D. Alan DeanFrom Agamben to Critical Police TheoryThis post is about the police: the emergence of contemporary police structures in absolutist states, especially the Napoleonic regime; the…14 min read·Mar 30, 2024----
D. Alan DeanAbout Aaron BushnellIn 1969 a philosophy student named Jan Palach self-immolated in Prague, Czechoslovakia. His protest was proximally a response to the Soviet…2 min read·Feb 27, 2024----
D. Alan DeanOn being furiousIt happens more than seems possible. I will read a new post — a thought, an “intervention” — on Giorgio Agamben’s blog, and it will…3 min read·Nov 15, 2023----
D. Alan Dean“The Only Keys to the Interpretation of History are Angelology and Demonology”A translation of Angeli e demoni, a blog post by Giorgio Agamben.2 min read·Aug 5, 2023----
D. Alan DeanBare Life and the Vaccine (Giorgio Agamben)A translation of Agamben’s post La nuda vita e il vaccino from his blog at Quodlibet.it.4 min read·Apr 17, 2021--1--1
D. Alan DeanAffliction, the sacred, humiliation, truth: Some excerpts from Simone Weil for Good FridayThese are excerpts from Weil’s essay, “La Personne et le sacré,” translated by Richard Rees into English as “Human Personality.”4 min read·Apr 2, 2021----
D. Alan DeanNew Reflections from David Cayley: “Pandemic Revelations”New on David Cayley’s blog.1 min read·Dec 4, 2020--1--1
D. Alan DeanThe Times AheadA translation of Sul tempo che viene by Giorgio Agamben, from his blog, November 23, 2020.3 min read·Nov 23, 2020--1--1
D. Alan DeanRequiem for the Students (Giorgio Agamben)A translation from the blog Diario della crisi at the website of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi…4 min read·May 23, 2020--2--2
D. Alan DeanThe Sacredness of this NothingnessAgamben has written about a paradigm for governance emerging on the basis of biosecurity concerns, “whose efficacy will exceed that of…5 min read·May 13, 2020--1--1