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25Philosophy in Denial: Derrida, the Undeniably Real, and the Death PenaltyDerrida Today 9 (1): 68-84. 2016.This essay describes Derrida's later articulations of the logical; of the ‘undeniable’ and its constant denial. Against anti-realist readings of Derrida as some sort of textual idealist, I show how Derrida's thinking of the undeniable informs his deconstruction of the death penalty in the recently published 1999–2001 lecture courses, as well as the considerations of mortality and finitude that inform all of his writings.
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22Questioning Freedom in the Later Work of DerridaPhilosophy Today 50 (Supplement): 133-138. 2006.
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20Review of Bernard stiegler, Taking Care of Youth and the Generations (review)Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2010 (8). 2010.
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16Foucault’s Last DecadeSymposium 20 (2): 181-211. 2016.At the time of his death in 1984, Foucault’s late career forays into Stoicism and other sets of ancient texts were often little understood, except as part of a larger project on the history of sexuality. Indeed, outside of France and outside of an incipient queer theory, Foucault was often taken up in terms of debates over post-structuralism and postmodernism—themes all but absent from his writings. More than thirty years later, after the publication of all of his lecture courses at the Collège…Read more
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14Sovereign Violence, Racial ViolenceIn Elizabeth A. Hoppe & Tracey Nicholls (eds.), Fanon and the Decolonization of Philosophy, Lexington (rowman & Littlefield). pp. 103. 2010.
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14The Nancy Dictionary (edited book)Edinburgh University Press. 2015.The first dictionary dedicated to the work of Jean-Luc Nancy.Jean-Luc Nancy is a key figure in the contemporary intellectual landscape. This dictionary will, for the first time, consider the full scope of his writing and will provide insights into the philosophical and theoretical background to his focus on community and aesthetics.Drawing on an internationally recognised expertise of a multidisciplinary team of contributors, the 70 entries explain all of his main concepts, contextualising these…Read more
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13Sweatshops and Respect for PersonsJournal of Philosophical Research 30 (9999): 165-188. 2005.Most shoppers like bargains. Do bargains come at the expense of workers in sweatshops around the world? The authors argue that many large multinational corporations are running the moral equivalents of sweatshops and are not properly respecting the rights of persons. They list a set of minimum standards of safety and decency that they claim all corporations should meet (and that many are not). Finally, they defend their call for improved working conditions by replying to objections that meeting …Read more
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11The Bloomsbury companion to Arendt (edited book)Bloomsbury Academic. 2020.Hannah Arendt's (1906-1975) writings, both in public magazines and in her important books, are still widely studied today. She made original contributions in political thinking that still astound readers and critics alike. The subject of several films and numerous books, colloquia, and newspaper articles, Arendt remains a touchstone in innumerable debates about the use of violence in politics, the responsibility one has under dictatorships and totalitarianism, and how to combat the repetition of…Read more
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10Nancy on Trial: thinking philosophy and the jurisdictionalAngelaki 26 (3-4): 32-41. 2021.This paper looks at the thread throughout Nancy’s work on the notion of the decision and judgment. In a period when we must rethink not only the sovereign decision but all manner of traditional jurisprudential and ethical modes of thinking the decision, Nancy’s considerations of freedom help us reflect on thinking the decision otherwise and thus could prove revolutionary for how we think crime and punishment and calculating with the incalculable of each and every trauma we dub a crime. At a time…Read more
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8The Meillassoux DictionaryEdinburgh University Press. 2014.The first dictionary dedicated to Quentin Meillassoux and the controversies surrounding his thought Perfect for philosophers just starting to read his work and for those looking to deepen their engagement, this dictionary defines all of the major terms of Meillassoux's work, prefaced by an introduction explaining his importance for the Continental philosophy scene. A-Z entries explain the influence of key figures, from Kant to Heidegger to Derrida, and define the complex terms that Meillassoux u…Read more
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8John Russon's Achievement: The Impossible Experience of AdulthoodSymposium 27 (2): 20-45. 2023.My hypothesis is that achieving adulthood has been Russon’s aim from the beginning—in life, yes, as perhaps with the rest of us—but also in and as his philosophical development. To set up this claim, I show how philosophy has traditionally conjoined its own development with narratives of adulthood. I turn to important moments in Plato, Descartes, and Kant to set out the outlines of a given structure of maturation as found in the Western tradition, all to bring home how Russon’s writing tries to …Read more
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79 The Realist Challenge: Thinking the Reality of Language after DeconstructionIn Marie-Eve Morin (ed.), Continental Realism and its Discontents, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 175-187. 2017.
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614. Philosophy on Trial: The Crisis of Deciding Between Foucault and DerridaIn ChristopherVE Penfield, Vernon W. Cisney & Nicolae Morar (eds.), Between Foucault and Derrida, Edinburgh University Press. pp. 251-262. 2016.
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4Chapter Thirty-Six Interview with Jane BennettIn Giovanni Aloi & Susan McHugh (eds.), Posthumanism in art and science: a reader, Columbia University Press. pp. 214-217. 2021.
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2Graham Harman, Heidegger Explained: From Phenomenon to Thing Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 28 (1): 24-26. 2008.
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2The Murderer, the Journalist, and the Responsibility between UsIn Donald A. Landes (ed.), Between philosophy and non-philosophy: the thought and legacy of Hugh J. Silverman, Suny Press. pp. 143-155. 2016.
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The Speculative Challenge and Nancy’s Post-Deconstructive RealismIn Peter Gratton & Marie-Eve Morin (eds.), Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thinking: Expositions of World, Ontology, Politics, and Sense, State University of New York Press. pp. 109-125. 2012.
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Quentin Meillassoux, After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency (review)Philosophy in Review 29 (6): 427-430. 2009.
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Introduction: The miracle of imaginingIn Peter Gratton, John Panteleimon Manoussakis & Richard Kearney (eds.), Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge, Northwestern University Press. 2007.
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Change We Can’t Believe In: Adrian Johnston on Badiou, Žižek, & Political TransformationInternational Journal of Žižek Studies 4 (3). 2010.
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IntroductionIn Peter Gratton & Marie-Eve Morin (eds.), Jean-Luc Nancy and Plural Thinking: Expositions of World, Ontology, Politics, and Sense, State University of New York Press. pp. 1-10. 2012.
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