Jason Barker
Jason Barker is a British theorist of contemporary French philosophy.
Most notable for his translation and introductions to the philosophy of Alain Badiou, Barker draws on an eclectic range of influences, from Neoplatonism to Lacanian psychoanalysis.[1]
Writing in both the English and French languages, Barker’s work explores the theoretical frontiers of post-Marxism.[2]
Marx Reloaded
Barker is the writer, director and producer of the 2011 partly animated documentary film Marx Reloaded, which considers the relevance of Karl Marx's ideas in the aftermath of the global economic and financial crisis of 2008—09.[3] The film includes interviews with several philosophers including Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Nina Power, Jacques Rancière, Alberto Toscano and Slavoj Žižek.
Bibliography
Original works
- Alain Badiou: A Critical Introduction (London: Pluto Press, 2002).
As translator
- Alain Badiou, Metapolitics, trans. and with an introduction by Jason Barker (London: Verso, 2005).
Articles
- “The Topology of Revolution” in Communication and Cognition (1/2, 2003), ISBN 0378-0880.
- “Topography and Structure” in Polygraph (17, 2005), ISBN 1533-9793.
- ”Nous, Les Sans-Marxisme” in Gilles Grelet (ed.), Théorie-rébellion: Un Ultimatum (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2005).
- ”Nothing Personal: From the State to the Master”, Prelom (8, 2006), ISBN 1451-1304.
- “De L’Etat au Maître: Badiou et le post-marxisme” in Besana et Feltham (eds.), Ecrits Autour de la Pensée d’Alain Badiou (Paris: L’Harmattan, 2006).
- “Wherefore Art Thou Philosophy? Badiou without Badiou” in Indigo. Global Humanities Magazine Vol. 6 (Busan, South Korea: Indigo Publishing, 2011).
Filmography
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