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Continental Philosophy and Global South Perspectives
Full text linkNew Thematic Issue: Continental Philosophy and Global South Perspectives. V. 36th, 2025.
Thematic Papers
Mirian Kussumi, Pablo Azevedo
Axioms of capitalist accumulation: Deleuze and Guattari meet Samir Amin
// Marketa Jakesova
Bodies in Multiple Worlds: Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Eduardo Viveiros de Castro
// Rizalino Noble Malabed
Gigantomachy Concerning a Void: Philippine Martial Law, Fictive Exception, and Sovereign Indecision
// Gabriel Silva Moreira, Thais Gonçalves Ferreira da Silva
Human Rights Critique and Political Agency in the Global South through the Perspectives of Alain Badiou
// Nicholas Romanos
Philosophy and Philology in A. W. Schlegel’s Bhagavad-Gita and the ensuing debate: Translations and Commentary
// Kat Wehrheim
The Flesh of the world and Indigenous thought: An inter-species art of not knowing it all in the age of the climate emergency
// Camille Dasseleer
The Paradoxes of Latin American Arts et Research in their Quest for Autonomy
// Fernando Gómez Herrero
Western Philosophy and the Global South: Apropos Dussel’s anti-Cartesian Meditations.
// Srijan Uzir
What is called "Orientalislm"?
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Varia
Victor Peterson II
An Argument Against Transcendence
// Jakub Zítko
Searching for the Politics of the Impossible: Georges Bataille and the Gesture of Literature
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Small Essays
Osamu Kiritani
About Life: One Dialogue and Three Essays
// Irene Breuer
Julia Iribarne: The Ethical Meaning of Life
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Translations
Saber Mensouri; Gustavo Ruiz da Silva, Eberval Gadelha Figueiredo Junior
Ibn Khaldûn: Historian of the Past and the Present, Here and Elsewhere
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Book Reviews
Alice de Galzain
Glad to the Brink of Fear: A Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson
// Fábio Luís Franco
Infinite Greed: The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital
// Almendra Espinoza-Rivera
LADIES IN ARMS: Women, Guns, and Feminisms in Contemporary Popular Culture
// Davide Versari
Liberalism as a Way of Life
// Pedro Ivan Moreira de Sampaio
Modernity between Immunity and Community
// Mary Peterson
Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah by Ian Buruma
// Daniele Cardoso
Tracing the Conceptual Foundations: A Critical Dialogue on Philosophical Archaeology in Agamben and Govri
UNPLENARY - AN INVOCATION
Full text linkIn my plenary talk at the 2023 BALEAP Conference, I invoked a number of ghosts who continue to cast long shadows over contemporary critical theory. The first of these was Walter Benjamin, the German-Jewish essayist and cultural critic, famous for the unfinished Arcades project, which was an attempt to uncover the “messianic” elements which lay buried among the cultural objects and artefacts of the nineteenth century. The second was Jacques Derrida, the French Algerian-born philosopher and founder of “Deconstruction”, our conference theme. Like Benjamin, Derrida calls for radical change, for social justice – for what he calls a “messianic without messianism” (1994, p. 74), meaning a complete openness to the future, to the radically different and unanticipated “other” (1994, p. 112). This is accomplished through a process of endless deconstruction – an endless critique of society, culture, language, politics.
CHALLENGING \u27ACCEPTABLE READING STRATEGIES\u27: REFRAMING MULTIMODAL AFFORDANCES FOR ACADEMIC READING IN EAP
No full textThis paper deconstructs EAP\u27s preoccupation with reducing academic reading to skills and strategies, arguing that Academic Reading is social interaction.
The purpose of this research was to uncover ways in which conceptually complex academic reading can be approached more meaningfully as part of ESAP (English for Specific Academic Purposes) programmes in our digital, hybrid and blended learning environments, by both practitioners and students.
