It’s More Than A Game…
What a year it has been… Almost exactly a year ago, Dr Dom Smith from the centre had a chance to sit down and do a podcast on two of his favourite things in life: Philosophy… and FOOTBALL!. Dom did…
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Philosophy Speaker Series!
We are pleased to announce two online events that are going to take place in this term’s philosophy speaker series: “More Real Than Real: Truth and Authenticity in Psychoanalysis” by Patricia Gherovici, from the University of Philadelphia, is taking place on the 13th…
Indeterminate Futures/Futures of Indeterminacy
We are pleased to announce that the “Indeterminate Futures / The Future of Indeterminacy” online conference will take place on November 13-14-15. Click the following link for every detail, including day by day programme, speaking abstracts and instructions about registration:…
Philosophy Speaker Series!
We are pleased to announce three online events that are going to take place in this term’s philosophy speaker series. We will have Andrew Cutrofello from Loyola University, Chicago as our first speaker, giving a lecture on the 28th of October on “Was it for this?” Brandom, Hegel,…
Dany Nobus: Arresting Masculinity: Anger, Hybridity and the Persistence of Patriarchy in the 21st Century
Within the context of Cooper Gallery’s current exhibition “Ambiguous Becoming: Artists’ Moving Image from Canada”, we are delighted to host a talk by Professor Dany Nobus on “Arresting Masculinity: Anger, Hybridity and the Persistence of Patriarchy in the 21st Century”.…
Parrhesia 32 – special issue on Spinoza
We are delighted to announce the publication of Parrhesia 32, a special issue on Spinoza, guest-edited by Dimitris Vardoulakis and Daniela Voss. Freely available online:
Dany Nobus: Arresting Masculinity: Anger, Hybridity and the Persistence of Patriarchy in the 21st Century
TALK CANCELLED Within the context of Cooper Gallery’s current exhibition The Pleasure of Expense by Jasmina Cibic, we are delighted to host a talk by Professor Dany Nobus on “Arresting Masculinity: Anger, Hybridity and the Persistence of Patriarchy in…
Jeffrey Bell: Making Sense of Capital: Towards a Deleuzo-Humean Political Theory
This week we have the pleasure of welcoming Jeffrey Bell who will be giving a talk on “Making Sense of Capital: Towards a Deleuzo-Humean Political Theory”. As usual, do not hesitate to join us for this exciting discussion. The event…
Never mind truth and lies – ‘Trumpism’ rejects the very idea of making sense
by Dr Dominic Smith Originally published in The Conversation magazine (March 2, 2017) A colleague recently asked me how I would define “Trumpism”. Where do you start? Is it a new political ideology, or a revival of dangerous old populisms?…
Hermeneutics and its History: A Personal View
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] by Prof Nicholas Davey It is an interesting question. Why do we read? Why do we read texts, signs, situations and each other? The ever changing contingencies of existence and…