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I back Ukraine & Taiwan. British 🇬🇧 philosopher based in Istanbul🇹🇷, working at universities here for many years. Author of the monographs: *Derrida on Deconstruction (Routledge)*, *Kierkegaard on Politics* (Palgrave), Philosophy of the Novel* (Palgra

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CORRECTED INFORMATION FOR JOINING THE ONLINE MEETING WİTH ZAMPAKI, BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, 09/10/ 25 THURSDAY AT 17:00 Meeting link:  Meeting number: 25591491084 Join from a video conferencing system or application Dial: n.zampaki@upelop.webex.com You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting numb…

CORRECTED INFORMATION FOR JOINING THE ONLINE MEETING WİTH ZAMPAKI, BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY, 09/10/ 25 THURSDAY AT 17:00 hesperusisbosphorus.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/c... via @hespeisbosphor

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Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy, Online Talk
Thursday 9th October, 17:00 (EEST/Istanbul time)
Dr Nikoleta Zampaki
Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
‘Colour Phenomenology in Odysseus Elitis’ The Axion Esti’

06.10.2025 23:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Boğaziçi University Philosophy Department, Online Talk. Thursday 9th October, 17:00. Nikoleta Zampaki , ‘Colour Phenomenology in Odysseus Elytis’ The Axion Esti’ Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy, Online Talk Thursday 9th October, 17:00 (EEST/Istanbul time) Dr Nikoleta Zampaki (Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Philology, National and Kapodist…

Boğaziçi University Philosophy Department, Online Talk. Thursday 9th October, 17:00. Nikoleta Zampaki , ‘Colour Phenomenology in Odysseus Elytis' The Axion Esti’ hesperusisbosphorus.wordpress.com/2025/10/07/b... via @hespeisbosphor

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Boğaziçi University Philosophy Colloquium. Friday 10th October, 17:00. James Hutchinson , ‘Why Does Frege Think We Need to Talk About Language?’ Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy Colloquium. Friday, 10th October, 17:00 James Hutchinson (Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan) ‘Why Does Frege Think We Need To Talk…

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Cat at Friday’s Boğaziçi Philosophy Colloquium. Evidently very interested in philosophy of mind, perception and memory.

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On Friday István Aranyosi of Bilkent University gave his talk ‘Preteriception and the metaphysics of time’ to the Boğaziçi University Philosophy Colloquium. A stimulating and well structured argument for direct realism with regard to memory, followed by a lively discussion.

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2/2 Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy Colloquium.
Friday, 3rd October, 17:00
István Aranyosi
(Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara)
‘Preteriception and the metaphysics of time’
(Send message to barry.stocker(at)bogazici.edu.tr to be on guest list)

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1/2 Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy Colloquium.
Friday, 3rd October, 17:00
István Aranyosi
(Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara)
‘Preteriception and the metaphysics of time’
(Send message to barry.stocker(at)bogazici.edu.tr to be on guest list)

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2/2 My contributor copy of *Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts* (ed. Joseph Thomas Milburn. Palgrave Macmillan 2025) has arrived. I contributed‘ How Murakami Uses Philosophy: Aesthetics and Ethics’. Philosophical-aesthetic reflections on the novel *Kafka on the Shore*

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1/2 My contributor copy of *Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts* (ed. Joseph Thomas Milburn. Palgrave Macmillan 2025) has arrived. I contributed‘ How Murakami Uses Philosophy: Aesthetics and Ethics’. Philosophical-aesthetic reflections on the novel *Kafka on the Shore*

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Great news from Moldova!

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Boğaziçi University Philosophy Colloquium. Friday 3rd October, 17:00. István Aranyosi, ‘Preteriception and the metaphysics of time’ Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy Colloquium. Friday, 3rd October, 17:00 István Aranyosi  (Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Ankara) ‘Preteriception and the metaphysics of time’ …

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28.09.2025 21:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New publication. Issue 19 of the Turkish philosophy journal *Arkhe-Logos*, edited by Aysel Demir,includes my essay ‘Communion and the Culinary in Proust’ which is published in English though the cover title is in Turkish. Abstract in Turkish and English.

