As 2008 is (of course) the centenary of Simone de Beauvoir’s birth, we’re going to put together an issue of Philosophy Now with a de Beauvoir theme. If you would like to submit an article, we’d be very happy to hear from you.
Philosophy Now is a popular magazine aimed at the general educated public, though also widely read by philosophy students and academics. Articles should therefore be lively, legantly-written and comprehensible to beginners in philosophy. In fact, articles should preferably be vetted for accessibility by an intelligent non-philosopher before being sent in for consideration. They should be between 1,000 and 3,500 words long.
We would need finished articles by the end of June but would prefer to hear in advance from anyone interested in contributing.
The issue editor will be my colleague Dr Anja Steinbauer, and she will be assessing all contributions to decide on publication. She is keen to focus mainly on de Beauvoir as a philosopher rather than as a literary figure.
We’d like to publish an introductory article on de Beauvoir’s philosophy as well as 3 – 4 pieces on specific aspects of her thought. Obviously we’d like to publish something about “The Second Sex”, either in the intro article or as one of the stand-alone pieces. Ideally we’d like to have a whole article devoted to “The Ethics of Ambiguity”. We welcome any good suggestions for other articles on de Beauvoir as well.
We would also welcome any brief, colourful de Beauvoir annecdotes or stories!
Best wishes,
Rick Lewis
Editor, Philosophy Now
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