Sam Gillespie

Sam Gillespie (9/1/70 - 8/8/03) was a philosopher with a particular interest in the work of Alain Badiou. Joan Copjec, described him as "one of the most gifted and promising philosophers of his generation". ["Umbr(a)" (2004)] He was also a co-founder of the academic journal [http://www.gsa.buffalo.edu/lacan/back.html Umbr(a)] , a talented graphic designer and committed activist. [http://www.cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/viewFile/118/46] His book, "The Mathematics of Novelty" was published posthumously in 2008. Peter Hallward wrote that "This tremendously valuable book is a landmark in the critical reception of Badiou’s work." [ [http://www.re-press.org/content/view/42/40/ re.press - The Mathematics of Novelty: Badiou’s Minimalist Metaphysics ] ]

Books

"The Mathematics of Novelty: Badiou's Minimalist Metaphysics", Melbourne, re.press, 2008. ( [http://www.re-press.org/content/view/42/40/ details on re.press website] )

Journal Publications

* ‘Slavoj Your Symptom!’, "UMBR(a)", no. 1, 1995, pp. 115-9.
* ‘Subtractive’, "UMBR(a)", no. 1, 1996, pp. 7-10, (available from [http://scm-rime.tees.ac.uk/VLE/DOMAIN/CSeArch/TABS/Search.asp CSeARCH] ).
* ‘Hegel Unsutured (an Addendum to Badiou)’, "UMBR(a)", no. 1, 1996, pp. 57-69 (available from [http://scm-rime.tees.ac.uk/VLE/DOMAIN/CSeArch/TABS/Search.asp CSeARCH] ).
* ‘Badiou’s Ethics: A Review’, " [http://www.warwick.ac.uk/philosophy/pli_journal/ Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy] ", no. 12, 2001, pp. 256-65.
* ‘Neighborhood of Infinity: On Badiou’s Deleuze: The Clamor of Being’, "UMBR(a)", no. 1, 2001, pp. 91-106 (available from [http://scm-rime.tees.ac.uk/VLE/DOMAIN/CSeArch/TABS/Search.asp CSeARCH] ).
* ‘Placing the Void – Badiou on Spinoza’, "Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities", vol. 6, no. 3, 2001, pp. 63-77.
* ‘Beyond Being: Badiou’s Doctrine of Truth’, "Communication and Cognition", vol. 36, no. 1-2, 2003, pp. 5-30 (available from [http://scm-rime.tees.ac.uk/VLE/DOMAIN/CSeArch/TABS/Search.asp CSeARCH] ).
* ‘Get Your Lack On’, UMBR(a), no. 1, 2004, pp. 9-19.
* 'Giving Form to Its Own Existence: Anxiety and the Subject of Truth', 1: The Praxis of Alain Badiou, 2006, pp. 161-18 (reprinted in "The Praxis of Alain Badiou", ed. Paul Ashton, A.J. Bartlett and Justin Clemens (Melbourne: re.press, 2006, http://www.re-press.org/content/view/21/38/)

Translations

* Badiou, Alain, ‘Hegel’, trans. Marcus Coelen and Sam Gillespie, "UMBR(a)", no. 1, 1996, pp. 27-35.
* Badiou, Alain, ‘On a Contemporary Usage of Frege’, trans. Justin Clemens and Sam Gillespie, "UMBR(a)", no. 1, 2000, pp. 99-115.

References

External links

* Open Access version of [http://www.re-press.org/book-files/OA_Version_9780980305241_Gillespie.pdf The Mathematics of Novelty: Badiou's Minimalist Metaphysics]