Abstracts are invited for a proposed special issue of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy on the theme of language, aesthetics and emotions in the work of the British Idealists.
We invite contributions which explore these themes as they are discussed and developed in the work of the British Idealists and their interlocutors. Possible (indicative) authors include T.H. Green, A.C. Bradley, R. L. Nettleship, Edward Caird, J.A. Symonds, F.H. Bradley, Bernard Bosanquet, R.G. Collingwood, Michael Oakeshott, John Cook Wilson, E.F. Carritt, Giovanni Gentile, Benedetto Croce. Possible themes include the relationship between thought and
language, aesthetics and the emotions, aesthetics and other forms of experience, language and philosophical thinking, and language and practice.
Abstracts (between 500 and 1,000 words) should be emailed as an attachment to both j.connelly@hull.ac.uk and c.tyler@hull.ac.uk by September 31st 2015. Authors will be notified of decisions within one month of this deadline. The papers (of between 6,000 and 8,000 words) should be submitted by 1st December 2016. All papers will be subject to double-blind peer review prior to decisions regarding final acceptance.