Žižek on the fake sign language interpreter

A topic tailor-made for Žižek, of course. And despite a sprinkling of contemporary politics, his article reads more like a throwback section from The Sublime Object of Ideology. HERE.

But my favorite part was probably this, at the bottom: “This article was amended on 16 December 2013 to comply with our editorial guidelines.” Anyone happen to catch whatever outrageous claim in the first version may have prompted this disclaimer?

the OHP New Metaphysics series in 2014

These aren’t up on Amazon yet, but are coming soon from Open Humanities Press.

First up, we have Joseph Carew’s Ontological Catastrophe, a very provocative study of Žižek’s concept of the same name. Lots of German Idealism as well in this book, whose existence already seems to be somewhat known in Žižek circles. Tammy Lu has outdone herself with the cover design this time.

A few months after that we will have Plastic Bodies, the third book of Tom Sparrow, who has already emerged as one of the most productive authors of his generation in continental philosophy. This one will have a preface by Cathérine Malabou, who seems quite impressed by Saprow’s specific use of her favorite concept: plasticity.

the EUP Speculative Realism series in 2014

The Speculative Realism series at Edinburgh will be releasing quite a number of books in 2014, but we’re starting out in the spring with an impressive hat trick of books likely to make a big impact. They are available for pre-order now on Amazon, where you can also view the interesting cover designs.

Levi R. Bryant, Onto-Cartography

Tristan Garcia, Form and Object

Adrian Johnston, Adventures in Transcendental Materialism

As series editor, I have naturally read all three books very thoroughly more than once, and all three will prove to be well worth the cover price.

for Lovecraft fans in Baltimore

I’ll be speaking about my Lovecraft book at the Red Room on Saturday, February 22 (and will post a link here once they have one).

That’s part of an 11-lecture tour that goes: Texas Tech, Rice, Lebanon Valley College (PA), NYU, St. John’s College (MD), the Red Room, Oregon State, and the University of British Columbia.

The trip is already gut-wrenchingly packed, so there’s no room for further invitations on this one, I’m afraid.

lecture at Bilkent University, Ankara

My 50th and final public lecture of 2013 will take place on Wednesday evening here in Ankara, at Bilkent University. The topic, by request, will be Marshall McLuhan.

I’ve not yet been to the Bilkent campus, though I’ve been to visit its neighbor, the Middle East Technical University. And we live right in the midst of the Ankara University campus.