Dimitris Vardoulakis (born 1975) is a Greek philosopher and Associate Professor of philosophy in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. He works in the tradition of Continental philosophy, and has published on a variety of topics, including the relation between literature and philosophy, power and sovereignty.
Career He received his PhD in philosophy from Monash University and is a winner of Excellence in Leadership Award.
Vardoulakis is the author of The Doppelganger: Literature's Philosophy (2011, Fordham University Press)Salzani, Carlo (2015). "Dimitris Vardoulakis, The Doppelgänger: Literature's Philosophy". Critical Horizons 12 (3): 418-22. .Biti, Vladimir (2012). "The Doppelgänger: Literature's Philosophy". Orbis Litterarum 67 (1): 82. . and Sovereignty and Its Other: Toward the Dejustification of Violence (2013, Fordham University Press).Mansfield, Nick (2014). "Sovereignty and Its Other: Toward the Dejustification of Violence". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 3 (6). .Barder, Alexander D. (2015). "Sovereignty and Its Other: Toward the Dejustification of Violence". Perspectives on Politics 13 (1): 170-1. . He co-edited After Blanchot: Literature, Criticism, Philosophy (2005, Delaware Press) with Leslie Hill and Brian NelsonBruns, Gerald L. (2006). "After Blanchot: Literature, Criticism, Philosophy". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 8 (5). .Rapaport, Herman (2009). "After Blanchot?" Paragraph 32 (2): 255-64. .Holland, Michael (2002). "Blanchot". Modern Language Review 97 (1): 199. and was the sole editor of Spinoza Now (2011, University of Minnesota Press).Grattan, Sean (2011). "Spinoza as Imperative". Meditations: Journal of the Marxist Literary Group 25 (2). Winkler, Sean (2013). "Spinoza Now". Bibliographia 1: 42-7.Lord, Beth (2012). "What can we do with Spinoza?" Parallax 18 (4): 125-7. . He co-edited a special issue of SubStance entitled "The Political Animal" with Chris Danta,Danta, Chris, and Dimitris Vardoulakis (2008). "Foreword: The Political Animal". SubStance 37 (3): 3-7. . and a special issue of Angelaki entitled "The Politics of Place" with Andrew Benjamin.Benjamin, Andrew, and Dimitris Vardoulakis (2004). "Editorial Introduction: The Politics of Place". Angelaki 9 (2): 1-3. .
Vardoulakis is the chair of the lecture series Thinking Out Loud: The Sydney Lectures in Philosophy and Society and editor of the linked book series published by Fordham University Press. He is the co-editor of the book series Incitements, published with Edinburgh University Press. "Stasis and Agonistic Democracy" - Dimitris Vardoulakis lecture
Bibliography Vardoulakis, D. (2013), Stasis Before the State: Nine Theses on Agonistic Democracy, New York: Fordham University Press Vardoulakis, D. (2016), Freedom From the Free Will: On Kafka's Laughter, State University of New York Press Vardoulakis, D. (2013), Sovereignty and Its Other: Toward the Dejustification of Violence, New York: Fordham University Press Vardoulakis, D., ed. (2011), Spinoza Now, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press Vardoulakis, D. (2010), The Doppelganger: Literature's Philosophy, New York: Fordham University Press Hill, L., Nelso, B. and Vardoulakis, D., eds. (2005), After Blanchot: Literature, Criticism, Philosophy, : Delaware Press
See also Diego Bubbio
References
External links Dimitris Vardoulakis at UWS Dimitris Vardoulakis