Perspectives in Social Ecology

Call for Contributions - Harbinger, Vol. 3 No. 2

Harbinger, a Journal of Social Ecology, is planning its fall 2003 issue that will focus on perspectives in social ecology. As an emergent body of thought that continues to inspire and shape the libertarian left, social ecology and social ecologists have contributed to numerous domains of radical theory and practice, and continue to do so.

Within this issue, we will examine the many different ways in which social ecologists have attempted to apply social ecology to a range of social and political projects. Further, we will continue to examine perspectives within social ecology on contemporary theoretical issues.

Constructing Ethics: Can we look to first nature to provide an objective ethic for constructing an ecologically sound society? If not, where can we look? Building on the discussion initiated by Sonja Schmitz in this issue, where do other social ecologists stand on this issue?
Moral Economics: Does social ecology successfully theorize the integration of economic life into it’s political vision? Recent debates with the Participatory Economics school of thought suggests we have much rethinking to do on our economic vision. Where do we stand on such libertarian communist economic proposals?
The Libertarian Left: Today, many social ecologists are pushing for a clean split from anarchism because of overwhelmingly undesirable tendencies within contemporary anarchism. What place does anarchism, if any, have within the social ecology of today? Do the current anti-social and anti-technology currents in contemporary anarchism soil the social anarchist project beyond repair, and warrant the severing of social ecology from any social anarchism
Revolutionary Education: If education is central to this revolutionary project, how do we understand dominant notions and practices of education, and what does a liberatory education look like? What current approaches in childhood and young adult alternative education deserve our attention? As political activists, how does our understanding of liberatory education influence our political work.
Political Organizing: Libertarian municipalists from around the globe have been engaged in political activism for many years. What can we learn from these hot spots of activism in which to further sharpen our theoretical understanding of politics and practice?

These and other key questions will be addressed in the pages of the next issue of Harbinger. Our hope is to publish the broad continuum of ideas that represent the best thinking in social ecology, highlighting both points of agreement and difference. We also welcome submissions that explore these ideas in the more visceral form of poetry and fiction.

If you are interested in submitting to this issue of Harbinger, please contact the Editorial Board with your ideas. The deadline for submissions for this issue is September 1st, 2003.

Submission Guidelines

Harbinger seeks to nourish the movement for a free and ecological society. We aim to help clarify the theoretical premises of this movement, deepen discussions about this movement’s political and social strategies and organizational forms, and cultivate a community of people interested in the praxis of social ecology.

Harbinger contributes toward these aims by publishing works in the following three areas.

First, Harbinger publishes interviews and articles that explore different theories of the relationship between society and nature, with special reference to their contributions towards social ecology. We seek to foster, at the deepest conceptual level, a vision of human life that is free of hierarchy and domination in all of its forms.

Second, we publish articles on efforts to institute the broader potentialities identified in the previous section. We publish articles that make strategic and programmatic contributions to contemporary radical movements, articles that explore debates and critical issues in existing movements and initiatives and more generally, link discussions of practice to a broader theoretical framework.

Finally, we publish articles that report on the work of the Institute for Social Ecology and the community of people around it. We report on developments at the ISE, and projects in which the ISE is active. We also generally facilitate communication among members of this community.

All material submitted are considered for publication. Submissions should ideally relate to the theme of the issue submitted to. Please contact the Editorial Board with your ideas before submitting.

Guidelines for Written Material

We prefer articles to be submitted in a digital format. If this is not possible, a paper version is acceptable.

Contact Information: All submissions must include full contact information for the author.

Biography: Please include a two or three sentence bibliography about yourself.

Referencing: Please use standard academic referencing in the humanities. Footnotes or endnotes should be formatted in the following fashion:

1 Peter Marshall, Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism (London: Harper Collins, 1992), p. xiii.

Bibliographies should be formatted in the following fashion:

Baxter, P. T. W.. Being and Becoming Oromo: Historical and Anthropological Enquiries. Eritrea: Red Sea Press, 1996.

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all references and bibliographical materials are correct.

Editing: We may edit your submission. If the editing is extensive, it will first be returned to the author of corrections and approval.

Digital submission: Please send your article in Rich Text Format, HTML, or Microsoft Word format. Digital submissions can either be emailed or sent on a disk to the below address. A paper copy must accompany a digital submission.

Paper submission: All paper submissions must be typed, double spaced, and pages numbered. Three copies must be submitted to the below address.

Guidelines for Illustrations and Photography

Illustrations should be in black and white, or converted to a well-contrasted grayscale. Submit good quality copies, and retain originals. Photographs should have a glossy finish and well contrasted. If photographs or illustrations are to accompany an article, please include a location note in the article.

Contact Information: All submissions must include full contact information for the artist..

Biography: Please include a two or three sentence bibliography about yourself.

Please send submissions to the editors at:

Harbinger
c/o Institute for Social Ecology
1118 Maple Hill Road,
Plainfield, VT, 05667, USA

harbinger@social-ecology.org

Social Ecology n 1: a coherent radical critique of current social, political, and anti-ecological trends. 2: a reconstructive, ecological, communitarian, and ethical approach to society.

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