“Nietzsche seems to be trying to convince them that they can create their own meaning with the power of their will.”
9 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in June
New releases from Michel Foucault, Henri Lefebvre and more!
Submit Your Papers! Engaging Foucault Conference
You’ve got until September.
Submit Your Papers! Engaging with Eco-Ability
The Institute for Critical Animal Studies is now accepting proposals for their 2nd annual conference on eco-ability. The conference will be hosted online on July 26, 2014. Deadline for submissions is July 11, 2014.
Alain Badiou is Getting His Own Documentary
“Badiou: A Life” will be filmed this summer, but the filmmakers are currently trying to crowdfund their expenses.
Incredible Candid Photos of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir in Cuba
When people recount the lives of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, hanging out in boats with Fidel Castro and getting photobombed by Che Guevara seem to rarely make the cut.
Nothing Matters and Everything is Terrible: A Pop Song for Philosophers
It’s not the philosophy song we need, it’s the philosophy song we deserve.
What is an Economic Crisis?
goes undisputed – from newsrooms to academia to the world’s living rooms – that there has recently been a major global economic crisis. In fact, according to some, the economic crisis is not even finished; for others we are suffering from its after-effects; among still others – with startling Panglossian assurance – the whole thing has been one great opportunity. Despite the apparent consensus, however, it remains difficult to pin down what exactly an economic crisis is.
Free Read: Bare Life and Money
An excerpt from “Willing Slaves of Capital” by Frederic Lordon.
Spurning Unwanted Advances, Now With More bell hooks
Is Creepy McCreeperson being a little too insistent on getting your digits? Before you handing out the number to your local Popeye’s when you’re pressed, just try this number instead: (669) 221-6251.