Justin Clemens

Justin Clemens (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian philosopher, translator, social critic, and poet. He is primarily known today for his work on Alain Badiou as an editor, translator, and scholar writing, speaking, and lecturing on the impact of Badiou's thought in this contemporary juncture.

A former instructor in the Psychoanalytic Studies department at Deakin University, Clemens now teaches in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne^[1] where he first earned his degrees: a B.A. (1990), an M.A. (1995), and a PhD (1999).^[2]

Clemens is currently Secretary of the Lacan Circle of Melbourne, Australia, and art critic for the Australian magazine The Monthly.^[3] In his own published work, he writes extensively on psychoanalysis, contemporary European philosophy, and literature. Clemens has also published poetry and prose fiction.

Selected bibliography

Translated books and articles

• Badiou, Alain, "On a Contemporary Usage of Frege", trans. Justin Clemens and Sam Gillespie, UMBR(a), no. 1, 2000, pp. 99-115.
  • Infinite Thought: Truth and the Return to Philosophy. Translated and edited by Clemens & Oliver Feltham, (London: Continuum, 2003): ISBN 978-0-8264-7929-7 (paperback); ISBN 978-0-8264-6724-9 (hardcover)

Creative works

• (poetry) The Mundiad. (Melbourne: Black, Inc. Publishing, 2004) ISBN 1863951733
• (novella) Black River. With collages by Helen Johnson, (Melbourne: re.press, 2007) ISBN 9780980305227
• (poetry) Villain. (Melbourne: Hunter Contemporary Australian Poets, 2009)

Authored books

• The Romanticism of Contemporary Theory: Institutions, Aesthetics, Nihilism. (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2003)
• Avoiding the Subject: Media, Culture and the Object. (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2004)

Edited collections and books

• Jaques Lacan and the Other Side of Psychoanalysis: Reflections on Seminar XVII. Clemens & R. Grigg (eds.), (Durham: Duke University Press, 2006).
• The Praxis of Alain Badiou. Paul Ashton, A. J. Bartlett, Justin Clemens (eds.), (Melbourne: re.press, 2006).
• The Work of Giorgio Agamben: Law, Literature, Life. Edited with Nicholas Heron and Alex Murray. (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008).
• Badiou: Key Concepts. Bartlett & Clemens (eds.), (London: Acumen, 2010). Contributions from various Badiou scholars and translators including, along with Clemens and Bartlett, Bruno Bosteels, Ray Brassier, Oliver Feltham, Z.L. Fraser, Sigi Jottkandt, Nina Power, and Alberto Toscano
• The Jacqueline Rose Reader. Edited by Clemens & Ben Naparstek (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2011) - forthcoming

References

External links

• Contributor's Index at The Monthly this page has nearly 2 dozen links to essays and articles by Clemens on a wide variety of topics covering politics, society, and culture
• Manifesto of Virtual Art 2010 by Clemens, Adam Nash and Christopher Dodds
• Breaking the silence on a great mind In this essay first appearing in April 2010, Clemens discusses Albert Camus and reviews the book Albert Camus: Elements of a Life by Robert Zaretsky
• Dürer: Innsbruck 1495 a poem by Clemens appearing in Jacket (2009)
• You Have the Right to Remain Silent In this on-line essay from the journal Heat, Clemens gives "a passionate analysis of torture and its relation to the freedom of speech"
• 6 Sonnets from Ten Thousand Fcuking Monkeys includes some poems from an early Clemens publication
• Lion Camel Child Clemen's second collection of poetry available here complete in a pdf version