Professor Simon Wortham

Contact

Email: s.wortham@kingston.ac.uk
Location: Penrhyn Road
Faculty: Kingston School of Art
School: School of Creative and Cultural Industries
Department: Department of Humanities

About

After completing my DPhil at the University of Sussex in 1993, my research has concentrated on the connections between continental philosophy, literary theory and a variety of political and psychoanalytic texts. I have published books on the philosophical question of the university institution; on the question of sleep as a complex and surprisingly persistent topic within the history of philosophy; on the European philosophical tradition's relationship to problems of pain and suffering; on the complicated interplay between psychoanalytic and political ideas of resistance; and on the writings of Jacques Derrida. My most recent academic monograph explores the legacy of philosophical discourses of optimism and pessimism in order to assess the limits and possibilities of contemporary political hope. I have also written a trilogy of novels published by Ma Bibliotheque, the first appearing in 2020. Current projects include a critical life of Robert Walser and a fictional account of Walser's correspondence with Frieda Mermet. While at Kingston I have supervised PhDs on topics as varied as psychoanalysis, trauma and creative writing; resistance, revolution and fascism; Kantianism and speculative realism; and deconstruction and performativity.

Academic responsibilities

Pro Vice-Chancellor Research, 重口味SM

Qualifications

DPhil, Sussex University
MA Critical Theory, Sussex University
BA English Literature, Sussex University

Research

Close Advisory Board, Textual Practice

Advisory Board, New Formations

Editorial Board, Derrida Today

Member of the AHRC Peer Review College, 2022-25

Research student supervision

Rebecca Carson

Publications

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Number of items: 62.

Article

Wortham, Simon (2023) Minor Literature[s],

Wortham, Simon (2022) Paragraph, 45(3), pp. 316-335. ISSN (print) 0264-8334

Wortham, Simon (2022) Philosophy Today, 66(2), pp. 307-326. ISSN (print) 0031-8256

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2017) Philosophy Today, 61(4), pp. 863-876. ISSN (print) 0031-8256

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2016) Paragraph, 39(2), pp. 149-164. ISSN (print) 0264-8334

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2014) The Oxford Literary Review, 36(2), pp. 274-276. ISSN (print) 0305-1498

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2014) Radical philosophy(187), pp. 52-54. ISSN (print) 0300-211X

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2013) The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 51(S1), pp. 126-141. ISSN (print) 0038-4283

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2013) Radical philosophy(180), pp. 35-43. ISSN (print) 0300-211X

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2013) Postmodern Culture, 23(3), ISSN (online) 1053-1920

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2013) SAQ: South Atlantic Quarterly, 112(1), pp. 163-170. ISSN (print) 0038-2876

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2012) Derrida Today, 5(1), pp. 111-139. ISSN (print) 1754-8500

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2011) Textual Practice, 25(6), pp. 1051-1073. ISSN (print) 0950-236X

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2011) Mosaic: a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature, 44(4), pp. 51-61. ISSN (print) 0027-1276

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2011) Paragraph, 34(1), pp. 137-151. ISSN (print) 0264-8334

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2011) Parallax, 17(1), pp. 65-77. ISSN (print) 1353-4645

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2010) Derrida Today, 3(1), pp. 137-150. ISSN (print) 1754-8500

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2009) Symploke, 16(1-2), pp. 93-105. ISSN (print) 1069-0697

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2007) New Formations, 62, pp. 89-105. ISSN (print) 0950-2378

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2007) Textual Practice, 21(2), pp. 213-229. ISSN (print) 0950-236X

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2006) Parallax, 12(3), pp. 85-98. ISSN (print) 1353-4645

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2006) Textual Practice, 20(1), pp. 121-140. ISSN (print) 0950-236X

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2004) Parallax, 10(2), pp. 3-18. ISSN (print) 1353-4645

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2004) Textual Practice, 18(1), pp. 47-63. ISSN (print) 0950-236X

Morgan Wortham, Simon and Fynsk, Christopher (2004) Culture Machine, ISSN (print) 1743-6176

Wortham, Simon (2001) Cultural Critique: an international journal of cultural studies, 48(1), pp. 164-199. ISSN (print) 0882-4371

Wortham, Simon (1999) Culture Machine, 1, ISSN (online) 1465-4121

Wortham, Simon (1998) New Formations: a journal of culture, theory & politics, 34, pp. 152-166. ISSN (print) 0950-2378

Wortham, Simon (1997) Economy and Society, 26(3), pp. 400-418. ISSN (print) 0308-5147

