Posts tagged: philosophy

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  Domenico Losurdo, A Marxist Philosopher Against the Current

  The author of multiple books, Losurdo focused on uncomfortable political leaders and themes that mainstream thought preferred to banish. 

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  Cis Fears and Transphobia: How Not to Debate Gender

  A recent call for philosophical debate on gender illustrates how purportedly neutral analyses can be mobilized to reproduce run-of-the-mill transphobia. 

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  Louis Althusser's Letter on the "May Events"

  Louis Althusser's preliminary analysis of May 1968, written in a 1969 letter to Maria Antonietta Macciocchi.

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  Jean Paul Sartre interviews Daniel Cohn-Bendit

  A conversation between Jean Paul Sartre and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, held in the midst of the 1968 May events. 

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  Lettrism and the Youth Uprising of 68

  A translation of Isidore Isou’s "Between Isou and Marcuse," published in the Lettrist journal Youth Uprising in the summer of 1968.

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  Revisiting Frantz Fanon’s The Damned of the Earth: A Conversation with Lewis R. Gordon

  Philosopher Lewis R. Gordon discusses the relevance of Frantz Fanon's thought to activists and intellectuals today, and the misconceptions that have shadowed his best known work. 

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  Étienne Balibar Replies to Striking Railworkers

  Railworkers engaged in the rolling strike action in the area to the north of Paris asked Étienne Balibar to answer a few questions connected with the current struggle against the rail reform and the meaning of solidarity.

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  Jacques Rancière Replies to Striking Railworkers

  Railworkers engaged in the rolling strike action in the area to the north of Paris asked Jacques Rancière to answer a few questions connected with the current struggle against the rail reform and the meaning of solidarity.

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  The Origins of Atlantic Liberalism

  The philosophical roots of rights-based liberal individualism lie in efforts to legitimate imperial expansion. 

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  Hate or Anger?

  A 1967 conversation with Ernst Bloch on the difference between hatred and anger. 

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  A New Practice of Politics: Althusser and Marxist Philosophy

  Since the conjuncture that marked the reception of Althusser’s works, it has become clearer that the the initial Anglophone interpretation of Althusser involved considerable conceptual mistranslation, and his texts have since then been cursed by a reputation which powerfully precedes the reading.

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  Political Theory Bookshelf: Hegemony and Socialist Strategy

  A brief excerpt from Hegemony and Socialist Strategy — part of our Political Theory bookshelf, 50% off until Sunday, March 4 at 11:59pm EST.