Stuart Elden’s Progressive Geographies *Derrida’s: Ethics in Deconstruction*, which I edited and which contains my essay ‘Afterthought-Derrida’s Escaping the Deserts of Moral Law’. Available on 25th. Reprint of a special issue of the journal *Angelaki*. progressivegeographies.com/2025/09/19/b...

@barrystocker.bsky.social ed. Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction - Routledge, September 2025 www.routledge.com/Derrida-Ethi...

Robert Redford has died. My favourite Redford role. As CIA analyst Joe Turner in *Three Days of the Condor* (Sydney Pollack 1975. One of the best films of a major film director). A CIA analyst is caught up in a conspiratorial labyrinthine nightmare. youtu.be/8sKGGJVcsbo?...

1/2 Available for pre-order. Publication 25th September. *Derrida: Ethics in Deconstruction* A Routledge book in the series *Angelaki: New Work in the Theoretical Humanities*. Edited by Barry Stocker (Me!). Click on links for full information about contents and ordering.

Me and Germaine

Cat on outdoor street side table of books in Mecidiyeköy. Maybe thinking about reading Turkish translation of Maeve Binchy later!

A happy event in early July. My home had been without cats for too long. I collected two kittens who needed a home. They hid at first. photos are after they emerged and started adapting to their new home. Both girls. black & white kitten is Germaine. tabby and white is Marie.

Genuinely baffled as to what Bertie Jenrick would have to do for any of the one in ten Tory MPs from an ethnic minority to go “steady on”. Turn up at their house in a Klan robe?

Lazy security guard. Cat very comfortable in the tray next to the z-ray gate in an Istanbul metro station (June)

Istanbul seagulls. Middle of June

Angry rooster. He looks very peaceful and innocent here, but he had just sneaked up behind me and pecked my legs. I’ve seen him before while walking from Mecidiyeköy to Levent uphill via the Kuştepe. Don’t know he was angry with me that day! (Middle of June)

🇫🇷🇺🇦 Any peace agreement cannot limit the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, — Macron 🔹We will have to help Ukraine on the ground. Peacekeeping operations will be needed, which Ukraine's allies are ready to provide;

Reminder that Putin has never said he wants a trilateral meeting, had never said he would respect Ukrainian sovereignty, and has never said he wants to end the war. Not to be a downer, but the discussion of security guarantees is premature.

As previously announced Istvàn Aranyosi (Bilkent Philosopher) will be bringing his heavy metal band to Dorock rock club in Beyoğlu, Istanbul on Thursday 21st August (so this week). There is a new starting time for the concert: 20:30.

Philosophical (and psychology I presume) joke!

Early evening views from Boğaziçi University, south campus. Late May

extremely interested to learn that the 17th Century Port-Logic of Arnauld and Nicole is a set text in France for exams which qualify successful candidate to be philosophy academics/school teachers with a special status. Any thoughts from French philosophers about whether this is a good idea?

Cats and dogs of Istanbul

Mark Pennimgton interviewed about his new book from Oxford University Press *Foucault and Liberal Political Economy* (a classical liberal perspective) Diagnosing the New Authoritarianism Through Foucault youtu.be/Ls5HEIrKrQA?... via @YouTube

1/2 Me holding forth in two talks in May. Early May: ‘Ukraine and Russia: A New Paradigm for International Conflict’ (much more of a cultural theory/political philosophy argument than the title suggests) 8th International Blue Black Sea Congress Marmara University

BlueSky bonus. Victor Hugo’s cat, from his house in Guernsey.

Views of the Bosphorus (last one within Bosphorus masked by flowers) from Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University, south campus. Early May

Spring flowers (early May) on Boğaziçi University south campus

American libertarian commentator Nick Gillespie (editor-at-large at *Reason* magazine) interviews Mark Pennington (Political Economy Professor, Kings College London) on his recent book *Foucault and Liberal Economy* from Oxford University Press. youtu.be/pY_1zBriwBs?...

Evening sky in Mecidiyeköy, İstanbul. Late April

Friendly Istanbul street cat, late April

Istanbul cafe cat. Kahve Dünyas, Levent. Late April

Istanbul supermarket cat hiding in the pasta section (late April)

Dog seen in Akmerkez shopping centre Nispetiye, Istanbul (late April)

Day 247 of nonstop, nationwide protests in Georgia! The fight for freedom continues! Follow and RT to spread the word ⬇️ ✊🏻🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests bsky.app/profile/did:...

Late April. Views on the way from John Freely Hall to the south campus entrance. Boğaziçi University

Late April. Black cat behind the John Freely Building (where my office is) on Boğaziçi University campus

Whenever I’ve written something and think ‘it’s not quite right, but I’m sure it will do’ I look up at my Adorno mug and his resting disapproval face motivates me to have another go.

Joke about philosophers! The most undesirable prospect as a son-in-law! (HT Robert Talisse on Instagram)

On Friday Onur Erdal Kökerer (doctoral candidate/adjunct teacher Duquesne University) presented ‘Time and Narrative of Authority’ to the Boğaziçi Philosophy Colloquium. His argument covered ideas of power, legitimacy, authority and constitution. A lively discussion followed.

1/2 Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy Colloquium. Friday, 11th July, 17:00 Onur Erdal Kökerer (Doctoral candidate, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA, USA) ‘Time and Narrative of Authority’

Boğaziçi University Philosophy Colloquium. Friday 11th July, 17:00. Onur Erdal Kökerer, ‘Time and Narrative of Authority’ hesperusisbosphorus.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/b... via @hespeisbosphor

1/2 On Friday Christopher Pincock of Ohio State University, (Columbus OH, USA) gave his talk ‘A historicist defense of the scientific use of inference to the best explanation’ to the Boğaziçi Philosophy Colloquium.

1/1 Got together recently with Onur Kökerer, who took some political theory classes with me in the political studies graduate program at Istanbul Technical University. He is now writing his doctorate at Duquesne University (Pittsburgh PA).

1/2 1/2 Boğaziçi University, Department of Philosophy Colloquium. Friday, 4th July, 17:00 Professor Christopher Pincock (Ohio State University, USA ) ‘A historicist defense of the scientific use of inference to the best explanation’

Boğaziçi University Philosophy Colloquium. Friday 4th July, 17:00. Christopher Pincock, ‘A historicist defense of the scientific use of inference to the best explanation’ hesperusisbosphorus.wordpress.com/2025/06/29/b... via @hespeisbosphor

1/2 My book chapter ‘How Murakami Uses Philosophy: Aesthetic & Ethics, Consciousness & Action’ has been published in the palgrave macmillan book *Haruki Murakami & Philosophical Concepts* (edited by Joseph Thomas Milburn) as an ebook (epub & pdf) & hardback! Link in next post