Wortham, Simon (1997) New Literary History, 28(3), pp. 501-523. ISSN (print) 0028-6087

Wortham, Simon (1996) Renaissance Quarterly, 49(2), pp. 334-359. ISSN (print) 0034-4338

Wortham, Simon (1996) Angelaki, 2(2), pp. 47-57. ISSN (print) 0969-725X

Book

Wortham, Simon (2022) London, U.K. : Ma Biblioth猫que. 108p. ISBN 9781910055946

Wortham, Simon (2021) London, U.K. : Ma Biblioth猫que. 120p. ISBN 9781910055892

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2020) London, U.K. : Ma Biblioth猫que. 240p. ISBN 9781910055700

Wortham, Simon (2019) London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. 192p. ISBN 9781350105294

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2017) Edinburgh, U.K. : Edinburgh University Press. 288p. ISBN 9781474429610

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2017) Abingdon, U.K. : Routledge. 164p. (Routledge revivals) ISBN 9781138709195

Morgan Wortham, Simon and Alfano, Chiara, eds. (2016) London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. 190p. (Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy) ISBN 9781472529138

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2014) Edinburgh, U.K. : Edinburgh University Press. 168p. (Frontiers of Theory) ISBN 9780748692415

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2013) London, U.K. : Bloomsbury. 192p. ISBN 9781441124760

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2010) London, U.K. : Continuum. 272p. (Continuum Philosophy Dictionaries) ISBN 9781847065261

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2008) London, U.K. : Continuum. 145p. (Continuum studies in philosophy) ISBN 9781847062475

Weiner, Allison and Morgan Wortham, Simon, eds. (2007) London : Continuum. 215p. (Continuum studies in continental philosophy) ISBN 9780826498939

Morgan Wortham, Simon and Hall, Gary, eds. (2007) New York : Fordham University Press. 274p. ISBN 9780823228157

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2006) New York : Fordham University Press. 164p. (Perspectives in continental philosophy, 55) ISSN (print) 1089-3938 ISBN 9780823226665

Wortham, Simon (1999) Manchester, U.K. : Manchester University Press. 179p. ISBN 0719056292

Book Section

Wortham, Simon (2023) In: Tinguely, Joseph, (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Money : Volume 2 : Modern Thought. Palgrave Macmillan. (In Press)

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2019) In: Goh, Irving, (ed.) French Thought and Literary Theory in the UK. New York, NY : Routledge. pp. 111-130. ISBN 9780367408220

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2018) In: Stocker, Barry and Mack, Michael, (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Literature. London : Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 407-425. ISBN 9781137547934

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2016) In: Morgan Wortham, Simon and Alfano, Chiara, (eds.) Desire in ashes: deconstruction, psychoanalysis, philosophy. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 43-71. (Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy) ISBN 9781472529138

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2014) In: Mays, Sas, (ed.) Libraries, Literatures, and Archives. London, U.K. : Routledge. pp. 185-201. (Routledge Studies in Library and Information Science) ISBN 9780415843874

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2013) In: Senatore, Mauro, (ed.) Performatives After Deconstruction. London, U.K. : Bloomsbury Academic. (Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy) ISBN 9781441123466

Morgan Wortham, Simon and Hall, Gary (2007) In: Morgan Wortham, Simon and Hall, Gary, (eds.) Experimenting: essays with Samuel Weber. New York : Fordham University Press. pp. 1-12. ISBN 9780823228157

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2007) In: Morgan Wortham, Simon and Hall, Gary, (eds.) Experimenting: essays with Samuel Weber. New York : Fordham University Press. pp. 44-84. ISBN 9780823228157

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2006) In: Clark, Robert, (ed.) The literary encyclopedia. Norwich, U.K. : The Literary Dictionary Company Limited. ISSN (online) 1747-678X

Morgan Wortham, Simon (2004) In: Di Leo, Jeffrey R., (ed.) On anthologies: politics and pedagogy. Lincoln, U.S. : University of Nebraska Press. pp. 326-341. ISBN 0803266448

Wortham, Simon (2002) In: Price, Bronwen, (ed.) Francis Bacon's New Atlantis: new interdisciplinary essays. Manchester : Manchester University Press. pp. 180-198. (Texts in culture) ISBN 0719060524

Wortham, Simon (2002) In: Fischlin, Daniel and Fortier, Mark, (eds.) Royal subjects: essays on the writings of James VI and I. Detroit, U.S. : Wayne State University Press. pp. 182-204. ISBN 0814328776

Database or Web Resource

Wortham, Simon (2021) Bloomsbury Philosophy Library.

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