Daniel Ross (Australian philosopher and filmmaker)
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Daniel Ross is an Australia
n philosopher
and filmmaker
, best known as the author of Violent Democracy (2004) and the co-director of the film The Ister (2004). Ross's recent work is influenced by Bernard Stiegler
, and he is a translator or co-translator of numerous texts by Stiegler, including the books Acting Out
(2009), For a New Critique of Political Economy
(2010), and The Decadence of Industrial Democracies
(2011).
Ross obtained his doctorate from Monash University
under the supervision of Michael Janover. It was entitled Heidegger and the Question of the Political (2002) and focused in particular on two of Heidegger's lecture courses, Plato's Sophist and Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister". In addition to his work on Stiegler and Heidegger, Ross has written on Jacques Derrida
, Giorgio Agamben
, Stanley Cavell
, Irving Singer
, Leo Strauss
, Roger Scruton
, Isabelle Stengers
, Noel Pearson, Gerald Murnane
, Arakawa
and Madeline Gins
, Yvonne Rainer
, Abbas Kiarostami
, and Ingmar Bergman
, among others.
Ross's father's uncle was Charles Goren
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n philosopher
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and filmmaker
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, best known as the author of Violent Democracy (2004) and the co-director of the film The Ister (2004). Ross's recent work is influenced by Bernard Stiegler
Bernard Stiegler
Bernard Stiegler is a French philosopher at Goldsmiths, University of London and at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne. In addition, he is Director of the , founder in 2005 of the political and cultural group, , and founder in 2010 of the philosophy school,...
, and he is a translator or co-translator of numerous texts by Stiegler, including the books Acting Out
Acting Out (book)
Acting Out is a book by French philosopher Bernard Stiegler. It is composed of two short works, "How I Became a Philosopher," and "To Love, To Love Me, To Love Us: From September 11 to April 21," which were published separately in French in 2003 as Passer à l'acte and Aimer, s'aimer, nous aimer: Du...
(2009), For a New Critique of Political Economy
For a New Critique of Political Economy
For a New Critique of Political Economy is a book by French philosopher Bernard Stiegler. It was published in 2010 by Polity Press and is translated by Daniel Ross....
(2010), and The Decadence of Industrial Democracies
The Decadence of Industrial Democracies
The Decadence of Industrial Democracies: Disbelief and Discredit, Volume 1 is a book by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler. The French original, Mécréance et Discrédit: Tome 1, La décadence des démocraties industrielles, was published by Galilée in 2004. The English translation by Daniel Ross...
(2011).
Ross obtained his doctorate from Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
under the supervision of Michael Janover. It was entitled Heidegger and the Question of the Political (2002) and focused in particular on two of Heidegger's lecture courses, Plato's Sophist and Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister". In addition to his work on Stiegler and Heidegger, Ross has written on Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida was a French philosopher, born in French Algeria. He developed the critical theory known as deconstruction and his work has been labeled as post-structuralism and associated with postmodern philosophy...
, Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben is an Italian political philosopher best known for his work investigating the concepts of the state of exception and homo sacer....
, Stanley Cavell
Stanley Cavell
Stanley Louis Cavell is an American philosopher. He is the Walter M. Cabot Professor Emeritus of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University.-Life:...
, Irving Singer
Irving Singer
Irving Singer is Professor of Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Singer is the author of numerous books on a diverse range of topics, but his major interests are cinema, love, sexuality, and the philosophy of George Santayana...
, Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss
Leo Strauss was a political philosopher and classicist who specialized in classical political philosophy. He was born in Germany to Jewish parents and later emigrated to the United States...
, Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton
Roger Vernon Scruton is a conservative English philosopher and writer. He is the author of over 30 books, including Art and Imagination , Sexual Desire , The Aesthetics of Music , and A Political Philosophy: Arguments For Conservatism...
, Isabelle Stengers
Isabelle Stengers
Professor Isabelle Stengers , is a Belgian philosopher and is the daughter of the historian Jean Stengers. She graduated in chemistry at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.-Biography:Professor Stengers writes about the philosophy of science...
