Publication and issue: Polish Journal of English Studies. 11.2/2025 Critical Posthumanism and Relationality.
Deadline for proposal submissions: 1 September 2025.
Issue edited by: Prof. Katarzyna Ostalska (University of Łódź).
Issue description
Relationality constitutes the core foundation of critical posthumanism. Rosi Braidotti captures it as follows: “Posthuman subjectivity expresses an embodied and embedded and hence partial form of accountability, based on a strong sense of collectivity, relationality and hence community building” (2013: 49). Relationality views people as inseparably entangled (on equal footing) with more-than-human beings, organic and nonorganic entities. Such a conception undermines speciesism, the allegedly superior and unique place of human beings on Earth. Furthermore, for Braidotti, relationality (together with positivity and affirmation) is a condition sine qua non of posthuman ethics (2013: 191). With the above in mind, possible research topics may include, but are not limited to:
- Relationality and Plant Studies
- Relationality and Animal Studies
- Interspecies relations
- Sympoiesis and symbiosis
- Relationality Beyond Euro- and Western-centric narratives
- Relationality and Postcolonial and Indigenous studies
- Relationality and Biocapitalism, Cognitive Capitalism, Late Capitalism
- Relationality and More-than human entities
- Relationality and Environmental humanities
- Relationality and Blue Humanities
- Relationality and Posthuman Ethics
- Relationality and New Materialisms;
- Relationality and Feminisms;
- Relationality and LGBTQ+ communities;
- Relationality and Disability studies;
- Relationality in Literature, Art, Cinema
- Relationality and Visual Cultures
- Relationality and The Social Media
- Relationality and Game Studies
- Relationality and Philosophy
- Relationality and Science
- Relationality and Digital Technology
- The critique of relationality
We invite articles relevant to the themes of the issue (not limited by the list above) and consistent with the journal’s style sheet which is available here: Information for Contributors – PJES Articles together with a short bio-bibliographical note should be submitted in English by the 1st of September. We intend to publish the issue by the end of 2025.
Timeline
- Submissions: September 1st 2025;
- Planned publication by the end of 2025.
Website address
https://pjes.edu.pl/issues/11-2-2025
Contact details: pjes@pjes.edu.pl or use the contact form at https://pjes.edu.pl/contact/
CFP
For further details, please check the original call inserted below.
Critical Posthumanism and Relationality(Posted 3 April 2025)