Monthly Archives: June 2009
New SEP entry: Existentialist Aesthetics
Many of the philosophers commonly described as “existentialist” have made original and decisive contributions to aesthetic thinking. In most cases, a substantial involvement in artistic practice (as novelists, playwrights or… Read more
CFP: AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY ANNUAL CONFERENCE
AUSTRALASIAN SOCIETY FOR CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY ANNUAL CONFERENCE PHILOSOPHY AND THE WORK OF ART November 29, 30, and December 1 Venue: Monash University, Caulfield Campus. Melbourne, Australia Papers are invited in… Read more
SEP: Max Horkheimer
A new entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, by my good friend J.C. Berendzen: Max Horkheimer (1895–1973) was a leader of the so-called “Frankfurt School,” a group of philosophers… Read more
Zizek, Notes towards a definition of communist culture
The Slavoj Zizek Masterclass ‘Notes towards a definition of communist culture’ which took place at Birkbeck College last week (15 – 19 June) is now avaliable as a podcast to… Read more
Zizek and others on Iran
You knew it was coming, here is Zizek on Iran (but remarkably uninsightful, in my opinion). For better ones, see the Iranian filmmaker Makhmalbaf (and here), Hamid Dabashi, and of… Read more
TOC: PSYCHOANALYSIS, CULTURE & SOCIETY July 2009 Volume 14 Number 2
PSYCHOANALYSIS, CULTURE & SOCIETY July 2009 Volume 14 Number 2, pp 109 – 212 Constructing the enemy-other: Anxiety, trauma and mourning in the narratives of political conflict Jeffrey Stevenson Murer… Read more
The Iranian Disbelief
It is almost impossible to predict what will happen in Iran next. Most learned commentators have been rightly cautious, waiting to see. Philosophers are too slow to keep up with… Read more
Deleuze, Lecture “Mille plateaux” (in French)
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Status of the Site
UPDATE: The site is back! Clean and safe! Thank you all for your patience and the kind emails in the meantime! Hope people like the new look too (thanks to… Read more
CFP: Adorno
The Centre for Social and Political Thought (University of Sussex) is hosting a one-day conference on the 6th August 2009 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the death of Theodor… Read more
Book Review: Paul Ricoeur, Living up to Death
Charles Reagan reviews Paul Ricoeur’s last book, Living up to Death This is a strange book requiring a strange review. It is the publication of some of Paul Ricoeur’s previously… Read more
PARRHESIA, ISSUE 6, 2009
Click here to read the articles FEATURES Cinema as a Democratic Emblem Alain Badiou, translated by Alex Ling and Aurélien Mondon The Desert Island and the Missing People Vanessa Brito,… Read more
PhaenEx: New Issue Published
TOC (open access) La notion de Weltanschauung : généalogie d’un concept et d’un processus ÉLODIE BOUBLIL Inter et Inter: A Report on the Metamorphosis of an Actress ISOBEL BOWDITCH Spirit… Read more
NASS CFP EXTENDED
North American Satre Society’s CFP has been extended to June 30th. See NASS site for more details.
Simon Critchley in New York Times
Beyond the Sea By Simon Critchley Thinking is thanking. So, let me begin by thanking the readers of “Happy Like God” for their thoughtful and voluminous responses. It is obviously… Read more