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In the usual order of things, lives run their course and eventually one becomes who one is. Bodily and psychic transformations do nothing but reinforce the permanence of identity. But as a result of serious trauma, or sometimes for no reason at all, a sub
Translated by CAROLYN SHREAD In the post-feminist age the fact that woman' finds herself deprived of her essence' only confirms, paradoxically, a very ancient state of affairs: woman' has never been able to define herself in any other way than
The clitoris was absent in anatomy books, in paintings and sculptures, absent in spirit and even body; it has long been the organ of erased pleasure. We assume that this oversight has been repaired in our times: today, the clitoris is not forgotten but ho
Many contemporary philosophers including Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben ascribe an ethical or political value to anarchy, but none ever called themselves an anarchist. It is as if anarchism were unmentionable and had to be conceal
What is intelligence? The concept crosses and blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, bridging the human brain and the cybernetic world of AI. In this book, the acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou ventures a new approach that emphasizes t
What is intelligence? The concept crosses and blurs the boundaries between natural and artificial, bridging the human brain and the cybernetic world of AI. In this book, the acclaimed philosopher Catherine Malabou ventures a new approach that emphasizes t
A career-spanning collection of published and unpublished writings Catherine Malabou is one of the foremost, most innovative intelligences working in contemporary French philosophy today. Her work articulates a coherent conceptualisation of 'plasticit
Recent neuroscience, in replacing the old model of the brain as a single centralized source of control, has emphasized "plasticity," the quality by which our brains develop and change throughout the course of our lives. Our brains exist as histo
This book employs a philosophical approach to the "new wounded" (brain lesion patients) to stage a confrontation between psychoanalysis and contemporary neurobiology, focused on the issue of trauma and psychic wounds. It thereby reevaluates the
Many contemporary philosophers including Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben ascribe an ethical or political value to anarchy, but none ever called themselves an anarchist. It is as if anarchism were unmentionable and had to be conceal