[Marxism] Journal announcement

[Louis Proyect]

Reconstruction 8.4 Special Section - Wright, King, and War (5/1/08; 
journal issue)

Issue Announcement/Call for Papers

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture 
<http://reconstruction.eserver.org> is proud to announce the publication 
of Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008: Class, Culture and Public Intellectuals. 
Reconstruction now calls for papers to address Richard Wright and Martin 
Luther King, Jr.'s response to current conditions of war and conflict. 
Accepted contributions will be published in a special section of 
Reconstruction 8.4, due out later this year.

Reconstruction 8.1 was co-edited by Graham Barnfield, Joseph Ramsey & 
Victor Cohen, and featured work by Matthew Abraham (forthcoming), Alice 
Béja, Paul Buhle, Andrew Calcutt, George Ciccariello-Maher, Christopher 
D. Craig, Charles D. Cunningham, Anthony Dawahare, Grover Furr, Brett 
Gary, Amy Gentry, Marvin E. Gettleman, Mark J. Goodman, Rich Hancuff, 
Paul M. Heideman, John Marsh, Carl Grey Martin, William J. Maxwell, Bill 
V. Mullen, Robert Niemi, Marc Ouellette, James Panton, Paula Rabinowitz, 
James Smethurst, Brian Thill, Robert Vanderlan, and Manuel Yang. The 
issue also features interviews with Michael Denning, Barbara Foley, Bill 
Martin, Ellen Schrecker, and Alan Wald.

2008 marks the centenary of Richard Wright's birth, and the 40th 
anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is also a year 
which, for us, offers no end in sight to either the "war on terror" or 
the "war" on critical thinking in the U.S. academy. What would Richard 
Wright say today? What would King? What relevance does the thought and 
practice of this duo, and of other public intellectuals of the 
mid-twentieth century, have to contribute to our struggles in the 
twenty-first century?

Following Reconstruction 8.1, we invite papers that address these and 
related topics. In the spirit of the existing essays, reviews and 
interviews in the March 2008 special issue, the editors propose rounding 
off the year with further debate, analysis, and contributions to the 
creation of a "humanscape" of the radical intelligentsia, furthering our 
understanding of its lives, ideas, organizations, victories, and 
misadventures.

We welcome responses to ideas outlined in Reconstruction 8.1, especially 
contributions which commemorate and evaluate Richard Wright in his 
centenary year. This could include essays of up to 10,000 words in 
length, along with shorter "reconsiderations" of a wide range of 
established or neglected works emerging from this milieu.

Please send proposals to Graham Barnfield 
(gbarnfield_at_googlemail.com), Joseph Ramsey (jgramsey_at_gmail.com), 
and Victor Cohen (victor.cohen37_at_gmail.com) by May 1, 2008. 
Publication is expected in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Consult the submissions guide 
<http://reconstruction.eserver.org/guidelines.shtml> for further details 
on format.

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture (ISSN: 1547-4348) is an 
innovative cultural studies journal dedicated to fostering an 
intellectual community composed of scholars and their audience, granting 
them all the ability to share thoughts and opinions on the most 
important and influential work in contemporary interdisciplinary 
studies. Reconstruction publishes one open issue and three themed issues 
quarterly.

Reconstruction is indexed in the MLA International Bibliography.

All submissions and submission queries should be written care of 
reconstruction.submissions at gmail.com.