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Justin Clemens

Justin Clemens is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Justin Clemens rather than just read about it. In short: Justin Clemens (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian academic known for his work on Alain Badiou, psychoanalysis, European philosophy, and contemporary Australian art and literature. He is also a published poet.

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Reference excerpt

Justin Clemens (born 22 April 1969) is an Australian academic known for his work on Alain Badiou, psychoanalysis, European philosophy, and contemporary Australian art and literature. He is also a published poet.

Biography Clemens studied at the University of Melbourne, gaining his PhD on "Institution, aesthetics, nihilism: the Romanticism of contemporary theory" in 1999. He then lectured in Psychoanalytic Studies at Deakin University, before moving to the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne in the late 2000s where he is Senior Lecturer. Clemens is art critic for the Australian magazine The Monthly. He has a daughter.

Scholarly contributions In his extensive published work, he writes on psychoanalysis, contemporary European philosophy, and literature. Clemens has also published poetry and prose fiction. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2023.

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 Justin 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 1-86395-173-3 (novella) Black River. With collages by Helen Johnson, (Melbourne: re.press, 2007) ISBN 978-0-9803052-2-7 (poetry) Villain. (Melbourne: Hunter Contemporary Australian Poets, 2009) (illustrated short story) "Justine & Jacquie and their adventures on the other side (an excerpt)" with Jason Barker in Meanjin Winter 2023 (Melbourne University Press). 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) Psychoanalysis is an Antiphilosophy (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming May 2013) Co-authored books

Lacan, Deleuze, Badiou. A.J. Bartlett, Justin Clemens, Jon Roffe, (Edinburgh University Press, 2014) 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, hardback: 2008; paperback: 2011). 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)

References

External links Contributor's Index at The Monthly Archived 4 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine 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 Clemens' second collection of poetry available here complete in a pdf version This is Not a Love Song Archived 27 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine Clemens' Lecture on Psychoanalysis at the Garage Blackboard Lectures in 2012

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