-Blackwell on Gardening and Philosophy. I am particularly interesting in contributions from those in the field, as it were, and not just academics. Here's the details:
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
GARDENING AND PHILOSOPHY
Dan O’Brien (ed.)
Research Fellow
Oxford Brookes University
Gardens were important at the dawn of philosophy -- Plato and Epicurus taught in them -- and they raise a broad spectrum of
philosophical questions. This book hopes to address those concerning meaning
and representation, aesthetics, the good life, political philosophy, ontology
and metaphysics, religion and bioethics. Below are some suggested topics,
although others are welcome.
§ Epicurus’ garden and its role in his philosophy
§ Plato and the groves of Academe
§ Gardens as representations of nature
§ Can gardens be works of art?
§ Gardens as expressions of emotion
§ Gardening, happiness and eudaimonia
§ Does gardening inculcate ethical virtues?
§ The kitchen garden and self-sufficiency
§ Allotments and socialism
§ Gardens and national identity
§ Can a garden be moved?
§ Is this the same garden as last year?
§ Gardens and religious symbolism
§ Eden
§ Zen gardens
§ Voltaire, theodicy and “cultivating our garden”
§ The ethics of killing slugs and pests
It is proposed that this volume will be published in the Wiley-Blackwell
series Philosophy for Everyone. Other
titles include Wine and Philosophy, Beer and Philosophy, Food and Philosophy, Pornography and Philosophy, and Cannabis
and Philosophy. The series aims to be accessible to the general public and
so your essays should not be overly technical. They can, however, contain some
serious scholarship. Contributors to this volume will include philosophers,
sociologists, political theorists, theologians, historians and, of course,
gardeners.
Guidelines
for Contributions
Abstract of paper (approx. 250 words) submission deadline: January 15,
2009
Final papers should be between 4000–5000 words.
Abstracts should be submitted by email to gardeningandphilosophy@gmail.com Yours Dan ____________ Dr Dan O'Brien Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University Honorary Research Fellow, Birmingham University Associate Lecturer, The Open University
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