Monthly Archives: May 2010
Middlesex links not to miss
Most important one: Save Middlesex Philosophy Facebook The petition Please keep up with John Protevi’s incredible blogposts. I have added a banner of support on the top right and will… Read more
Book Review – The Second Sex – By Simone de Beauvoir – NYTimes.com
NY Times has an article on the new translation of the Second Sex, and some gems about the previous one: In her splendid introduction to this new edition, Judith Thurman… Read more
Europe is a dead political project | Étienne Balibar | guardian.co.uk
Europe is a dead political project This is the beginning of the end for the EU unless it can find the capacity to start again on radically new bases via… Read more
New Entry: Négritude (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Towards the end of his life, Aimé Césaire has declared that the question he and his friend Léopold Sédar Senghor came to raise after they first met was: “Who am… Read more
CFP: Marginality
First Call for Papers: THE ANATOMY OF MARGINALITY A Special Issue of “The European Legacy” Guest Editors: COSTICA BRADATAN (The Honors College, Texas Tech University) & AURELIAN CRAIUTU (Department of… Read more
SYMPOSIUM: Volume 14 Issue Number 1 Spring 2010
SYMPOSIUM: Canadian Journal of Continental Philosophy Volume 14 Issue Number 1 Spring 2010 Table of Contents/Table des matières Articles Introducing…Vittorio Hösle PAMELA J. REEVE and ANTONIO CALCAGNO The European Union… Read more
Save Middlesex Philosophy /// Breaking news : Suspension of 2 Professors, 1 Lecturer and 4 Students
Dear Colleagues, The administration of Middlesex University has decided to suspend students and professors because of their protesting against the closure of the philosophy department – a decision that was… Read more
Jacques Derrida: Gilles Deleuze: On Forgiveness. 2004
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_r-gr3ccik[/youtube] Jacques Derrida speaking about Forgiveness in his Paris seminar “A Critique of Psychoanalysis”, a public open lecture focusing on texts from Gilles Deleuze for students of European Graduate School… Read more
New Book: Cixous , White Ink: Interviews on Sex, Text, and Politics
New book from Columbia University Press: Cixous , White Ink: Interviews on Sex, Text, and Politics These interviews with Helene Cixous offer invaluable insight into her philosophy and criticism. Culled… Read more
New Entry: Immanuel Kant (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) is the central figure in modern philosophy. He synthesized early modern rationalism and empiricism, set the terms for much of nineteenth and twentieth century philosophy, and continues… Read more
“Salomon Maimon and the ESSAY ON TRANSCENDENTAL PHILOSOPHY,” Manchester Metropolitan University, August 19, 2010. We are pleased to announce the first UK conference on the philosophy of Salomon Maimon (1753-1800)…. Read more
Rethinking Marxism: A Journal of Economics, Culture & Society Volume 22 Issue 2
SYMPOSIUM : CRISIS OF CAPITALISM The Economic Crisis: A Marxian Interpretation, Pages 170 – 186 Authors: Stephen Resnick; Richard Wolff What’s in It for Us? Rethinking the Financial Crisis, Pages… Read more
ON ERROR: CALL FOR PAPERS
ON ERROR: CALL FOR PAPERS (October 29-30 Goldsmiths, University of London) Is a form of discourse, philosophical or otherwise, conceivable without a relation to error: the errors it considers potentially… Read more
Foucault Studies Issue 8
Number 8, February 2010 Table of Contents: Editorial Sverre Raffnsøe, Alan Rosenberg, Alain Beaulieu, Sam Binkley, Jens Erik Kristensen, Sven Opitz, Chloë Taylor; with Morris Rabinowitz & Ditte Vilstrup Holm… Read more
Conference Announcement: Acting in Film
02 September 2010 11.30-21.00 Acting in Film: Concepts, Theories, Philosophies – An International Conference 03 September 2010 10.15-17.45 Acting in Film: Concepts, Theories, Philosophies – An International Conference 04 September… Read more
Critchley’s New Column in NYT
NY Times has a new column, entitled ‘The Stone‘: The Stone is a new opinion series that will feature the writings of contemporary philosophers on issues both timely and timeless… Read more
CFP: “Politics After Metaphysics”
Special Issue of the Journal Telos: “Politics After Metaphysics”, ed. by Michael Marder Contemporary political philosophy is marked by a deep distrust of the transcendent grounding of politics and, hence,… Read more
Markus Gabriel Talk | Friday May 14th 12-2pm at the New School
The New York German Idealism Workshop and the New School Psychoanalytic Theory Workshop present: Markus Gabriel, Bonn University “Predication and Repression: The Unconscious of Philosophy” Date: Friday, May 14th Location:… Read more