[ecrea] 'This Conjuncture' - Special issue of New Formations: call for proposals.

New Formations is a journal of culture / theory / politics(see 
https://www.lwbooks.co.uk/new-formations)

The editorial board of New Formations has been considering for some time 
how best to pay tribute to our great friend and colleague, Stuart Hall. 
We have decided that the most appropriate tribute we pay is to do what 
Stuart so often urged us all to do - to try to analyse as rigorously as 
possible the precise contours of the current historical conjuncture. We 
propose a special issue devoted to this end, considering a range of 
interrelated questions from a range of disciplinary perspectives:

  •What public moods and structures of feeling, emergent and residuals, 
 characterise the current conjuncture?
•What is at stake in the term 'conjuncture', as analytic or method? What 
principles of resistance towards the dominant narratives of our time 
does the term carry with it?
•Is the epoch of neoliberal hegemony drawing to a close?
•Is the re-emergence of authoritarian populism and popular racism  in 
countries such as France, the US and the UK an inevitable response to 
globalisation and the spread of liberal cosmopolitanism? Has this 
emergence already passed its peak?
•What is the significance of the re-emergence of the political Left as a 
visible force in electoral politics in contexts such as Greece, the USA 
and the UK?
•Is the emergent ‘precariat’ a new leading force in radical politics?
•What are the wider implications, resonances and consequences of the 
Black Lives Matter movement?
•Can the political and social gains of liberal feminism survive the era 
of austerity?
•What is the future of political organisation at the levels of work, 
consumption and communication?
•How can the projections of global warming be configured by the left in 
relation to more immediate questions of social justice?
•How should we understand the new feminist activism as part of the 
response to Trump’s authoritarian populism?
•What are the emergent forms and patterns of economic activity, 
accumulation and distribution which might shape the social and political 
terrain in the near future?
•Do the Brexit vote, Trump’s election, and the recent UK General 
Election results mark the beginning of a new historical conjuncture?

These questions are far from exclusive or exhaustive and we welcome 
suggestions for other interventions and contributions.

We invite proposals for contributions to this issue.

The deadline for receipt of first drafts of actual papers will be Jan 
31st 2018

If you would like to propose a contribution, please send a biographical 
note and  200-400 word abstract to (nfsubmissions /at/ me.com) 
<mailto:(nfsubmissions /at/ me.com)> (please use the subject line ‘This 
Conjuncture Proposal’) by August 31st 2017. Proposers will be notified 
as to whether their proposals have been accepted September 10th.







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