http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:52 PDT Wed, 22 May 2013 02:03:52 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=747177 © Nina Power and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Power was interviewed by Andrew Iliadis on December 30th, 2012 Dr. Nina Power is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Roehampton University. She is the co-editor of Alain Badiou’s On Beckett (Clinamen), and the author of several articles on European Philosophy, atomism, pedagogy, art and politics. Her book One-Dimensional Woman was published by Zero Books. Dr. Power also writes for several magazines, including New Statesman, The Guardian, New Humanist, Cabinet, Radical Philosophy and The Philosophers’ Magazine. She is reviews editor for The Philosophers’ Magazine and also runs a film club (Kino Fist) in her spare time. She is based in London. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=747830 © Peter Adamson and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Adamson was interviewed by Andrew Iliadis on November 5th, 2012Professor Adamson holds a joint appointment with the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. During 2012-13, he will be at King’s College London in the Spring term for a research seminar on Late Ancient Philosophy. He has published on a wide range of figures in Greek and Arabic philosophy, including Aristotle, Plotinus, al-Farabi and other members of the Baghdad School, Avicenna and Averroes. However, he has concentrated especially on the output of the translation circle of al-Kindi, who is usually credited with being the first philosopher in the Islamic tradition. This research includes The Arabic Plotinus: a Philosophical Study of the “Theology of Aristotle and Great Medieval Thinkers: al-Kindi. Professor Adamson is also a co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy, co-edited with Richard Taylor, and Philosophy, Science and Exegesis in Greek, Arabic and Latin Commentaries. He has edited three books for the Warburg Institute, the most recent of which, In the Age of Averroes, will appear soon. Professor Adamson hosts the excellent podcast History of Philosophy…Without Any Gaps. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=724635 © Howard Saul Becker and Figure/Ground Communication.Dr. Becker was interviewed by Gonzalo Ralón and Laureano Ralónon January 12th, 2013 as part of the Figure/Ground scholarly interview series:URL: http://figureground.ca/howard-s-becker/Howard S. Becker is an American sociologist who has made major contributions to the sociology of deviance, sociology of art, and sociology of music. Becker also wrote extensively on sociological writing styles and methodologies. In addition, Becker’s book Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance provided the foundations for labeling theory. Becker is often called a symbolic interactionist or social constructionist; however, he does not align himself with either field. A graduate of the University of Chicago, Becker is considered part of the second Chicago School of Sociology which also includes Erving Goffman and Anselm Strauss. Much of Becker’s early work was guided in the Chicago School tradition, in particular by Everett C. Hughes who served as Becker’s mentor and advisor. Other books include Art Worlds (1982), Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You’re Doing It (1998), Telling About Society (2007), Writing for Social Scientists (Second edition, 2007), and Do You Know . . . ? The Jazz Repertoire in Action, with Robert R. Faulkner (2009). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=715292 © Alphonso Lingis and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Lingis was interviewed by Edyta Niemyjska on November 23rd, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground Communication scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/alphonso-lingis/Alphonso Lingis is an American philosopher, writer and translator, currently Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. He specializes in phenomenology, existentialism, and ethics. Lingis attended Loyola University in Chicago, then pursued graduate study at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium. His doctoral dissertation, written under scholar Alphonse de Waelhens, was a discussion of the French phenomenologists Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Jean-Paul Sartre. Returning to the United States, Lingis joined the faculty at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, quickly gaining a reputation as the preeminent English translator of Merleau-Ponty and Emmanuel Levinas. In the mid-1960s he moved to Penn State University, where he worked diligently at his translation projects and published numerous scholarly articles on the history of philosophy. During this period, he also began the habit of wide-ranging world travel that leaves a deep stamp on all of his work. His latest books are The First Person Singular (2007), Violence and Splendor (2010) and Contact (2011). http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=715296 © John Searle and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Searle was interviewed by Andrew Iliadis on November 19th, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground scholarly interview series: http://www.figureground.ca/interviews/john-searle/Professor Searle received his Doctorate at the University of Oxford and he is currently the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. His work ranges broadly over philosophical problems of mind and language. Recent books include The Mystery of Consciousness (1997), Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World (1998), Rationality in Action (2001), Mind (2004), and Liberté et Neurobiologie (2004). He teaches philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and philosophy of social science; recent seminars topics include consciousness, free will, and rationality. He received the Jean Nicod Prize in 2000 and the National Humanities Medal in 2004. Among his notable concepts are the “Chinese room” argument against “strong” artificial intelligence. