Dr Alison Ross
Ph.D (USyd), BA (Hons) (Macq).
On leave Semester 2, 2011 and Semester 1, 2012
Alison Ross curriculum vitae [
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Biography
I am a graduate of the philosophy programs at Macquarie University (BA Hons.) and the University of Sydney (Ph.D). I have held academic posts in Philosophy at the University of Sydney (1997) and the Australian National University (1998-2000). At Monash University I am a member of the Research Unit in European Philosophy
Research interests
Philosophical Aesthetics
Specifically, theories of media, theories of sensation, literary theory, hermeneutic studies of meaning.
Modern and Contemporary European Philosophy
Specifically, Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Deleuze, Nancy and RancièreSelected Publications
- Ross, A. (2009) ‘What is the “force” of moral law in Kant’s practical philosophy?’. Parallax, Vol 51, April-June.
- Ross, A. (2009) ‘The Aesthetic Fable: Cinema in Jacques Rancière’s “Aesthetic Politics”’. SubStance: A Review of Theory and Literary Criticism, Issue 118, Vol. 38, No.1.
- Ross, A. (2008) Editor, The Agamben Effect, South Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. 107, No. 1, Winter.
- Ross, A. (2008) ‘”Art” in Nancy’s “First Philosophy”: The Artwork and the Praxis of Sense Making’. Research in Phenomenology, Vol. 38, No.1. Pages 18-40.
- Ross, A. (2007) The Aesthetic Paths of Philosophy: Presentation in Kant, Heidegger, Lacoue-Labarthe and Nancy. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press.