Cfp: "Deconstruction and Science," DERRIDA TODAY (forthcoming).

In this special issue of Derrida Today, the editors wish to address thequestion of the meeting of deconstruction and science, the latter broadly defined. Since the 1960s and ‘70s, poststructuralist thought has garnered a reputation for being at odds with science and the Enlightenment worldview upon which modern science is based. This is understandable if for no other reason than the fact that the last four decades can historically testify to this tension. From the Sokal debate to the general sense within the scientific community that deconstruction is basically just a form of relativism that attacks science’s empirical method and the basic assumption that reason can have access to the world, there has been little attempt to find ways in which a positive dialogue can be had. One of the goals of this special issue is to allow the voices that might contribute to such a dialogue to come to the fore. Although any and all approaches to the topic will be considered, including essays dealing with the ways in which deconstruction calls the general project of science into question, the editors are especially interested in investigating what can be positively said rather than what can be criticized. That is, how might the insights of deconstruction change theway in which science is practiced? How might individual science practices (e.g., chemistry, physics, biology) be affected by an encounter with deconstruction? And, indeed, how is deconstruction altered by its encounter with science? Essays that are of a theoretical as well as a practical nature are thus welcome, and authors from any discipline are encouraged to submit. Deadline for submission of 300-word abstract: 30 June 2009 Deadline for submission of paper (no more than 6000 words): 30 November 2009 Co-edited by:

• Nicole Anderson, Critical and Cultural Studies Department, Macquarie University, Australia, General Editor, Derrida Today
• H. Peter Steeves, Professor of Philosophy, DePaul University, Chicago

All submissions should be prepared for blind review and emailed to DTJEditors@scmp.mq.edu.au with the title “Deconstruction and Science” as the subject title of the email.