, Noel Pearson, Gerald Murnane
Gerald Murnane
- Life :Murnane was born in Coburg, Melbourne, and has almost never left the state of Victoria. Parts of his childhood were spent in Bendigo and the Western District. In 1956 he matriculated from De La Salle College Malvern....
, Arakawa
Shusaku Arakawa
was a Japanese artist and architect. He had a personal and artistic partnership with writer and artist Madeline Gins that spanned more than four decades.-Life:...
and Madeline Gins
Madeline Gins
Madeline Gins is an American artist, architect, and poet.Madeline Gins met her partner, the artist Arakawa, in 1963. Together, they founded the Architectural Body Research Foundation. They have designed and built residences and parks...
, Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne Rainer
Yvonne Rainer is an American dancer, choreographer and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is frequently challenging and experimental. Her work is classified as minimalist art.- Early life :...
, Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries...
, and Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
, among others.
Ross's father's uncle was Charles Goren
Charles Goren
Charles Henry Goren was a world champion American bridge player and bestselling author who contributed significantly to the development and popularization of the game following upon the heels of Ely Culbertson in the 1940s and rising to prominence in the 1950s to the early 1960s.-Early years:Goren...
.
Filmography
- The IsterThe IsterThe Ister is a 2004 film directed by David Barison and Daniel Ross.- Source :The Ister was inspired by a 1942 lecture course delivered by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger, published in 1984 as Hölderlins Hymne »Der Ister«...
(2004). Co-directed with David Barison. Official site.
Books
- The Decadence of Industrial Democracies: Disbelief and Discredit, 1The Decadence of Industrial DemocraciesThe Decadence of Industrial Democracies: Disbelief and Discredit, Volume 1 is a book by the French philosopher Bernard Stiegler. The French original, Mécréance et Discrédit: Tome 1, La décadence des démocraties industrielles, was published by Galilée in 2004. The English translation by Daniel Ross...
(Cambridge: Polity Press, 2011). With Suzanne Arnold. ISBN 0-7456-4810-X - For a New Critique of Political EconomyFor a New Critique of Political EconomyFor a New Critique of Political Economy is a book by French philosopher Bernard Stiegler. It was published in 2010 by Polity Press and is translated by Daniel Ross....
(Cambridge: Polity Press, 2010). ISBN 0-7456-4804-0 - Acting OutActing Out (book)Acting Out is a book by French philosopher Bernard Stiegler. It is composed of two short works, "How I Became a Philosopher," and "To Love, To Love Me, To Love Us: From September 11 to April 21," which were published separately in French in 2003 as Passer à l'acte and Aimer, s'aimer, nous aimer: Du...
(Stanford: Stanford University PressStanford University PressThe Stanford University Press is the publishing house of Stanford University. In 1892, an independent publishing company was established at the university. The first use of the name "Stanford University Press" in a book's imprinting occurred in 1895...
, 2009). With David Barison and Patrick Crogan. ISBN 0-8047-5869-7
Articles and chapters
- "Pharmacology of Desire: Drive-based Capitalism and Libidinal Dis-economy," New Formations 72 (2011): 150–61.
- "The Pharmacology of the Spirit," in Jane Elliott & Derek Attridge (eds.), Theory After "Theory" (New York: Routledge, 2011): 294–310. ISBN 0-4154-8419-7
- "The Age of De-proletarianisation: Art and teaching in post-consumerist culture," ArtFutures – Current issues in higher arts education (Amsterdam: ELIA, 2010): 10–19.
- "Ars Industrialis Manifesto 2010".
- "Desire and Knowledge: The Dead Seize the Living". With George Collins.
- "The Disaffected Individual". An extract from Mécréance et Discrédit: Tome 2, Les sociétés incontrolables d'individus désaffectés. With Patrick Crogan.
- "The Philosophy School of Épineuil in the Context of Post-consumerism and Post-globalization".
- "Take Care". With Suzanne Arnold.
