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Call for Publications Theme: Rethinking Through Art Subtitle: East and West Publication: Rivista di Estetica Date: Issue No. 1/2022 Deadline: 28.2.2021 __________________________________________________ Over the centuries, art has been a prominent form of cultural exchange between the East and the West. This role has become even more prominent in the last three hundred years. Western painting and music introduced by European missionaries shaped the tastes of the Chinese imperial courts since the 17th century. The “Chinoiserie” style inspired by Chinese aesthetics contributed a great deal to the dynamics of the 18th-century European art-world. Japanese Ukiyo-e – the art of the “floating world” – was believed to have a significant impact on the Impressionists. It becomes evident that contemporary artists from the East and the West have formed a collaborative community of creativity. While more and more art historians are shifting part of their research interest to the Eastern art traditions, looking into them in their own right, or investigating art history in a greater trans-cultural context, many philosophers of art still remain relatively reluctant to either philosophize about art from a cross-cultural perspective, or try to conceptualize its central issues by drawing on diverse cultural experiences and studies of the non-Western histories of art. In the last several decades, the field of philosophy of art and aesthetics in the West has seen many great theoretical achievements, which enable us to think about and create art in a profoundly meaningful way, bringing art more than ever closer to “pure” philosophy. But, when we look closely at these influential philosophical inquiries into art, we find they are, by and large, exclusively inspired and dominated by the European art tradition and engages research materials from very specific origins, often shunning potential challenges from non-Western art as well as the historical facts of artistic interaction and the on-going confluence of artistic practice in our age. This issue aims to reopen a ground for rethinking some fundamental philosophical questions about art within a cross-cultural context. We encourage reflection on any important topic in the philosophy of art on the basis of Eastern-Western comparison or synthesis. We especially prefer submissions addressing the following issues: the definition of art, ontology of art, art and creativity, art and self-cultivation. Articles must be written in English or Italian, and should not exceed 40.000 characters, notes and blank-spaces included. Advisory Editors: Xiao Ouyang (Wuhan University, China) Tiziana Andina (Università di Torino, Italy) Submission: ouyang.x...@whu.edu.cn and rivista.estet...@gmail.com Deadline for submission: Feb 28th, 2021 Rivista di Estetica publishes thematic issues about philosophical topics. It is one of the oldest philosophical journals in Italy, established in 1956 as a quarterly journal about aesthetics and more general philosophical themes. Rivista di Estetica practices double-blind refereeing and publishes both in Italian and English. The editor of Rivista di Estetica is Tiziana Andina, Full Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, Italy. The managing editor is Carola Barbero, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Turin, who follows the day-to-day functioning of Rivista di Estetica, as well as the contacts with authors and referees. All editorial correspondence should also be addressed to: carola.barb...@unito.it The open-access digital edition is now available on Revues.org The journal is indexed by: SCOPUS, Web of Science Core Index AHCI, The Philosopher’s Index, Répertoire bibliographique de la philosophie, ERIH, Articoli italiani di periodici accademici (AIDA), Catalogo italiano dei periodici (ACNP), Google Scholar. Contact: Xiao Ouyang & Tiziana Andina Rivista di Estetica ouyang.x...@whu.edu.cn and rivista.estet...@gmail.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