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=707187 © Merold Westphal and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Westphal was interviewed by Alexandra Campbell on November 2nd, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground scholarly series: http://figureground.ca/interviews/merold-westphal/Merold Westphal is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. He is the author of a number of books on the philosophy of religion including God, Guilt, and Death: An Existential Phenomenology of Religion, Suspicion and Faith: The Religious Uses of Modern Atheism, Transcendence and Self-Transcendence and Whose Community? Which Interpretation?: Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church.Throughout his career, he has been an active member of SPEP and APA and is the editor of the Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=707205 © Mark Kingwell and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Kingwell was interviewed by Andrew Iliadis on November 5th, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground scholarly interview series: http://figureground.ca/2012/11/06/interview-with-mark-kingwell/ Mark Kingwell is a Canadian professor of philosophy and associate chair at the University of Toronto’s Department of Philosophy. Kingwell is a fellow of Trinity College. He specializes in theories of politics and culture and he has published twelve books, most notably, A Civil Tongue: Justice, Dialogue, and the Politics of Pluralism, which was awarded the Spitz Prize for political theory in 1997. In 2000 he received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, for contributions to theory and criticism. He has held visiting posts at institutions including: University of Cambridge, University of California at Berkeley, and City University of New York where he held the title of Weissman Distinguished Professor of Humanities. He is a contributing editor for Harper’s Magazine, and has written for publications ranging from Adbusters and the New York Times to the Journal of Philosophy and Auto Racing Digest. Among his twelve books of political and cultural theory are the Canadian best-sellers Better Living, The World We Want, and Concrete Reveries. In order to secure financing for their continued indulgence he has also written about his various hobbies, including fishing, baseball, cocktails, and contemporary art. His most recent book, Unruly Voices, is an examination of democracy and civil society. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=707229 © Agnes Heller and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Heller was interviewed by Andrew Hines on October 19th, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground scholarly interview series: http://figureground.ca/interviews/agnes-heller/Ágnes Heller is a Hungarian philosopher. A prominent Marxist thinker at first, she moved onto a liberal, social-democratic position later in her career. Dr. Heller was the student of Georg Lukacs and a prominent member of the Budapest School until she went into exile in 1977 after many waves of political persecution. Since 1986 she has taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City and currently holds the post of Hannah Arendt Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Political Science. Dr. Heller has published widely on a number of subjects in Philosophy of History, Political Science and Ethics, and is the recipient of numerous awards for her writings and service to education and society. Her more recent work has been concerned with aesthetics. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=698810 © John Lysaker and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. Lysaker was interviewed by Andrew Scott Hines on October 5th, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground scholarly interview series:http://figureground.ca/interviews/scholarly-series/John Lysaker is currently Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. From 1996 to 2009 he taught Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the University of Oregon. Raised in NJ, he attended Kenyon College and did his graduate work at Vanderbilt University. His work concerns the nature of the self, with a particular eye on the conditions under which humans do and do not flourish. This has led him to consider the importance of poetry for life, the nature of mental illness, schizophrenia in particular, the importance of friendship for human growth and happiness, and the ways in which various institutions (e.g. government, markets, professions) enable or undermine human well-being. Dr. Lysaker is the author of You Must Change Your Life and more recently his work on Emerson and Self-Culture. He has also co-authored a book with Psychologist Paul Lysaker entitled, Schizophrenia and the Fate of the Self. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=693833 © Thomas de Zengotita and Figure/Ground CommunicationDr. de Zengotita was interviewed by Laureano Ralon on September 9th, 2012 as part of the Figure/Ground interview series: http://figureground.ca/2012/09/11/interview-with-thomas-de-zengotita/Thomas de Zengotita teaches at the Draper Graduate Program at New York University and the Dalton School. He holds a BA, MA, and PhD in Anthropology from Columbia University. He was contributing editor at Harper’s magazine from 2006 to 2011 and he blogs for the Huffington Post.