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Why I read Deleuze
Read more: Why I read DeleuzeFor Ronald Bogue, A Thousand Plateaus is Gilles Deleuze's finest piece of work. In this blog, he explains why it's one-of-a-kind.
OLR 40th Anniversary – Jacques Derrida
Welcome to July! This month we are doubly celebrating as, not only does OLR keep embracing the ripe age of…
An Intricate Transatlantic Triangle: US, UK and German Relations
Since the Federal Republic of Germany’s admission into NATO in 1955, German–American relations have been a cornerstone of transatlantic and…
An unfinished masterpiece by Robert Louis Stevenson
By Gillian Hughes Many of Stevenson’s longer works of fiction might be characterised as historical novels: in Weir of Hermiston Stevenson…
OLR 40th Anniversary – Bill Readings
At just the age of 34, Bill Readings sadly died in a plane crash. He left behind a legacy of…
Film Philosophy and the Body in Cinema
Film-philosophy has seen a resurgence of interest in phenomenology, particularly in its existentialist branch as exemplified by the work of…
Representations of Ageing in British Cinema and Television
With less than a year separating the publication of two age related issues of the Journal of British Cinema and…
Waking up from horror: shame and fugitive movements
‘A future politics is given there so powerfully that it’s present as a trace even in certain reactions that, in…
Gaelic Satire and 18th Century Highland History
The benefit of studying Gaelic poetry in conjunction with conventional documentary sources to obtain a fuller understanding of the past…
‘I Am My Language’
In May 2017, the Israeli Knesset passed the nation-state bill in its first round. This bill emphasizes Israel being Jewish…