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Gilles Deleuze versus Process Philosophy

posted by Naomi Farmer February 12, 20198 min read182 Views

Arjen Kleinherenbrink argues that Deleuzian metaphysics is actually two, very separate, metaphysics.

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Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Translating ‘The Sorrowful Muslim’s Guide’ – a labour of love

posted by Emma at EUP November 26, 20186 min read416 Views

When we first thought about translating The Sorrowful Muslim’s Guide by Hussein Ahmad Amin, it was not just because the book…

5 Things You Never Knew About Spinoza
Philosophy

5 Things You Never Knew About Spinoza

posted by Naomi Farmer November 11, 20186 min read399 Views

Spinoza: a renegade thinker whose life was far from boring. From stab wounds to spiders, how many of these strange facts did you know about Spinoza?

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Philosophy

What Electricity Has Done to Thought: an excerpt from The Life Intense by Tristan Garcia

posted by Naomi Farmer October 23, 201810 min read729 Views

What Electricity Has Done to Thought: an excerpt from The Life Intense by Tristan Garcia.

il painting by Hendrik Heerschop, Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images
Cultural History

Studying sixteenth-century France from inside and outside France

posted by Ruth Campbell June 15, 20184 min read631 Views

My guest edited special issue of Nottingham French Studies (NFS), explores ‘Text, Knowledge and Wonder in Early Modern France‘, fleshing out…

Wonder was eclipsed by the Sublime in paintings such as The Great Day of His Wrath
Philosophy

Rediscovering the Wonder of Philosophy

posted by Naomi Farmer April 19, 20185 min read830 Views

Wonder is largely absent as a topic of concern to contemporary philosophers. Yet ancient philosophers saw it as the source…

Photograph of Jean-Luc Nancy
Cultural History

OLR 40th Anniversary – Jean-Luc Nancy

posted by Rebecca Wojturska October 16, 20172 min read1512 Views

In 1963, Jean-Luc Nancy tackled the subject of generational silence in his article ‘A Certain Silence’ (republished in OLR in…

Illustration of 'Building a country that works for everyone' sign with falling letters
Philosophy

For F’s Sake: Theresa May, Falling Letters and the Philosophy of Signs

posted by Naomi Farmer October 12, 20175 min read1373 Views

At the recent Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Theresa May’s speech turned into the stuff of every presenter’s nightmares, something…

Cultural Studies

OLR 40th Anniversary – Maurice Blanchot

posted by Rebecca Wojturska September 15, 20172 min read1027 Views

Marcel Proust once said, “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners…

Cultural Studies

OLR 40th Anniversary – Ann Smock

posted by Rebecca Wojturska August 15, 20171 min read804 Views

Welcome to the not-so-sunny days of August where, in the perpetual spirit of celebrating OLR’s 40th anniversary, we are sharing…

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