Despite the appearance of a few more anthologies and books in the last few years, the philosophy of love and sex remains relatively neglected compared to other areas of applied philosophy. The motivation behind this issue of Essays in Philosophy is to provide a forum for new scholarship in philosophy of love and sex. The desired end product is the increased visibility of the field and a collection of provocative essays that will significantly advance it. In this relatively new field, much of the discussion has focused on the aesthetic value of wilderness but there are many topics worthy of discussion and exploration. This issue of Essays in Philosophy offers a forum for this exploration.
Papers relating to all aspects of environmental aesthetics are welcome.
Papers should not focus primarily on issues in environmental ethics. This issue of Essays in Philosophy is devoted to a continued exploration of pragmatist themes and stances. Because we live in a world increasingly defined by image, many feminists working within cultural studies urge us to explore the complex relationship between cultural representations and gender. The motivation behind this issue of Essays in Philosophy is to build our understanding of the intrinsic and dynamic relationship between the construction of gender and the representation of women in popular culture. Prospective contributors should construe a critical interpretive analysis of contemporary popular culture as a primary and constitutive element in the production of hegemonic meanings for gender and sexual difference.