AHRC centre for cultural analysis, theory and history
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/cath/
This is the website of the AHRC Centre for Cultural Analysis, Theory and History (CentreCATH), based at the University of Leeds. The Centre "aims to incite a creative rethink of the conflict between disciplinary and interdisciplinary models for historical research in, and cultural analysis of the arts (visual, cinematic, acoustic) and of material culture." It examines the areas of fine art and studio practice; cultural studies; feminist studies in the visual arts and culture; Jewish studies; and architecture, museum studies and material culture. It organises conferences, seminars, lecture series and research salons. The website provides details of the international conference CongressCATH, the Centre's publications, the CentreCATH newsletter (in PDF format), and its archives. The Centre is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council within the Research Centre Awards scheme.
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Ars Brevis
http://www.raco.cat/index.php/ArsBrevis
The Catalan journal 'Ars Brevis' is dedicated to philosophical, anthropological and ethical studies from an interdisciplinary approach. The resource will be of interest to all those who approach philosophy and critical theory from a social and historical standpoint, yet the user should note most articles are published in Catalan. However, although the main language of the journal is Catalan, there are also a few articles in English and Spanish. The digital repository of Open-Access Catalan Journals (RACO) has made available the digital version of the journal, which was first published in 1995. At the time of review, all full-text articles can be accessed here up until 2007. Some topics covered by the journal have been: authority with ambiguity in Kierkegaard and Unamuno's authorship; a phenomenology of 'social facts'; philosophy and religion in German idealism; and African critical philosophy.
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Bad subjects : political education for everyday life
http://bad.eserver.org/
Bad Subjects: Political Education for Everyday Life is an ejournal published by a collective dedicated to applying academic analysis to contemporary political questions, topical issues, and popular culture. The site consists of articles, editorials, reviews of books and films, news about events for the Bad Subjects collective, and a list of published books and papers by Bad Subjects authors and editors. Drawing upon a variety of discourses - such as feminist theory, Critical Theory, post-modern thought etc. - Bad Subjects tries to bring the real world into the academy and vice versa. Rather than an attempt to make academic writing relevant, Bad subjects instead wishes to raise the level of debate by introducing grounded argument into discussions often motivated by postition-taking and misplaced loyalty. All previous issues, dating back the the ejournal's origins in 1992, are available on the site. A search facility, by author or editor, is provided, as is a set of links to related resources. Bad Subjects is a left-leaning, intelligently diverting resource for those working in the areas of politcal theory or cultural studies.
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Budhi : a journal of ideas and culture
http://www.philjol.info/index.php/budhi
'Budhi: a journal of ideas and culture' is a cross-disciplinary refereed ejournal. At February 2009 there is one full-text issue online, although this is "Vol.9, No.1", from 2005. The journal aims to... "define and further develop the practices of thought in the fields of philosophy, theology, literature, culture, the social sciences, and the arts", and is published in English from Manila University in the Philippines. Articles are offered in PDF format. Example titles from the first issue are: 'Continental Philosophy: Towards the future'; 'Reimagining the Intervention Narrative: Complicity, Globalization, and Humanitarian Discourse'; and 'Notes on American Cultural Imperialism', among others. The journal also publishes poetry. There are details of the editor, Editorial Board, open access policy, and submissions procedure. Since no additional issues have been added since 2005, yet the stated frequency is "three times a year", it is possible the journal has effectively ceased publication online.
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Bureau of public secrets
http://www.bopsecrets.org/
This is the website of the Bureau of Public Secrets - a site largely devoted to Guy Debord and the Situationist International movement. Debord's most famous text is The Society of the Spectacle - an influential and still timely critique of culture, capitalism and consumerism. His work had a major impact on the uprising in Paris in May 1968. The site contains an anthology of Situationist International writings, including articles, film scripts and internal documents by Debord and other important Situationists. The creator of the site is Ken Knabb, and a free version of his translation of The Society of the Spectacle, along with some of his own writings, are made available. Situationist texts in a wide variety of other languages are also included on the site.
