Gabriel Rockhill

Gabriel Rockhill
Alma mater Grinnell College
School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences
Paris 8 University
Emory University
Occupation Philosopher
Employer Villanova University

Gabriel Rockhill is a French-American philosopher, cultural critic and public intellectual. He is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University, Founder and Director of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique in Paris, founding member of the autonomous collective RED: Radical Education Department, and former Directeur de programme at the Collège International de Philosophie. His work spans the fields of history, aesthetics, technology and politics, and he is a regular contributor to public intellectual debate.

Early life

Gabriel Rockhill graduated from Grinnell College in 1995.[1] He earned a master's degree under the direction of Jacques Derrida and Luce Irigaray from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, and a Ph.D. under the direction of Alain Badiou from Paris 8 University, as well as a Ph.d. from Emory University.[1]

Career

Rockhill is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Villanova University,[2] Founder and Director of the Critical Theory Workshop/Atelier de Théorie Critique[3] in Paris, and former Directeur de programme at the Collège International de Philosophie.[4] He also co-directs the seminar "Socio-philosophie du temps présent. Enjeux épistémologiques, méthodologiques et critiques" at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris.

Rockhill has advanced new models for thinking the historical relationship between art and politics, as well as a novel framework for rethinking history and the contemporary conjuncture. His books include Contre-histoire du temps présent: interrogations intempestives sur la mondialisation, la technologie, la démocratie (CNRS Éditions, 2017), published in English as Counter-History of the Present: Untimely Interrogations into Globalization, Technology, Democracy (Duke University Press, 2017); Interventions in Contemporary Thought: History, Politics, Aesthetics (Edinburgh University Press, 2016); Radical History & the Politics of Art (Columbia University Press, 2014); and Logique de l'histoire: pour une analytique des pratiques philosophiques (Éditions Hermann, 2010). He has also co-edited and contributed to three collections: Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique: Dialogues (Columbia University Press, 2011); Jacques Rancière: History, Politics, Aesthetics (Duke University Press, 2009); and Technologies de contrôle dans la mondialisation: enjeux politiques, éthiques et esthétiques (Éditions Kimé, 2009). In addition to numerous scholarly articles and opinion pieces,[5] he also edited and translated Jacques Rancière’s The Politics of Aesthetics (Continuum Books, 2004) and Cornelius Castoriadis’s Postscript on Insignificance (Continuum Books, 2011).

Bibliography

Books

  • Contre-histoire du temps présent: interrogations intempestives sur la mondialisation, la technologie, la démocratie (CNRS Éditions, 2017), published in English as Counter-History of the Present: Untimely Interrogations into Globalization, Technology, Democracy (Duke University Press, 2017).
  • Interventions in Contemporary Thought: History, Politics, Aesthetics (Edinburgh University Press, 2016).
  • Radical History & the Politics of Art (New York: Columbia University Press, Series "New Directions in Critical Theory," 2014), 288 pp.  ISBN 978-0-231-15201-3. (pb.)[6]
  • Logique de l’histoire: Pour une analytique des pratiques philosophiques (Paris: Editions Hermann, series "Hermann Philosophie," 2010), 534 pp.  ISBN 978-2-7056-6965-2. (pb.)[7]

Edited books

  • With Alfredo Gomez-Muller, in collaboration with Seyla Benhabib, Nancy Fraser, Judith Butler, Immanuel Wallerstein, Cornel West, Will Kymlicka, Michael Sandel and Axel Honneth: Politics of Culture and the Spirit of Critique: Dialogues (New York: Columbia University Press, Series "New Directions in Critical Theory," 2011), 240 pp.  ISBN 978-0-231-15187-0. (pb.)
    • French edition (slightly different): Critique et subversion dans la pensée contemporaine américaine: Dialogues (Paris: Editions du Félin, 2010).
    • Spanish edition (slightly different): La teoría crítica en Norteamérica: Política, ética y actualidad (Medellín: La Carreta Editores, 2008).
  • With Pierre-Antoine Chardel: Technologies de contrôle dans la mondialisation: Enjeux politiques, éthiques et esthétiques (Paris: Editions Kimé, 2009), 207 pp.  ISBN 978-2-84174-499-2. (pb.)
  • With Philip Watts: Jacques Rancière: History, Politics, Aesthetics (Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2009), 368 pp.  ISBN 978-0-8223-4506-0. (pb.)

Edited translations

  • With John V. Garner: Cornelius Castoriadis. Postscript on Insignificance: Dialogues with Cornelius Castoriadis (London: Continuum Books, 2011).
  • Jacques Rancière. The Politics of Aesthetics (London: Continuum Books, 2004).

Select articles

  • "Recent Developments in Aesthetics: Badiou, Rancière and Their Interlocutors." The History of Continental Philosophy. Ed. Alan Schrift. Vol. 8. Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy. Ed. Todd May (Durham: Acumen Press, 2010), p. 31–48.
  • "A Specter Is Haunting Globalization." Cognitive Architecture: From Bio-politics to Noo-politics. Eds. Deborah Hauptmann and Warren Neidich (Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 2010), p. 470–487.
  • "La Démocratie dans l’histoire des cultures politiques." Jacques Rancière ou la politique à l'œuvre. Eds. Jérôme Game and Aliocha Lasowski (Paris: Editions Archives Contemporaines, Collection "Centre d'Etudes Poétiques," 2009).
  • "Le Cinéma n’est jamais né." Le milieu des appareils. Ed. Jean-Louis Déotte (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2009), p. 187–211 (also available in the online journal Appareil 1 (2008).[8]
  • "Démocratie moderne et révolution esthétique. Quelques réflexions sur la causalité historique." La philosophie déplacée: Autour de Jacques Rancière. Eds. Laurence Cornu and Patrice Vermeren. Actes du Colloque du Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-la-Salle (Paris: Horlieu Editions, 2006), p. 335–349.
  • "Modernism as a Misnomer: Godard’s Archeology of the Image." Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (2010): 107–129.
  • "Le Débat sur le temps présent. Analyse des coordonnées conceptuelles de la controverse postmoderne." Symposium 12:1 (Spring 2008): 126–145.
  • "Le Droit de la philosophie et les faits de l’histoire: Foucault, Derrida, Descartes." Le Portique. E-portique 5 – Recherches (December 2007).[9]
  • "L’Ecriture de l’histoire philosophique: L’Eternel retour du même et de l’autre chez Lévinas." Philosophie 87 (fall 2005): 59–77.
  • "The Silent Revolution." SubStance: A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism (special issue on Jacques Rancière) 103, 33:1 (2004): 54–76.

Select opinion pieces

References

  1. 1 2 "Gabriel Rockhill, Ph.D." Villanova University. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Gabriel Rockhill - Gabriel Rockhill". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  3. ↑ "Critical Theory Workshop / Atelier de Théorie Critique". Criticaltheoryworkshop.com. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  4. ↑ "CIPh Paris". Ciph.org. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  5. ↑ "Logique de l'histoire: pour une analytique des pratiques philosophiques : Gabriel Rockhill : 2010; et al". Bibliograph.library.villanova.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  7. ↑ "Trouver un livre - Hermann Éditeurs". Editions-hermann.fr. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  8. ↑ "Revue Appareil". Revues.mshparisnord.org. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  9. ↑ "Le Droit de la philosophie et les faits de l'histoire". Leportique.revues.org. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
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