Presentations and appearances
- Discussant, responding to Bernard Stiegler, "Mistrust, and the Pharmacology of Transformational Technologies" (25 November 2010), New Natures seminar series, University of MelbourneUniversity of MelbourneThe University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
. - "Transformations of AristotleAristotleAristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
in Bernard Stiegler" (1 July 2008), International Association for Philosophy and Literature, RMIT UniversityRMIT UniversityRMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
; (11 July 2008), Derrida Today, Macquarie UniversityMacquarie UniversityMacquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney...
. - "Spirit, Technics and Politics in the Work of Bernard Stiegler" (19 October 2007), at the University of AdelaideUniversity of AdelaideThe University of Adelaide is a public university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third oldest university in Australia...
, as invited speaker. - "Philosophical Approaches to the Northern Territory 'National Emergency'Northern Territory National Emergency ResponseThe Northern Territory National Emergency Response was a package of changes to welfare provision, law enforcement, land tenure and other measures, introduced by the Australian federal government under John Howard in 2007 to address claims of rampant child sexual abuse and neglect in Northern...
: Giorgio Agamben, Stiegler and Noel Pearson" (10 October 2007), at Monash University. - "From Philosophical Cinema to Cinematic Politics" (28 September 2007), at Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
, as invited speaker for a symposium devoted to The Ister. - "Constitution and Motivation: Bernard Stiegler on the Invention of Europe" (13 April 2007), at the conference, "New Europe, New Governance, New Worlds?", Monash University.
- "On the Materiality of the Trace" (8 June 2006), Architecture + Philosophy Program, RMIT University, as invited speaker.
- "Fishponds and Rivers: Heidegger, Stiegler, Murnane" (8 November 2005), Macquarie University, as invited speaker.
- "Passages to Immortality: Arakawa and Gins, Stiegler, and September 11" (1 July 2005), keynote address at the symposium, "The Politics of Space in the Age of Terrorism," RMIT University.
- "Thought, Image, America" (22 June 2005), contributor to seminar on "Is it Possible to 'Think' in Images Rather than Words?," Sydney Film FestivalSydney Film FestivalThe Sydney Film Festival is an annual film festival held in the Australian city of Sydney and is held over 12 days in June. The competitive film festival draws international and local attention, with films being showcased in several venues across the city centre and includes features,...
. - "Of Philosophy, Cinema and The Ister" (1 April 2005), Australian National UniversityAustralian National UniversityThe Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students...
, CanberraCanberraCanberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
, at the invitation of Havi Carel (text reproduced in the booklet accompanying the North American version of the DVD released by Icarus Films). - "Where to From Here?" (15 December 2004), Trades Hall, MelbourneMelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. - "Heidegger in Australien: Ein Film von den Antipoden über Heidegger und Hölderlin" (28 November 2004), episode of the German television program, Prime Time (Ross and Barison interviewed by Alexander KlugeAlexander KlugeAlexander Kluge is an author and film director.-Early life, education and early career:Kluge was born in Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany....
). - "Accompaniments: On The Ister" (17 November 2004), Monash University.
- "Violence and Democracy" (14 September 2004), Late Night LiveLate Night LiveLate Night Live is an Australian radio program broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National as well as on Radio Australia shortwave radio and podcast and streamed over the World Wide Web....
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Secondary literature
Note: see the entry on The Ister for secondary literature on the film.- Barns, GregGreg BarnsGreg Barns is an Australian barrister, author, political commentator and former political candidate based in Hobart, Tasmania.-Political career:...
, "Democracy is always exported, but most frequently without success", On Line Opinion (2005). - Carnahan, Kevin, "Review of Violent Democracy," The Heythrop Journal 49 (2008): 525–6.
- Little, Adrian, Democratic Piety: Complexity, Conflict and Violence (Taking on the Political) (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008).
- Sharpe, Matthew, "Democracy's Violent Heart", borderlands 4:1 (2005).
- Zurawski, Nils, "Violence and Democracy," Ethnopolitics 5 (2006): 191–8.