Nick James Mansfield (born 1959) is an Australian philosopher and Dean of Higher Degree Research at the Macquarie University. He is known for his research on subjectivity and sovereignty. Mansfield is one of the founding general editors of the journal Derrida Today.[1][2][3]

Nick Mansfield
Born1959
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolContinental
Main interests
subjectivity
aesthetics
radical sexuality

Bibliography edit

  • The God who Deconstructs Himself: Sovereignty and Subjectivity Between Freud, Bataille, and Derrida
  • Subjectivity: Theories of the Self from Freud to Haraway
  • Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
  • Masochism: The Art of Power
  • Theorizing war: From Hobbes to Badiou
  • Subjectivity: a Theoretical Introduction

References edit

  1. ^ War and Its Other: Review of Nick Mansfield's Theorizing War: From Hobbes to Badiou, Dimitris Vardoulakis, Cultural Studies Review, Vol 16, No 1 (2010)
  2. ^ Biles, J. (2012), The God who Deconstructs Himself: Sovereignty and Subjectivity Between Freud, Bataille, and Derrida. By Nick Mansfield. New York: Fordham University Press, 2010. Pp. 144. Paper, $29.00.. Relig Stud Rev, 38: 222. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2012.01645_3.x
  3. ^ Book Review by Ben Wadham (review of Nick Mansfield's Theorising War: From Hobbes to Badiou, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Volume 7, Number 2, 2011

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