At just the age of 34, Bill Readings sadly died in a plane crash. He left behind a legacy of…
Category: Philosophy
Continuing our celebrations of OLR’s 40th Anniversary and its widespread impact, this month we are highlighting Jacques Derrida’s ‘Let…
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Judging a book by its cover: Designing ‘The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy’
Can the contents of an academic book be expressed by means other than words? In centuries past, it was common…
Last month we celebrated the writing of Hélène Cixous, both as part of Women’s History Month and of OLR’s…
Welcome to March, where we are not only celebrating OLR’s 40th Anniversary, but also Women’s History Month. In honour…
Welcome to February, where once again we are delving into the work of Jean-François Lyotard. A thinker and a…
Not many people will read Whitehead’s recent book in this generation; not many will read it in any generation. But…
Oxford Literary Review (OLR) founded in 1977 by Ian McLeod, Ann Wordsworth and Robert J. C. Young, is now celebrating its…
Graham Harman, Speculative Realism series editor, interviews Markus Gabriel, author of Fields of Sense and Why the World Does Not Exist. It’s a long conversation, and very rich, so fix yourself a cup of tea or coffee, pop your phone on silent, and settle down for a read.
By Gabriel Rockhill Theory is a particular type of practice, with its own set of rules, rituals and sanctions. To…