Nick James Mansfield (born 1959) is an Australian

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

and Dean of Higher Degree Research at the

Macquarie University Macquarie University ( ) is a public research university based in Sydney, Australia, in the suburb of Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of S ...

. He is known for his research on

subjectivity Subjectivity in a philosophical context has to do with a lack of objective reality. Subjectivity has been given various and ambiguous definitions by differing sources as it is not often the focal point of philosophical discourse.Bykova, Marina F ...

and

sovereignty Sovereignty is the defining authority within individual consciousness, social construct, or territory. Sovereignty entails hierarchy within the state, as well as external autonomy for states. In any state, sovereignty is assigned to the perso ...

. Mansfield is one of the founding general editors of the journal ''

Derrida Today ''Derrida Today'' is a biannual academic journal published by Edinburgh University Press in May and November of each year, devoted to the works of French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004). The aim of ''Derrida Today'' is to see Derrida's w ...

''.Book Review by Ben Wadham (review of Nick Mansfield's ''Theorising War: From Hobbes to Badiou'', '' Critical Race and Whiteness Studies'', Volume 7, Number 2, 2011

Bibliography

* ''The God who Deconstructs Himself: Sovereignty and Subjectivity Between Freud, Bataille, and Derrida'' * ''Subjectivity: Theories of the Self from Freud to Haraway'' * ''Cultural Studies and Critical Theory'' * ''Masochism: The Art of Power'' * ''Theorizing war: From Hobbes to Badiou'' * ''Subjectivity: a Theoretical Introduction''

References

External links

Nick Mansfield at the Macquarie University
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