Monthly Archives: February 2011
Five myths about liberal academia
By Matthew Woessner, April Kelly-Woessner and Stanley Rothman Friday, February 25, 2011; 12:00 PM Do red-blooded, hard-working Americans pay thousands of dollars each year to send their children to college,… Read more
Philosophers Zone – The Julian Assange Conspiracy
The object of Wikileaks is to dismantle the conspiracies that, according to its founder, rule the world. But what is a conspiracy and are you part of one? According… Read more
Badiou: “Tunisie, Egypte : quand un vent d’est balaie l’arrogance de l’Occident”
Read an English translation of Alain Badiou’s recent article for Le Monde. Translation kindly provided by Cristiana Petru-Stefanescu. The Eastern wind is getting the better of the Western one. How… Read more
Andre Glucksmann: Revolution without guarantee
Since January 2011 inevitability has ceased to exist in Maghreb and the Middle East. Whatever happens next, we welcome the upheaval with “a taking of sides according to desires which… Read more
LRB · Judith Butler · Who Owns Kafka?
An ongoing trial in Tel Aviv is set to determine who will have stewardship of several boxes of Kafka’s original writings, including primary drafts of his published works, currently… Read more
Audio: Robert Solomon – From Existentialism to Postmodernism (1 of 3)
via YouTube – From Existentialism to Postmodernism (1 of 3).
Terry Eagleton · Indomitable
How to Change the World: Marx and Marxism 1840-2011 by Eric Hobsbawm In 1976, a good many people in the West thought that Marxism had a reasonable case to… Read more
New Book: The Logic of Cultures : Taborsky Paul
The Logic of Cultures, by Paul Taborsky This book proposes to identify three long-term structures in causal reasoning – in particular, in terms of the relationship between cause and identity… Read more
Book Review: Peter Sloterdijk – Rage and Time: A Psychopolitical Investigation
Peter Sloterdijk is a clever man. His fame and infamy hinge on his keen ability to provoke controversy and serve up a feast of grilled sacred cows — most recently… Read more
CFP: Shifting the Geography of Reason
Caribbean Philosophical Association 2011 SHIFTING THE GEOGRAPHY OF REASON VIII: THE CRISIS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIETY September 28-30, 2011 Rutgers University, New Brunswick Featuring: *Plenary session… Read more
Arab uprisings mark a turning point for the taking | Peter Hallward
In the late 1940s, Simone de Beauvoir was already bemoaning our tendency to “think that we are not the master of our destiny; we no longer hope to help make… Read more
Clive Thompson on How More Info Leads to Less Knowledge
Is global warming caused by humans? Is Barack Obama a Christian? Is evolution a well-supported theory? You might think these questions have been incontrovertibly answered in the affirmative, proven by… Read more
Book Review: Peter E. Gordon – Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos
In 2003, Peter Gordon, Professor of History at Harvard University, published a remarkable book on the kinship between two distinctive figures of Weimar culture: the German Jewish philosopher, theologian, and… Read more
Elevate Differencen (formerly known as Feminist Review)
Mission Elevate Difference is a forum for thoughtful critique that aims to embody the myriad—and sometimes conflicting—viewpoints present in the struggle for political, social, and economic justice. Elevate Difference offers… Read more
CFP: Paul Ricoeur and the Task of Political Philosophy
Call for Submissions Paul Ricoeur and the Task of Political Philosophy Edited by Greg Johnson (Pacific Lutheran University) and Dan Stiver (Hardin-Simmons University) Lexington Books We invite submissions for a… Read more
British Journal for the History of Philosophy, Volume 19 Issue 1 2011
Who May Live the Examined Life? Plato’s Rejection of Socratic Practices in Republic VII, Author: Sarah Lublink Spinoza on the Essences of Modes, Author: Thomas M. Ward Berkeley’s Missing Argument:… Read more
Call for Papers: Baudrillard and Politic
A number of conflicting political epithets have been attached to the name Jean Baudrillard: Maoist, neo-conservative, neo-Marxist, post-Marxist, anarcho-primitivist, postmodernist, ultra-leftist, nouveaux philosophe, situationist, aristocrat, 68er, nihilist, Gnostic, relativist, reactionary… Read more
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism – Volume 69, Issue 1
The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Special Issue: THE AESTHETICS OF ARCHITECTURE: PHILOSOPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ART OF BUILDING Winter 2011, Volume 69, Issue 1 Kant and the Philosophy of… Read more
Steven Shaviro über Filmkritik
1. How do you consider your role as film critic? In the first place, I consider my role as a film critic — and also as a Professor of Film… Read more