Monthly Archives: August 2009
Alain Badiou: The Uses of the Word “Jew” http://www.lacan.com/essays/?page_id=276 For the last couple of decades, the intellectual situation in France has been marked by countless discussions about the status to… Read more
2nd Derrida Today – International Conference
The 2nd *Derrida Today* – International Conference To be held at: The British Academy, London – July 19 – 20, 2010 Hosted by: Kingston University (London) and Macquarie University (Sydney)…. Read more
Workshop at Michigan State University, October 3
Technology, Time, and the Political. Modernity and memory from Heidegger to Stiegler. One Day Workshop in continental philosophy at Michigan State University Saturday, October 3 Description: Time and memory are… Read more
CFP: Hegel After Spinoza: A Volume of Critical Essays
Hegel After Spinoza: A Volume of Critical Essays Edited by Hasana Sharp and Jason Smith Call for Papers The names Hegel and Spinoza have come to represent two irreconcilable paths… Read more
Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy
Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy — La Société canadienne de philosophie continentale Annual Conference / Congrès annuel October 15-17, 2009 King’s University College at The University of Western Ontario London,… Read more
Book Review: Kant and the Role of Pleasure in Moral Action
A review of Kant and the Role of Pleasure in Moral Action: Kant eventually becomes convinced that a philosopher’s stone (the elusive substance sought by alchemists for converting base metals… Read more
Symposium: Special Issue on Jacques Rancière
Symposium : The Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Call for Papers Special Issue on Jacques Rancière – Guest Editor: Joseph J. Tanke This special issue of Symposium seeks to assemble… Read more
Transformations : Issue No. 17 2009 — Bernard Stiegler and the Question of Technics
TRANSFORMATIONS Issue No. 17 2009 — Bernard Stiegler and the Question of Technics Transformation as an Ontological Imperative: The [Human] Future According to Bernard Stiegler Stephen Barker The Duck and… Read more
CFP: Levinas and Asian Thought
Call for Papers: Levinas and Asian Thought Edited by Leah Kalmanson, Frank Garrett, and Sarah Mattice Comparative philosophy has often reached out to major figures within the continental European tradition,… Read more
Chuck Grassley’s Debt and Deficit Dragon
At the end of a class today on Democracy, the students and I were discussing the value of fiction in understanding politics. One objection was that fictional characters are too… Read more
New SEP Entry: Plato’s Myths
What the ancient Greeks—at least in the archaic phase of their civilisation—called muthos was quite different from what we and the media nowadays call “myth”. For them a muthos was… Read more
Discourse Notebook Archive
About: The discourse notebook is an effort (in conjunction with ‘The Bernstein Tapes’*) to make available lectures in contemporary continental philosophy. Link
Aesthetics and Race: New Philosophical Perspectives
Aesthetics and Race: New Philosophical Perspectives Contemporary Aesthetics, Special Volume 2 (2009) Edited with an introduction by Monique Roelofs Bringing together postcolonial, feminist, and critical race theorists, aestheticians, political philosophers,… Read more
Sofia University in Bulgaria offers doctoral scholarships
Sofia University in Bulgaria offers doctoral scholarships at the Graduate Program in Philosophy Taught in English Language; the program features a strong emphasis on Continental Philosophy. The scholarships carry a… Read more