Philosophy’s malaise: Philosophy and its history

Pierre Macherey ~ RP 132 (Jul/Aug 2005) ~ Article

Philosophy’s malaise Philosophy and its history Pierre macherey For as long as philosophy has existed it has been intimately concerned with and profoundly perturbed by its history – a history from which it would very much like to unburden itself, without really knowing how. * In order to specify the character of this discomﬁture we […]

Making life livable: Transsexuality and bodily transformation

Kathleen Lennon ~ RP 140 (Nov/Dec 2006) ~ Article

[We] do not recognize ourselves at the level of feeling, desire and the body, at the moments before the mirror, in the moments before the window, in the times that one turns to psychologists, to psychiatrists, to medical and legal professionals to negotiate what may well feel like the unrecognizability of oneʼs gender and hence […]