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Catoblepas : revista crítica del presente
http://www.nodulo.org/ec/
El Catoblepas (ISSN 1579-3974) is a peer reviewed monthly electronic journal that is concerned with contemporary cultural and area studies in general, but with particular emphasis on issues within the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking world. The journal's scope is broad, publishing articles on philosophy (the journal's main focus); literary and film criticism; politics; language; and television and the media. Users will find articles on, for example, the Spanish language in the US; social interpretations of Don Quixote; liberalism, war and terrorism in Colombia; and foreign intervention in the Spanish Civil War. Additionally, the journal publishes articles from broader, more comparative perspectives, with particular interest in materialist philosophical approaches to culture and politics. Free subscription is available. The site makes use of frames.
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Continental philosophy
http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~janzb/continental/
This web resource is intended to provide resources and links for researchers and students in the various areas of continental philosophy. It contains an extensive range of links to sites covering all aspects of continental philosophy and most canonical figures in its history (for example, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, and Richard Rorty). In addition, there are sections covering deconstruction, critical theory, existentialism, and feminist theory and gender studies. The site is well-organised and easily navigable, featuring three independent drop down menus which allow users to select from a large range of fields of study or authors. Some topics and authors are very well represented with a great deal of bibliographical, biographical, and philosophical information available. Unfortunately, the quantity of resources offered on certain non-mainstream areas of continental thought is not so impressive. In addition to the above features, users can access general pages dedicated to a variety of aspects of continental philosophy, as well as teaching resources, the home pages of journals, societies, and conferences.
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Contretemps
http://www.usyd.edu.au/contretemps/
Contretemps is an electronic journal of continental philosophy. Tending towards the post-Heideggerian tradition that has dominated recent European philosophy and theory, Contretemps can boast work by some of the biggest names in contemporary thought. Giles Deleuze is a contributor, as are Andrew Benjamin and Ernesto Laclau. Contretemps thus comfortably switches from writing on the German poet Paul Celan to pieces on globalisation and capitalism. Individuals who are featured include: Derrida; Simon Critchley; Max Horkheimer; Kant; Pier Paolo Pasolini; Bataille; Luce Irigaray; Heidegger; Aristotle; and Levinas. With its impressive stable of writers, Contretemps will be of interest to anyone working in literature, theory or philosophy.
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Cosmos and history : the journal of natural and social philosophy
http://cosmosandhistory.org/
Cosmos and History (ISSN 1832-9101) is a recent peer-reviewed, open-access journal of natural and social philosophy. Its focus is on what it perceives as the otherwise marginalised discussion of humankind's place as social, political and cultural entities within the cosmos. The range of topics thus covered is broad, from archaeology and economics, through to ethics, critical theory, and psychoanalysis. Thinkers discussed include: Georg Hegel (1770-1831); Martin Heidegger (1889-1976); and Alain Badiou (1937-), to whom an entire issue is devoted. The journal is open to the work of philosophically-inclined writers from all disciplines, although potential contributors should look in the 'About' section under Policies to check for subject-specific special issues that may be coming up. Full-text articles for all extant issues are available in PDF format, and a search facility is provided. The Register section gives the opportunity receive email alerts of new issues, or to participate in the peer-review process.
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Critical theory archive
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/special/coll/critical_theory_a
This is the website for the critical theory archive at the University of California, Irvine. Material held at the archive includes the manuscripts and other personal papers of theorists Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Stanley Fish, Ihab Hassan, Wolfgang Iser, Murray Krieger, J. Hillis Miller, René Wellek, and others. The archive also has a collection of published works (including monographs) by or about key critical theorists. Online materials include links to the Wellek Library Bibliographies, the University of California Humanities Research Institute Bibliographies, as well as links to the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, Chadwyck-Healey's Literary Theory, and the Critical Theory subject page of the University of California, Irvine.
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Criticism.com
http://www.criticism.com/md/index.html
Criticism.com is a massive site dedicated to discussion of the new media. A gateway, a propaganda tool and a journal, Criticism.com is a two-tier project combining the best in academic (theoretical) writing and journalism. The editor, Steve Hoenisch, is committed to a site that has a form in keeping with the nature of the Internet. As a result, Criticism.com can be used as a door to a labyrinth of sound-bites or as a more serious aid to theoretical reflection on the new technology and its implications for culture. At once irreverent and passionate, Criticism.com will appeal to those working in culture, theory and philosophy.
