Monthly Archives: January 2009
Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou on Samuel Beckett
Slavoj Zizek Beckett with Lacan – part 1 http://www.lacan.com/article/?page_id=78 The achievement of Joyce simultaneously signals his limit, the limit which pushed Beckett to break with him. If there ever was… Read more
Book Review: Shaw, Nietzsche’s Political Skepticism
A review by Brian Leiter: Nietzsche’s Political Skepticism (hereafter NPS) is a serious, learned, and novel contribution to the literature on Nietzsche’s relevance to political theory. Against the two dominant… Read more
Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy
The Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy is pleased to announce its program for the 2009 Summer School. Location: 1888 Building, University of Melbourne. Enrol at http://www.mscp.org.au Week 1 January 26… Read more
Parrhesia: Issue 5, 2008
Link ‘You cannot make a living just being a theoretician’: An Interview with Jean-Michel Rabaté With Jeroen Lauwers & Thomas Van Parys Michel Foucault, Philosopher? A Note on Genealogy and… Read more
CFP: PIC (SUNY)
Resistances: Technologies and Relationalities The 19th Annual Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture (PIC) Conference April 17-18, 2009 Binghamton University – Binghamton, NY This conference seeks to explore the interconnectedness of technology,… Read more
Dean on Foucault
Jodi Dean has been summarizing and reading Foucault’s The Birth of Biopolitics. Link to her posts
Dreyfus. “Heidegger on Art” (2008)
Heidegger is not interested in works of art as expressions of the vision of a creator, nor is he interested in them as the source of aesthetic experiences in a… Read more
TOC: Political Theory February 2009; Vol. 37, No. 1
TOC Antigone’s Laments, Creon’s Grief: Mourning, Membership, and the Politics of Exception — Bonnie Honig Competition in the Best of Cities: Agonism and Aristotle’s Politics — Steven C. Skultety Publius… Read more
Owen, Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality
David Owen, Nietzsche’s Genealogy of Morality Reviewed by Peter Poellner, University of Warwick The last decade has seen a flurry of publications on Nietzsche’s ethics and specifically on his critique… Read more
CFP: LSU Philosophy Conference
We are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual LSU Philosophy Conference: Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana April 18-19th, 2009 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Todd May, Clemson University This conference is… Read more
Zizek and the New Republic saga
Zizek responds to The New Republic review (mentioned previously here). Link
Book Review: Derrida and Time
Delving into the nuances and gradations of conceptual constructions while also recalling the far horizons of philosophical reflections — from Aristotle to Derrida and friends — Derrida on Time moves… Read more
‘Pre-discursive’ racism
Abstract This paper makes the case that discourse analytic approaches in social psychology are not adequate to the task of apprehending racism in its bodily, affective and pre-symbolic dimensions. We… Read more
CFP: FROM RICOEUR TO ACTION
FROM RICOEUR TO ACTION: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE UK-Ireland Society for Ricoeur Studies Conference — June 23-24, 2009 This conference will be held at the University of Kent (Canterbury, UK). CONFIRMED… Read more
Hegemony, democracy, agonism and journalism: an interview with Chantal Mouffe
Abstract Chantal Mouffe’s political philosophy has been influential in a variety of domains, including sociology, cultural studies, media studies, law, art, literary criticism, and journalism studies. By combining Gramsci’s focus… Read more
14th Annual Philosophy Conference at Villanova University “New French Thought” Keynote Speaker: Bernard Stiegler April 3-4, 2009 We encourage submissions that consider any theme in contemporary French philosophy, which might… Read more