CFP: Theories of the Will (3/29/04; MLA '04)

From: Louis Suarez-Potts (luispo@mac.com)
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 01:26:07 EST


CFP: Theories of the Will (3/29/04; MLA)

Proposed Special Session for the MLA 2004 in Philadelphia, Dec. 27-30,
2004.

Nineteenth-century US and European theories of identity and action depended
on the now largely obsolete concept of the will, which essentially
materialized liberal agency while grounding post-mesmerist psychology.

Papers are solicited that touch on any aspect of the will. In particular,
papers that address its relation to gender, narrative, governmentality,
“race,” film, and identity are welcome.

E-mail a 250-wd abstract and brief cv not later than 29 March 2004 to Louis
Suarez-Potts at luispo@mac.com .

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