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Ctheory.net
http://www.ctheory.net/
Ctheory is low-tech interdisciplinary journal aimed at the analysis and critique of culture, technology, art, film and capitalism. Published irregularly and with an editorial board comprising such well-known names as Paul Virilio and Bruce Sterling, (with Jean Baudrillard and Kathy Acker as previous editors), Ctheory carries writing at the sharp end of current critical thinking. In fact, the irregular nature of the journal and polemical tone of many of the articles makes the experience of reading Ctheory akin to listening to the birth of ideas. Much of the content of the journal concerns the Internet and its management, thereby making the site an interestingly self-conscious concern. The website also includes links to: Ctheory Live, which shows live QuickTime videos of lectures about the "future of technoculture"; Ctheory Multimedia, which is a collaboration of artists, programmers, and theorists to produce digital art; a Ctheory booklist; a Ctheory digital library; the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture (PACTAC); and 'The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism', an online digital arts project by Arthur Kroker. Anyone concerned with postmodernism, the Internet, theory and the future of interdisciplinary work will enjoy this easy to navigate magazine.
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Cultronix
http://cultronix.eserver.org/
Cultronix is an ejournal dedicated to cultural discourse in the age of global communication, and full access to past issues is available on this site. Inspired by the reach of the new media, Cultronix is an attempt to negotiate the possibilities for academic discussion at a time when the audience for such debate can, because of the Internet, be almost infinite. The result is not a journal that has 'dumbed down' to be more accessible to a larger audience, but a magazine that questions the artificial boundaries between disciplines and audiences that are erected in the academy. Cultronix, then, is particularly interested in the relationship between language and institutions. The journal will be of interest to those working in critical theory and literature. Note that most of the back issues are undated, and at the time of writing, links to calls for papers and submission guidelines were not functioning; it is therefore unclear as to whether or not this journal is continuing publication, and it may be at risk of losing topicality.
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Culture machine : generating research in culture and theory
http://www.culturemachine.net/
Culture Machine is an initiative which seeks to advance research and scholarship in culture and theory. For this, they provide an open access international peer-reviewed electronic journal dedicated to cultural studies (ISSN: 1465-4121). It publishes articles and reviews relating to British, Australian and American work in culture and theory that extends the boundaries of its field (but it also welcomes submissions outside these areas). The ejournal is published annually, whilst reviews are published on an on-going basis. All contents are freely available from this website. A section called 'InterZone' is a supplement to the electronic journal, publishing new and experimental research all year round. Each Culture Machine ejournal has a theme. Recent themes have included: Biopolitics; Community; the e-Issue (future of electronic literature; e-archive project; art history; literary ghosts); the Ethico-Political Issue (politics, ethics, radical democracy, aesthetics); Virologies: Culture and Contamination (poesis, atopoesis, autopoethics; nanotechnology; science fiction; artificial life); the University Culture Machine (Jacques Derrida; literature and philosophy; deconstruction; hypertext; future of humanities; academic publishing). A further supplement is a cultural studies electronic archive (CSeARCH) which provides visitors with access to other resources in this area. The website also includes detailed information about the editorial board and the submission process.
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Cyberspace, hypertext, and critical theory
http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/
Cyberspace, Hypertext and Critical Theory web is an online collection of interlinked materials across many academic disciplines, which consider the implications of digital technology. The range of these implications is thought-provoking and covers: physical; psychological; philosophical; and moral consequences. Cyberspace deals primarily with the virtual interactions made possible by networked computer systems, while critical theory analyses how these interactions effect: communication; discourse; and the development of ideas. The introductory tour helps to explain these concepts to the newcomer and is a valuable part of the site. Once it is understood that cyberspace acts as a medium, while critical theory evaluates its role, other areas of this site become accessible. The site may be explored via anchors under headings including: Cyberspace; Hypertext; Critical Theory; Infotech; Politics; Economics; Visual Art and Cyborgs. As well as discussion of the technical aspects of cyberspace, balanced against its role as a Utopian/Dystopian resource, there are also a large number of articles considering the use of these concepts by fiction writers and artists. These are discussed under: Body and Self; Anime; and Cyberpunk Scifi. At first glance, this site is highly complex and perhaps intimidating to those unfamiliar with the broad spectrum of its concepts; the resource provides the user with a introduction to the website and a tour as well as with a search facility (unfortunately at the time of writing - June 2009 - the link is not working). However, its helpful navigation tools and clear presentation are user friendly and make it an excellent introduction for the beginner, as well as a useful resource for the more advanced researcher.
