Issues
Issue 107: April/May 2015
EDITORIAL
French Lessons
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
News: April/May 2015
Irving Singer dies • Heidegger notebooks shock • Old skull prompts philosophical questions — News reports by Sue Roberts and Anja Steinbauer
MODERN FRENCH PHILOSOPHY
The Heterotopia of Facebook
Robin Rymarczuk is Michel Foucault’s ‘friend’.
French Post-Marxism
Peter Benson tells us how critiques of both Marx and capitalist society have evolved in France, with special reference to Jean Baudrillard and Bernard Stiegler.
Ecstasy Through Self-Destruction
Danelle Gallo compares the ecstacies of Georges Bataille and Yves Klein.
Derrida’s Performance
Yonathan Listik puts in a linguistic performance to communicate Derrida’s linguistic performance.
A Refutation of Snails By Roast Beef
James Alexander finds Alain Badiou guilty of horrors but sometimes worth reading.
ARTICLES
A Can of Tomato Juice in the Sea
Alejandra Mancilla uses an example from Robert Nozick to question the claims to ownership made by breeders of genetically modified organisms.
Je Suis Libéral
Phil Badger thinks about rudeness, blasphemy and tolerance in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo murders.
Why We Can’t Agree
Howard Darmstadter considers different ways of seeing the world.
Ludwig Wittgenstein & Postmodern Biblical Scholarship
Van Harvey wants the facts.
Noam Chomsky on Institutional Stupidity
In January Noam Chomsky received the Philosophy Now Award for fighting stupidity.
What’s So Simple About Personal Identity?
Joshua Farris asks what you find when you find yourself.
The Problem of Communication
Derrick Grover considers the communication of contemplation.
Julia Kristeva
Dale DeBakcsy tells us how to not mean what we can’t say.
LETTERS
Letters
The Vegans Strike Back • Critical Criticisms • Peaceful Disagreements • Berkeley’s Clouds of Dust • Free To Disagree • Tallis Neither Here Nor There
COLUMNS
On Being Thanked By A Paper Bag
Raymond Tallis thinks outside the bag.
REVIEWS
The Way of Love by Luce Irigaray
Michael Williams surveys the prospect of The Way of Love.
Experimental Philosophy by Joshua Alexander
Richard Baron puts Experimental Philosophy to the test.
The Book of the Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione
Randall Albury unveils courtly philosophy.
Death of a President
Terri Murray finds herself in a maze of mirrors, but has Jean Baudrillard as her guide.
CARTOONS
You Are Here
by Chris Madden
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
Bill Stott’s Cartoon
by Bill Stott
FICTION
At The Turnpike
Daryn Green tells a tale of partial philosophical redemption.