Welcome
Writing
This website is part of a writing project consisting in sketching a body of thought in a situation where the course of this sketch is never determined in advance. As such, there’s nothing for sale on this website: neither product nor key-concept, neither slogan nor soundbite. It is devised and developed to simply record and reflect an itinerary of thought in philosophy. This itinerary is succinctly summarised across all its pages, and specifically with regards to time, in Schemes.
Academia
Writing never takes place in a vacuum. It is also above all a practice of sharing the excitement of discovering new ideas, unexpected perspectives, and challenging thoughts in seminars or lectures. As such, this website is a testament and an indebtedness to the many students and colleagues who have helped me and others push thought where it would have never dared to venture. Thank you.
Rationale
Nothing in my hands, nothing in my pockets, I write to safeguard myself from madness, from the irrationality (or is it the rationality?) of life and its inescapable conditions. This, by no means, constitutes a form of salvation, not even an aspiration for one. Writing saves nobody. They don’t even justify. For good or bad, writing is just a necessary habit, the daily evidence of an uncalled for passing. I’m not dead yet. Nulla dies sine linea.
Where to begin
books, essays and schemes
philosophy, proverbs, translations and photography
the archive of the arts organisation I co-founded in 1992
Get in touch
For enquiries about the writing, the archive or supervision.