Bernard Stiegler

Bart Buseyne studied philosophy and applied philosophy at the universities of Leuven, Hull, and Paris I. He translated several essays by Stiegler into Dutch, mostly in collaboration with Judith Wambacq, with whom he also interviewed Stiegler for De Uil van Minerva. He is affiliated to KBR, the Royal Library of Belgium.Georgios Tsagdis is Lecturer at Leiden University, Netherlands and teaches also at Erasmus University Rotterdam and the Architectural Association. His essays have been published in various collections and international journals, among which are Parallax (2015), Philosophy Today (2016) and Studia Phaenomenologica (2020).Paul Willemarck is an independent researcher working in France. He is Co-founder of Junction Phenomenology (rudolfboehm.org) and member of Nootechnics Collective.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Invitation of Memory, Bart Buseyne, Georgios Tsagdis & Paul WillemarckPart I. In Memoriam: Bernard Stiegler1. Noble Neganthropologist: Remembering Bernard Stiegler (1 April 1952 - 5 August 2020), Pieter Lemmens2. Stiegler, Melancholy, Negativity (Funeral Song for Bernard), Jean-Luc Nancy3. Just This, Written just Here and just Now, by just This Individual in just This Mood, Daniel RossPart II. Complexities: Caring to Believe4. Care as Invention, Anaïs Nony5. Against Simplification: The Intermittence of Life, Gerald Moore6. Stiegler’s Hand: Tertiary Retentions and the Belief of Reason, Paul WillemarckPart III. Thinking Différance: Life, Technics, Epochality7. Negentropy and Différance: Stiegler’s Memories of the Future, Georgios Tsagdis8. Where There is No World and No Epoch: Bernard Stiegler’s Thinking of the Entropocene, Erich Hörl9. Différance and Epochality: Stiegler’s Tours, Donovan StewartPart IV. Creative Organologies: Works of Invention10. Philosophy through Acting, Bart Buseyne11. Taking Care of Digital Technologies, Vincent Puig12. Plaine Commune, Contributive Learning Territory, Maël Montévil13. Towards a Bifurcation: Internation and Interscience in the 21st Century, Anne Alombert14. A Schole for the Thunberg Generation, Victor Chaix15. Another Social Network is possible!, Harry Halpin & Geert LovinkPart V. Echoes: Individuating Art17. Mnemotechnics, Echo, and the Discrete Voice, Mischa Twitchin18. Bernard Stiegler’s Love of Music, Susanna LindbergPart VI. An Unfinished Conversation19. Ontological Difference, Technological Différance and Semantic Difference: The Problem of a Decentered Reconstruction of Philosophy after ‘Deconstruction’, Jean-Hugues BarthélémyNotes on Contributors

This wide-ranging collection of essays from major scholars provides an engaging overview, assessment, and critique of the magisterial corpus of Bernard Stiegler. Anyone interested in technology, digital media, climate catastrophe, alienation or the possibility of a radically transformed future will find this collection compelling and necessary.