27.09.2025 16:40 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Barry Stocker ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction – Routledge, September 2025 Barry Stocker ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction – Routledge, September 2025 Ethics in Deconstruction is vital reading for anyone interested in Derrida and the ethical implications of deco…

Stuart Elden’s Progressive Geographies *Derrida’s: Ethics in Deconstruction*, which I edited and which contains my essay ‘Afterthought-Derrida’s Escaping the Deserts of Moral Law’. Available on 25th. Reprint of a special issue of the journal *Angelaki*. progressivegeographies.com/2025/09/19/b...

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Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction Ethics in Deconstruction is vital reading for anyone interested in Derrida and the ethical implications of deconstruction broadly defined. It offers a comprehensive set of essays on the ethics of deco...

@barrystocker.bsky.social ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction - Routledge, September 2025
www.routledge.com/Derrida-Ethi...

19.09.2025 07:02 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) | 4K Restoration | Official Trailer | Dir. by Sydney Pollack
YouTube video by Studiocanal Cinema Club THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR (1975) | 4K Restoration | Official Trailer | Dir. by Sydney Pollack

Robert Redford has died. My favourite Redford role. As CIA analyst Joe Turner in *Three Days of the Condor* (Sydney Pollack 1975. One of the best films of a major film director). A CIA analyst is caught up in a conspiratorial labyrinthine nightmare. youtu.be/8sKGGJVcsbo?...

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Trump officials pulls 'The Scourged Back' amid president's push against 'woke' narratives "The Scourged Back" has become a poignant and famous image depicting the horrific history of slavery in the United States.

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Moscow’s Southward March: Russia’s Geopolitical Maneuvers in the Middle East and Africa Riboua's Near East Newsletter #10

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2/2 Includes my contribution’After Thought – Derrida Escaping the Deserts of Moral Law: Poetics, Sacrifice, Judaism, and the Limits of Decisionism’. The book is a reprint of the journal issue *Angelaki* 29/1-2 (2024).

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Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction Ethics in Deconstruction is vital reading for anyone interested in Derrida and the ethical implications of deconstruction broadly defined. It offers a comprehensive set of essays on the ethics of deco...

1/2 Available for pre-order. Publication 25th September. *Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction* A Routledge book in the series *Angelaki: New Work in the Theoretical Humanities*. Edited by Barry Stocker (Me!). Click on links for full information about contents and ordering.

04.09.2025 19:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Me and Germaine

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Cat on outdoor street side table of books in Mecidiyeköy. Maybe thinking about reading Turkish translation of Maeve Binchy later!

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A happy event in early July. My home had been without cats for too long. I collected two kittens who needed a home. They hid at first. photos are after they emerged and started adapting to their new home. Both girls. black & white kitten is Germaine. tabby and white is Marie.

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Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at Epping anti-refugee protest Robert Jenrick pictured with Eddy Butler, former member of Nazi terror group Combat 18 EXCLUSIVE Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has attended a

Genuinely baffled as to what Bertie Jenrick would have to do for any of the one in ten Tory MPs from an ethnic minority to go “steady on”. Turn up at their house in a Klan robe?

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Lazy security guard. Cat very comfortable in the tray next to the z-ray gate in an Istanbul metro station (June)

23.08.2025 14:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Istanbul seagulls. Middle of June

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Angry rooster. He looks very peaceful and innocent here, but he had just sneaked up behind me and pecked my legs. I’ve seen him before while walking from Mecidiyeköy to Levent uphill via the Kuştepe. Don’t know he was angry with me that day! (Middle of June)

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🇫🇷🇺🇦 Any peace agreement cannot limit the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, — Macron

🔹We will have to help Ukraine on the ground. Peacekeeping operations will be needed, which Ukraine's allies are ready to provide;

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Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.

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War in Ukraine live: Putin is 'an ogre at our gates', France's Macron says Russian President Vladimir Putin is “a predator” and “an ogre at our gates”, President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with French station LCI Tuesday, warning that Putin “needs to keep eating”…

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