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The September-October lists of the university presses are out. Philippe Huneman's critique of profiling, Stephen Batchelor's comparison of the Buddha and Socrates, and Stanford's Nietzsche volume stand out.
Culture Desk · 21 August 2026
Announced on Daily Nous, the survey aims to give academics comparable data, because reliable information about conditions in different countries and universities is hard to come by when applying for graduate study or a post.
The notes Giorgio Agamben took at Heidegger's Le Thor seminars in Provence in 1966 and 1968 have appeared as 'The Time of Thinking'. Zone Books has also reissued the philosopher's collection 'Profanations'.
Giorgio Agamben
The French philosopher received an honorary doctorate from Leiden University on 9 February 2026. Her public lecture the following day started from Derrida's idea of the 'unconditional university' and asked what has become of it.
Catherine Malabou
The New York University philosopher received the degree of Doctor of Humanities at Yale's 325th commencement. His new book, on religion and the birth of the social sciences, is published by Yale University Press.
Kwame Anthony Appiah
The philosopher who set the intellectual direction of post-war Germany died in Starnberg on 14 March 2026. President Steinmeier spoke at the memorial service in Frankfurt.
Jürgen Habermas
The text of the article in Philosophy & Public Affairs was written by Claude; the thesis came from Simon Goldstein of the University of Hong Kong, who edited the piece. The decision has opened a debate about what authorship means in the field.
The Slovenian philosopher's collection of essays on authoritarianism packaged in the language of the free market has been published. The second book arrives on 29 October 2026.
Slavoj Žižek