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Derrida : online
http://hydra.humanities.uci.edu/derrida/
The 'Derrida: Online' website provides an introduction to the ideas of the French philosopher, Jacques Derrida. It contains a comprehensive list of articles published by Derrida, as well as bibliographies of books and articles about Derrida or deconstruction, and links to other bibliographies and online Derridean resources. Also available are excerpts from Derridean texts, including: selections of his writings on the rules of language; linguistics; and meaning; and translations of recent essays. There are also lists of video and audio appearances given by Derrida. All these would be of use to a researcher interested in Derrida and deconstruction. The site, which is user-friendly and regularly updated, has received several awards. Created by Peter Krapp, it forms part of the Hydra collection; a series of Web pages on some key 20th century media theorists, psychoanalysts, and philosophers, including Lacan, Artaud, and Foucault.
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Dogma
http://dogma.free.fr/
Dogma is an electronic journal that publishes articles and reviews in the areas of philosophy, psychoanalysis, critical theory, political theory, aesthetics, and sociology. Most of the articles appear here in French, but there is also some material in English and German. All articles are fully downloadable and freely available. In addition to the papers, there is a broad selection of reviews of recent publications in the aforementioned fields. There is also an extensive bibliography of a selection of contemporary authors, as well as a sophisticated search facility. In sum, this is a very well-designed, user-friendly Web resource that offers a substantial range of high quality material.
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Fenomenolsko drustvo : phainomena
http://www.fenomenolosko-drustvo.si/
The site of the Phenomenological Society of Ljubljana is a fascinating gateway to Eastern European work on the post-Husserlian and post-Heideggerian philosophical tradition. The main aim of the society is to promote phenomenological and hermeneutic discussions on culture and science, and to this end the society, aided by its website, has been publishing its own book collection and journal entitled Phainomena (ISSN 1318-3362). The journal was the first specialised publication on phenomenological and hermeneutic philosophy in Middle and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It acts as a forum for phenomenologists in the region, and facilitates collaboration with philosophers from North and South America, Japan, China and Africa. The website provides administrative information about the Society and its journal, and also a list of contents and abstracts of past issues. The site can be viewed in both Slovenian and English. This site will be of interest to scholars of Continental philosophy who wish to open up global perspectives on this world-orientated thought.
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Film-philosophy
http://www.film-philosophy.com/
This is the website for the online journal 'Film Philosophy' (ISSN 1466-4615) and its JISCmail discussion list, film-philosophy@jiscmail.ac.uk, both of which promote "a philosophical view of cinema and film studies" and combine "original review-articles with immediate email response and argument". A substantial resource for both students and researchers interested in Film Studies, philosophical aesthetics and world cinema, 'Film Philosophy' offers scholarly articles, a discussion forum and a gateway to the best of the Web for Film and Cultural Studies in general. The scope of the site is vast. Topics for discussion within the site's journal and email list have included the work of individual filmmakers and critics such as: Jean Baudrillard; Jacques Derrida; Laura Mulvey; Slavoj Zizek; Gilles Deleuze; David Lynch; Lars von Trier; Wim Wenders; Ken Loach; as well as broader consideration of French cinema; German cinema; postmodern cinema; horror; the avant-garde; documentary, and so on. Post-modernist and post-structuralist thinking and references abound, but there are also nods to Plato (428-347 BCE), Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), Marxism, and psychoanalysis, to name but a few. The site consists of three main sections: a journal with film and book reviews, and articles; a 'salon' or email list (which also includes the journal texts and responses to them); and a portal containing news of events and publications, and extensive links to other philosophy and cinema-related sites. The complete archive contents of the journal and the salon are freely and openly available. Instructions for joining the discussion list or receiving the digest version, and for contributing book reviews and articles, are given. This site would be of interest to students and researchers in aesthetics, cultural studies, or film theory, or to the philosophically-minded film-buff in search of an intellectual perspective on the medium.
