Category Archives: Jacques Derrida

Louise Amoore, The Politics of Possibility

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

My friend and Durham colleague Louise Amoore’s forthcoming book, The Politics of Possibility: Risk and Security Beyond Probability, now has a page up at Duke University Press site. It looks great: Since September 11, 2001, the imagination of “low probability, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Books, Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Derrida, Louise Amoore, Michel Foucault, Politics, William E Connolly | 1 Comment

Talking about Nigeria in Turkey

Posted on April 5, 2013 by

Today I gave a talk entitled “Nigeria’s War on Terror: The Geopolitics of Boko Haram”, to the Political Science & International Relations Academic Fellowship Program Discipline Group meeting. This is a programme run by the Open Society Institute, and this … Continue reading →

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Deleuze, Lyotard, de Gandillac, Klossowski, Derrida, Pautrat

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

In the comments to the ‘When Heidegger met Lacan’ post, ‘Naxos’ shares a link to this photograph from Cerisy-la-salle in 1972. left to right – Gilles Deleuze, Jean-François Lyotard, Maurice de Gandillac, Pierre Klossowski, Jacques Derrida, and (Bernard?) Pautrat.

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Keywords project website

Posted on December 17, 2012 by

A website dedicated to the Keywords project – developing ideas from Raymond Williams. There are various videos, including one of a discussion between Williams and Jacques Derrida.

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Books received

Posted on December 5, 2012 by

Another pile of books. David Martin-Jones, Deleuze and World Cinemas; the Heidegger & Nietzsche collection I have a piece in; the new biography of Derrida and Beyond Walls and Cages in recompense for review work; another one of Jean Gottmann’s works; … Continue reading →

Posted in Giacomo Marramao, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Jean Gottmann, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault | Leave a comment

Books I’ve read and plan to read

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

A book meme I took from Rob Kitchin’s The View from the Blue House and first answered a year ago. As before I’ve largely answered in relation to non-academic reading… The book I’m currently reading? Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, China Mieville, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Lefebvre, Jacques Derrida, Shakespearean Territories, William Shakespeare | 1 Comment

Radical Philosophy 176 – and iPad edition

Posted on October 30, 2012 by

Number 176 is available – Judith Butler, Ontological Politics, Lyotard’s Discourse, Figure, Pussy Riot and lots of reviews, including the new biography of Derrida. And you can now read the journal on iPad and Android – details here.

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Peter Gratton – Spinoza and the Biopolitical Roots of Modernity audio available

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

The audio recording of Peter Gratton’s talk ‘Spinoza and the Biopolitical Roots of Modernity’ at UWS is now available (from here, via’s Peter’s blog). Abstract: Much has been written about bio-political sovereignty in the wake of Giorgio Agamben’s work, which relies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Baruch Spinoza, Carl Schmitt, Conferences, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Society and Space | 2 Comments

Derrida (2002 Documentary)

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Reblogged from biblioklept: Didn’t realise the whole thing was online.

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Anachronic Shakespeare

Posted on February 25, 2012 by

The Anachronic Shakespeare conference was excellent – a really interesting set of papers, engagingly delivered and with some really good discussion. John Archer gave a talk on sonnets 50 and 51 on the relation between human and animal, which he … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Schmitt, Conferences, Georges Canguilhem, Giorgio Agamben, Jacques Derrida, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Walter Benjamin, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment