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Contributors Ben Watson was active around Rock Against Racism in Leeds, 1979–82. In 1980 he issued an ode on Punk, 1–2–3–4, printed on the Leeds SWP Roneo. In May 2005 he resigned from Wire magazine after eighteen years as a contributor – for which, see www.militantesthetix.co.uk/violence.html. Pierre Macherey is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lille III. His books in English include In a Materialist Way: Selected Essays (Verso, 1998). Stewart Martin teaches Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University. He is currently working on a book on absolute art. Eric Matthews is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at University of Aberdeen. His books include The Philosophy of MerleauPonty (Acumen, 2002) and Merleau-Ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed (Continuum, 2005).
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philosophy JULY/AUGUST 2005
COMMENTARY Philosophizing Post-Punk Ben Watson .................................................................................................... 2
ARTICLES Philosophy’s Malaise: Philosophy and Its History Pierre Macherey ............................................................................................. 7
W.G. Sebald and the Modern Art of Memory Stewart Martin ............................................................................................ 18
Late Merleau-Ponty, Revived Eric Matthews .............................................................................................. 31
REVIEWS Jean-Jacques Lecercle and Denise Riley, The Force of Language Carol Sanders, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Saussure Ken Hirschkop ............................................................................................. 36 Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel: Plasticity, Temporality, Dialectic Kimberley Hutchings ................................................................................... 39 Jean-Pierre Changeux, The Physiology of Truth: Neuroscience and Human Knowledge Ray Brassier ................................................................................................. 41
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Martin Jay, Songs of Experience: Modern American and European Variations on a Universal Theme Alastair Morgan ........................................................................................... 44 Marc Augé, Oblivion Ben Highmore .............................................................................................. 46 Gregg Lambert, The Return of the Baroque in Modern Culture Philip Derbyshire ......................................................................................... 47 Guy Debord, Panegyric, Volumes 1 and 2 Andrew Aitken ............................................................................................. 50 Mark C. Taylor, Confidence Games: Money and Markets in a World without Redemption Gerald Moore ................................................