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Save Middlesex Philosophy /// Breaking news : Suspension of 2 Professors, 1 Lecturer and 4 Students

Farhang Erfani — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:15:02 +0000

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 broadly criticized nationally and internationally as absurd and self-destructive. Many Colleagues, who had already voiced their unequivocal support for the cause of Middlesex philosophy, are drawing the inevitable consequences from these absurd actions, and break all contacts with an establishment which, if it remains on this path, will lose its right to call itself a University.
We are consequently recommending for you to send in your name or in the name of your universities and philosophical associations new protest letters directly to the Board of Governors (email lists below)

Yours, in philosophical solidarity,

Eric Alliez

Professor of Contemporary French Philosophy
Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy
School of Arts
Middlesex University
Trent Park campus
Bramley Road
London N14 4YZ

26 rue de Saintonge
75003 Paris France
tel: 0033142718781
eric.alliez@free.fr

BOARD OF GOVERNORS:
michael@partridges.org.uk; A.Gajownik@mdx.ac.uk; A.Durant@mdx.ac.uk; thelindens@googlemail.com; andrew.parsons@rlb-law.com; avrobinson1@tiscali.co.uk;l_spence1@sky.com;Bridget.Rulski@guardian.co.uk; colin.hughes@guardian.co.uk; T.Cockerton@mdx.ac.uk; P.A.Johnson@mdx.ac.uk; jritterman@blueyonder.co.uk;dinagray@btinternet.com; j.alleyne@mdx.ac.uk; geoff.lambert2@ntlworld.com; W.Ahmad@mdx.ac.uk; J.Compton-Bishop@mdx.ac.uk; j.mulroy1@btinternet.com; K.A.Bell@mdx.ac.uk; lorna.cocking@btinternet.com; M.House@mdx.ac.uk; M.Keen@mdx.ac.uk; m.driscoll@mdx.ac.uk; PeterCheeseman1@aol.com; Peter.Thomas2@justice.gsi.gov.uk;RS1000@live.mdx.ac.uk; stephen.hand@lr.org; s.knight@mdx.ac.uk; T.Kelly@mdx.ac.uk; T.Butland@mdx.ac.uk;

Save Middlesex Philosophy Website: http://savemdxphil.com/

Protevi’s outline on Foucault

Farhang Erfani — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:03:00 +0000

John Protevi has posted a new outline of Foucault’s Security, Territory, Population 1-4

Link

On Bergson

Farhang Erfani — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:58:28 +0000

John Protevi will be teaching a course on Bergson. Here is the link to the course. Let's hope for his usual helpful notes to come!

And Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has updated its entry on Bergson as well.

Dreyfus’ course on Heidegger

Farhang Erfani — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:48:23 +0000

Many have seen (or listened to) these lectures; they are Prof. Dreyfus’ lectures on Heidegger’s Being and Time.

Link

(h/t: Greg Esplin)

Articles on Democracy

Farhang Erfani — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:09:04 +0000

The Journal of Democracy has made a number of its recent articles (beginning with 2002) freely available online. A sample:

Identity, Immigration, and Liberal Democracy
by Francis Fukuyama (April 2006)
Stronger Legislatures, Stronger Democracies
by M. Steven Fish (January 2006)
The Struggle Against Sultanism
by Akbar Ganji(October 2005)
Reviving Middle Eastern Liberalism
by Saad Eddin Ibrahim (October 2003)
Building Democracy After Conflict: Lessons from Iraq
by Larry Diamond (January 2005)

(Via H-Net Democracy)