Research on Political Ideologies at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
Researchers engaged in the study of political ideologies, broadly conceived, at Oxford, organise events including seminars, conferences and reading groups from time to time. These pages are one platform for communication.
15/08/2016
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-philosopher-and-her-kisses/ #!
The Philosopher and Her Kisses - Los Angeles Review of Books Stephanie DeGooyer on the recent films about Hannah Arendt and what we see in a philosopher's biopic.
01/03/2016
Slavoj Žižek: What our fear of refugees says about Europe The true question is not “are immigrants a real threat to Europe?”, but “what does this obsession with the immigrant threat tell us about the weakness of Europe?”
01/02/2016
http://www.critical-theory.com/10-critical-theory-books-that-came-out-in-january-2016/
10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in January If you're an author or a publisher with a forthcoming book, send us a line at [email protected]. If you've read any of the books below, let us know how they were in the comments. In Defense of the Terror By Sophie Wahnich For two hundred years after the French Revolution, the Republican tradi…
18/04/2015
Eugene Thacker's second book in his series on "Horror and Philosophy" is the topic of discussion on the most recent episode of the Zero Squared podcast. http://dietsoap.podomatic.com/entry/2015-04-08T09_18_11-07_00
Zero Squared #14: Nihilism and Reason Eugene Thacker is the guest this week and we discuss his Horror of Philosophy series, two new volumes of which ( Tentacles Longer than Night and Starry Speculative Co**se) are coming from Zero Books on April 24th. In these book Thacker, instead of taking fiction as the mere illustration of ideas, he…
16/04/2015
The Contributions of Women Philosophers Recovered by the New Project Vox Website 'If I am condemned, I shall be annihilated to nothing: but my ambition is such, as I would either be a world, or nothing.” - Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) A philosophy candidate or feminist scholar venturing into Duke University’s new Project Vox website may experience a sensation akin to discoveri…
02/10/2014
http://www.critical-theory.com/deleuze-guattari-biography/
13 Things You Didn’t Know About Deleuze and Guattari – Part ICritical-Theory.com Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari were a philosophical odd couple. Deleuze was a rising philosopher who was concerned with his philosophical predecessors: Friedrich Nietzsche, Baruch Spinoza and Henri Bergson. Guattari was a psychotherapist never had a "formal" education in the field. He learned the…
17/04/2014
Annual Graduate Conference in Political Theory (Oxford) http://oxfordpoliticaltheory.wordpress.com/registration/
Programme & Registration Click here to view the 2014 conference programme. Registration form:
14/04/2014
RIP Ernesto Laclau
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/156933/ernesto-laclau-passes-away-at-78
Ernesto Laclau passes away at 78 - BuenosAiresHerald.com Historian and political theorist Ernesto Laclau has passed away after suffering a stroke in the Spanish city of Seville, at 78 years of age.
14/04/2014
MANCEPT Workshop 2014: Justice for Future Generations http://manceptfuturegenerations2014.wordpress.com/
Justice for Future Generations MANCEPT workshop 2014
27/03/2014
Lost for nearly 30 years an interview between Michel Foucault and Dutch anarchist Fons Elders: http://www.critical-theory.com/watch-the-foucault-interview-that-was-lost-for-nearly-30-years/
Watch the Foucault Interview That Was Lost for Nearly 30 Years :: Critical-Theory.com Footage from an interview with Fons Elders, in preparation for the Chomsky-Foucault debate. The footage was thought lost for nearly 30 years.
From torn-out tongues to internet trolls, Mary Beard explores how women's voices have been silenced in the public sphere throughout the history of Western culture. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03ycql8/Oh_Do_Shut_Up_Dear!_Mary_Beard_on_the_Public_Voice_of_Women/
Oh Do Shut Up Dear! Mary Beard on the Public Voice of Women Mary Beard on how women have been silenced throughout the history of Western culture.