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Foreign body
http://hydra.humanities.uci.edu/fobo/
Foreign Body is an online ejournal devoted to the thought and legacy of French Philosopher, Jacques Derrida. Contributors include Geoffrey Bennington, translator of many of Derrida's works, and Peter Krapp, the well-known literary theorist and editor of the site. In keeping with deconstruction's interrogation of the boundaries between genres, Foreign Body is not simply comprised of theoretical essays: there are also meditations on the deconstructive potential of new media. There is a piece by Alan Sondeim, 'LOL: Being Online', for example, that reflects on the implication for subjectivity of email and electronic communication in general. This journal will be of interest to anyone working in literature, theory or philosophy.
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Foucault studies
http://www.foucault-studies.com/
'Foucault Studies' is a peer reviewed electronic journal devoted to the work of French thinker, Michel Foucault. This bi-annual online publication aims to be a discussion forum that explores the impact of Foucault's work (such as the less well-known 1994 publication in French of a four-volume collection of shorter writings and the publications of lectures). The journal invites contributions from across the disciplines to reflect the range of Foucault's impact and applicability. As well as articles, the journal aims to publish translations of some of Foucault's shorter essays, together with book reviews and conference reports. The inaugural issue of the journal features articles on: Foucault and Left Conservatism, and Foucault as a virtue ethicist, as well as a translation of the essay Crisis of Medicine, or Anti-Medicine, reviews and an introduction to two extensive bibliographical resources on the Michel Foucault: Resources website. Abstracts for articles are provided, and all contributions to the journal are available as PDFs. Full submission details are available; all submissions must be in English.
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frAme : the culture and technology journal
http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/frame/
frAme is an international online journal devoted primarily to Web/computer art, theory and writing. Access to past issues is fully and freely available. The journal is an important part of Nottingham Trent University's commitment to contemporary art and poetics - a commitment directed by the University's trAce online writing centre. The journal features work by young artists and writers from Britain, America and Australia, providing them a with space in which to publish finished pieces, works in progress, biographical information, and works on aesthetics. There are also critical writings and more sustained scholarly meditations on the theory and practice of art. The site requires a fast computer and a number of plug-ins.
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Spivak.html
This Web page is part of the Introduction to Postcolonial Studies website hosted by the English Department at Emory University, and provides introductory information relating to the postcolonial critic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. It includes a brief biography, a link to a glossary of key terms used in her work, and a list of her major works. Born to middle-class parents in Calcutta in 1942, Spivak studied English literature at the University of Calcutta and went on to train in comparative literature in the United States. Spivak has described herself as a "para-disciplinary ethical philosopher" and also as a Marxist, deconstructionist and feminist. A translator of Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology, she has also translated the stories of the Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi.
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak : a bibliography
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/pubs/scctr/Wellek/spivak/
This online bibliography of the published works of postcolonial critic Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942- ), compiled by Eddie Yeghiayan, comprises a fairly exhaustive year-by-year listing (albeit only up to 2000 at the time of reviewing). Spivak, who has described herself as a Marxist, deconstructionist and feminist, made her reputation with a translation of, and preface to, Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology. Her famous essay, "Can the subaltern speak?" (1988) is an example of her self-reflexive interrogation of the ethics of postcolonial critique. Hosted by the Critical Theory Institute at University of California, Irvine, the resource was established to complement Spivak's lectures for the Wellek library lecture series in 2000. Yeghiayan's bibliography also lists reviews of Spivak's books, as well as critical references to Spivak and her work.
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Habermas forum
http://www.habermasforum.dk/
The Habermas forum was started in 2001 by a group of professors from Denmark and Norway interested in sharing ideas and resources about the work of philosopher and critical theorist, Jürgen Habermas. The website aims to bring those interested in Habermas together to gather information about books, reviews and events. There are bibliographies of Habermas's writings, and a short biography (in Danish). Links are provided to several online texts, mostly articles written by Habermas or interviews he has given. These are generally hosted on external sites and are written in various languages. Several have been translated into English. There is also an online newsletter, which readers can sign up to hear about via email.
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