Some notions of what are often referred to as ‘academic reading skills’ in EAP are challenged (e.g. Grabe & Stoller, 2019; Newton et al. 2018). Regarding these academic reading skills and strategies, the primary objective seems to be the understanding or navigating of a text as an object or artefact, as opposed to reading as an interaction with a text, where the reader constructs meaning through a combination of resources (Bull & Anstey, 2019). In line with the latter perspective on reading as a social interaction, findings from a project undertaken in 2021 are reported, along with more recent and interrelated findings from a scholarship project with an International Foundation Year programme, exploring how EAP practitioners can help students uncover tacit knowledge when interpreting and interacting with new ideas and concepts in their disciplinary reading. These studies involved qualitative analysis of questionnaires and follow up semi-structured interview responses from some students and their EAP tutors. In brief, to access conceptual knowledge, students must combine multimodal literacy with other language-related competencies, such as grammatical and discourse competence (Kress, 2003). This ‘semiotic mediation’ (Coffin & Donohue, 2014 p. 24) is a crucial aspect of academic disciplinary reading and implications include considerations of ways we can potentially draw more meaningfully on affordances provided by complementary modes for this reading both inside the classroom and as a guide for students’ independent study.
By recognising the linguistic repertoire as one of many semiotic resources available for meaning making, suggestions are made for approaching disciplinary reading for our current and future teaching and learning spaces.
FROM LANGUAGE TO SKILLS DEVELOPMENT: DECONSTRUCTING EAP IN A TRANSNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Full text linkThe write-up reflects on the practice observed in the EAP module of one of the transnational higher education institutions in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Initially, the EAP module aimed to develop the learners\u27 language proficiency further; however, at the request and suggestions of the subject lecturers and different stakeholders, graduate attributes were enhanced in the module learning outcomes. Consequently, the focus and assessment tasks shifted from implementing the Study Skills, Academic Socialisation and to Academic Literacies models (Lea & Street, 2006). If, in the past, the EAP lessons targeted teaching grammar, vocabulary, and the development of language skills needed for academia, at present, they address teaching language skills and developing soft, academic, and research skills
The Precision Mentorship Programme for Inclusive Researcher Development: A critical reflection
No full textEffective mentorship is widely acknowledged as essential for fostering professional growth and enhancing research capabilities in UK higher education (HE). However, the process of finding a mentor often remains informal, relying heavily on personal connections, characteristics and pre-existing relationships. This critical review examines the Precision Mentorship Programme (PMP) a novel initiative developed and piloted at Kingston University with researchers in the arts and humanities. Designed to build confidence, enhance research skills, and support the creation of robust research plans and funding proposals, the PMP combined four one-hour personalised mentorship sessions with wrap-around support and resources, to guide 12 participants through the complexities of academic research and funding acquisition. In this article we describe the PMP’s design, delivery and evaluation. We draw on our experiences of developing and implementing the PMP to reflect on its successes, limitations, and broader implications for inclusive researcher development in UK HE. While the PMP successfully achieved several of its objectives, it also encountered challenges in fully addressing the diverse needs of its participants and overcoming systemic barriers to inclusive professional development and career progression. The broader implications for UK HE professional development include 1) Equipping experienced researchers with precision mentorship skills, resources and incentives to mentor, 2) Developing and testing PMP models within research groups, projects and programmes, 3) Recognising mentor’s contributions in institutional and sector quality performance frameworks. In conclusion, the PMP is a useful approach for inclusive researcher development, however for its full potential and benefits to be sustained mentors need to be recognised and rewarded by institutions and research quality assessment frameworks.
Funder Acknowledgement
Kingston University provided funding for this work and in the writing of this article
\u27A Circus of Sound Shaped From Many Tongues\u27: Rethinking Human Rights as a Decolonisation Project
No full textThis essay will examine some of the ways in which the principles of universality and anti-colonialism informed the drafting of the UN Charter and the UDHR. My examples are mainly from India and Pakistan, but it is clear that women from many countries - some of whom had won battles against colonial powers in earlier decades, particularly women from Latin America who formed a strong contingent – were deeply invested in making women’s rights an explicit part of the human rights system. Many of the Asian women active in this early phase were also concerned with ending racism and colonial rule and creating enforceable norms that would assist this process. There was no contradiction for them between challenging their own patriarchs and the patriarchal forces of empire
Identity Politics of the Left and Right: An Interview with Chetan Bhatt
