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Theorist of plasticity — Kingston University
Kingston University, London · University of California, Irvine · France · d. 1959
The French philosopher who carries the concept of 'plasticity', developed out of Hegel, into debates in neuroscience, politics and feminism.
Dundee has suspended its single honours philosophy degree and approved a philosophy-and-AI programme instead; Hertfordshire has stopped recruiting; Kingston's research centre has left the university altogether. Meanwhile the labs hire, Floridi speaks of a 'haemorrhage' and the Fed's table is quoted as vindication. An audit of what the year has actually established.
Luciano Floridi, Catherine Malabou
Seyla Benhabib was born on 9 September 1950 and this year takes both the Johan Skytte Prize and the Karl Jaspers Prize. Jacques Lacan died on the date in 1981, John Passmore was born on it in 1914 and Paul Goodman in 1911 — four thinkers on what a person is made into.
Judith Butler, Slavoj Žižek, Jürgen Habermas, Julia Kristeva, Catherine Malabou, Alenka Zupančič, Seyla Benhabib
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
