James Williams (Dundee): Continental Philosophy? Oh, Yes! Halil Gurhanli (Helsinki): Post-Foundationalism of Laclau and Oakeshott: Politics of Faith, Scepticism and Populism. Andrew Oberg (Toyo): Against Rorty: On Judging Heidegger. Laure Paquette (Lakehead): Heidegger, Pride and National Socialism. The recent publication in Germany of the first three volumes of Heidegger’s private philosophical notebooks has brought the controversy roaring back. “This is a worse scandal than finding out that a philosopher was a Nazi”: The heroes of any discipline are the ones who renewed its reasons to exist — for that they will be forgiven anything. Paul de Man was a total fraud: Robert Alter reviews The Double Life of Paul de Man by Evelyn Barish (and more and more). Bye, bye, theory, goodbye: David Winters reviews Elegy for Theory by D.N. Rodowick. Turn left and follow the path of least resistance: Jessica Schmidt reviews Arts of the Political: New Openings for the Left by Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift. Nathan Schneider on Commies for Christ: In Giorgio Agamben’s The Highest Poverty, the monastery and the non-law of monastic codes suggest an alternative approach to life in late capitalism. Murzban Jal on Gramsci and the politics of truth. Ernesto Laclau passes away at 78. Fox recruits Slavoj Zizek to head Cosmos spin-off. For all of those who have to shop for a critical theorist, radical or metaphysical asshole, you may behold the commodification of the revolution. The introduction to Dictionary of Untranslatables: A Philosophical Lexicon, ed. Barbara Cassin. You can download Everyday Life and Cultural Theory by Ben Highmore (2002).