Full text linkChetan Bhatt is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Social Theory in the Department of Sociology at the London School of Economics. Chetan’s research has looked at the global rise of religious fundamentalism, the international authoritarian far right, and the power of nationalism and racism historically and in contemporary political movements. Some of this work is discussed in his TED talk: Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are. His most recent book is entitled The Revolutionary Road To Me (2025). This book looks at the way the rise of identity politics, and its underlying form of ‘identitarianism’, has paralysed the Western political Left. He argues that identity politics has divided progressive and Leftist political parties in a highly damaging way, leaving organisations and campaigning groups mired in intractable conflicts. Most importantly, the predominance of identity politics has diverted the Left from its founding political mission – addressing the human misery caused by the vast increases in poverty, inequality and violence across the world, driven as this is by capitalism’s relentless drive for accumulation. He also discusses the way contemporary corporate capitalism has adopted the language of identity politics, transforming what were once genuine demands for addressing discrimination into a corporate branding exercise. The form of identity politics on the Left, in so degrading the capacities of the Left to address people’s real concerns, has created a golden opportunity for Right to respond with their own forms of identity politics based on racist nationalism and misogyny, which is paraded before the populace as though it is they who now represent the interests of ‘ordinary people’ against ‘cultural elites’
Enhancing Inter-Cultural Awareness Among International Postgraduate Researchers and their Research Supervisors at Warwick: A reflection from the project team
No full textThe increasing internationalisation of postgraduate research (PGR) education in the UK has highlighted the unique challenges faced by international students, who now make up around 40% of the postgraduate population. These students face a range of issues, including financial pressures, difficulties with cultural integration, language barriers, workload management, mental well-being, and mismatches in supervision expectations. There is often inadequate support and mentorship tailored to international PGRs, and supervisors may not be fully aware of the hidden barriers these students encounter. Intercultural dynamics is a significant challenge in fostering effective interactions between PGR students and their supervisors. Building intercultural awareness—knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for positive communication in a multicultural environment—is vital for creating strong relationships in this context.
This project, therefore, examined the role of intercultural awareness in shaping the relationships between PGR students and their supervisors at the University of Warwick. Using semi-structured interviews with PhD students and supervisors, we explored how intercultural competence affects communication, aligns expectations, and enhances the research experience. This reflection shares the research outcomes, along with insights from the project team on the challenges encountered during the study. Future work will be to expand this research on a larger scale within Warwick and across multiple UK institutions to deepen understanding and inform supportive frameworks for international PGRs.
Funding Acknowledgement
The project on which to which this paper relates, ‘Enhancing Intercultural awareness among PhD students and their supervisors’, was funded by the Enhancing Research Culture Fund through Research England
Breaking Bad Barriers to Pursuing Research: A concordat to research equity (part 1)
No full textThis research looked to cast light on intersectional issues by considering barriers faced and connecting the difficulties encountered in pursuing a research career with participation in various identities.
Job instability, international (im)mobility, an undiversified workforce, biases faced in research collaborations and in hiring processes are just some of a wide variety of barriers affecting researchers in their day-to-day work life and in establishing and progressing their careers. Some of these barriers, due to their nature, adversely affect particular identities more than others. This can lead to negative outcomes for individuals who are prevented from successfully pursuing their career of choice, reinforcing identity stereotypes and perpetuating a lack of inclusion.
Our research sought to identify real, potential and perceived barriers that exist to leading or taking part in research, recognising their existence and impact in our own multidisciplinary engineering and science academic department’s context. Barriers were explored through a survey in the first instance with subsequent focus groups. We considered 4 macro-areas of barriers: Belonging and Community; Time and Timing; Access to Resources; Communication and Information. This research tested the completeness of our understanding and elucidated the impact of the barriers on researchers’ careers. Further, we explored individual and community identity, also considering those groups of people displaying identity traits traditionally underrepresented in academia in STEM, and particularly Engineering, deriving greater nuance from lived experience and the importance of fairness, kindness and belonging in the workplace.
Funder Acknowledgement
The authors would like to acknowledge the Enhancing Research Culture fund from University of Warwick\u27s National Centre for Research Culture, and also WMG’s Summer Internship scheme
You Are What You Eat: Depraved Food and Chinese Queer Kinship in The River (1997)
No full textThis article identifies an under-explored connection between queerness and cinematic food, especially focusing on food images in Chinese queer cinema. Queer theories, food studies and philosophy of food are brought together in a discussion of a cinematic text: The River (1997). The discussion explores two questions: (1) Do these food scenes convey different symbols in comparison to Western queer cinema? (2) How do these food images register Chinese family relations and queer kinship? By examining how food is portrayed in this film, this article considers the notion of ‘depraved food’ and further suggests that on-screen food images can be read as a stand-in for Chinese queerness. Consequently, it is proposed that these food images critically depict Taiwan during the 1990s, especially how the traditional Confucian family and Confucian values are challenged by the modern crisis, conversely, the innovative Chinese queer family appears