Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe has passed away. It appears that Saturday night he stopped breathing. He was only 67.
If you haven't yet read, among many other things, his extraordinary essay on "The Echo of the Subject" (Typography: Mimesis, Philosophy, Politics), now would be one time to do so.
Via Mark Thwaite. Pierre Joris has more. Update: and Craig has a request.
Updated the third: A web page in memoriam.
Damn. He was, for me, the most dizzying and mind-altering thinker I have read. I do not say that lightly, but his two typography books - The Subject of Philosophy and Typography: Mimesis, Philosophy, Politics - are earth-shattering, and his book on Heidegger almost as impressive.
Posted by: Kenneth Rufo | January 30, 2007 at 05:30 PM
In fact, can I go ahead and suggest that we select a Lacoue-Labarthe essay for the next Long Sunday symposium? I was thinking either "Echo of the Subject" or "The Unpresentable." Anyone interested?
Posted by: Kenneth Rufo | January 31, 2007 at 10:34 PM
Definitely.
Posted by: Matt | January 31, 2007 at 10:36 PM
Well if anyone else is interested, I can make a pdf version of either chapter available and we can attempt a schedule. Feel free to post here or email me. And if there is interest, let me know which essay is the preference.
Posted by: Kenneth Rufo | January 31, 2007 at 11:45 PM
Thanks Ken. Reading "Transcendence ends in politics" tonight, unable to sleep, struck me as another possibility.
Posted by: Matt | February 01, 2007 at 12:23 AM
http://www.readysteadybook.com/Blog.aspx?permalink=20070222075512
Posted by: Matt | February 24, 2007 at 03:48 PM