Color PhotoDr. Babette E.  Babich
Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University

Education:
1987, Boston College, Ph.D.
1985-86, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
1985, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.              
1984, Universität Tübingen, Germany.                  
1980, State University of New York at Stony Brook, B.A
                                                                     
Executive Editor: New Nietzsche Studies
 

Books
 
Hermeneutic Philosophy of Science: Van Gogh's Eyes, and God, [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.] Dordrecht. Kluwer. Editor. 2001. Table of Contents
 
Nietzsche, Theories of Knowledge and Critical Theory: Nietzsche and the Sciences I, [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.] Dordrecht. Kluwer. 1999. Editor (in consultation with Robert S. Cohen).  Table of Contents
Nietzsche, Epistemology and Philosophy of Science: Nietzsche and the Sciences II. [Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science.]Dordrecht. Kluwer Academic Publishers. 1999.  Editor (in consultation with Robert S. Cohen).   Table of Contents

Nietzsche e la Scienza: Arte, vita, conoscenza. Translated by Fulvia Vimercati. [Series directed by Giulio Giorello: Scienza e Idee: 19.]  Raffaello Cortina Editore. Milan. 1996.
 
From Phenomenology to Thought, Errancy, and Desire: Essays in Honor of William J. Richardson, S.J. [Phaenomenologica.] Kluwer Academic Publishers. Dordrecht. 1995. Editor. Table of Contents

Nietzsche's Philosophy of Science: Reflecting Science on the Ground of Art and Life. State University of New York Press. Albany. 1994.

Continental and Postmodern Perspectives in the Philosophy of Science. Avebury. Aldershot, UK/ Brookfield, USA. 1995. Co-editor (with Debra B. Bergoffen and Simon V. Glynn).  Table of Contents  "Preface by Babich, Bergoffen, and Glynn. Babich."
 
 
Full text available for: From the Ethical Alpha to the Linguistic Omega: Heidegger's Anti-Semitism and the Question of the Affinity Between Ancient Greek and German
 
Past Secretary Convener: Heidegger Conference May 11-13, 2001, Fordham -Lincoln Center
 
 
BOOKS IN PREPARATION
 
JOURNALS
Executive Editor & Co-Editor with David B. Allison,
New Nietzsche Studies. Founding Editor in 1996.  
Index of Articles: 1996-2000.

Editorial Board, Divinatio: Studia Culturologica, a Bulgarian journal published by the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Societé.
Editorial Board, Athenaeum, a Hungarian philosophical journal.

ARTICLES
"Continental Philosophy" in Steve Fuller and Kang Ouyang, eds., Contemporary British and American Philosophy and Philosophers. In Chinese (People's Press, Beijing). In press.
Nietzsche's Chaos sive natura: Evening Gold and the Dancing Star." Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia. 57/2 (2001): 225-245.
"Postmodern Musicology" in V. E. Taylor and C. Winquist, eds., Encyclopedia of Postmodernism, (New York: Routledge, 2000), 255-259.
"Between Hölderlin and Heidegger: Nietzsche's Transfiguration of Philosophy." Nietzsche-Studien. 29 (2000): 267-301.
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Nietzsche and Eros Between the Devil and God's Deep Blue Sea: The Erotic Valence of Art and the Artist as Actor - Jew - Woman." Continental Philosophy Review. 33 (2000): 159-188.
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Nietzsche et eros entre le gouffre de charybde et l'eceuil de dieu: La valence de l'art et l'artiste comme acteur - Juif - femme." Revue International de Philosophie. 211-1 (2000): 15-55.
"Nietzsche's Critical Theory: The Culture of Science as Art," in Babich, ed., in consultation with R.S. Cohen, Nietzsche, Theories of Knowledge, Critical Theory (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999), pp. 1-24.
"Truth, Art, and Life: Nietzsche, Epistemology, and the Philosophy of Science," in Babich, ed., in consultation with R.S. Cohen, Nietzsche, Epistemology, and the Philosophy of Science, (Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1999), pp. 1-26.
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The Relation Between Heidegger and Nietzsche: Connivance, Concinnity, Perspectivalism." New Nietzsche Studies, Vol 3:1/2 (1999): 27-60.
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The Essence of Questioning after Technology: Techne as Constraint and Saving Power." British Journal of Phenomenology. 30/1 (January 1999): 106-124.
"Nietzsche and the Erotic Valence of Art: The Affirmative Problem of  the Artist as Actor, Jew, Woman." Journal of Nietzsche Studies, 15 (Spring 1998): 15-33.
"Against Postmodernism and the 'New' Philosophy of Science: Nietzsche's Image of Science in the Light of Art," Robert S. Cohen and Dimitri Ginev, eds. Issues and Images in the Philosophy of Science. Dordrecht. Kluwer. 1997. Pp. 27-45.
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The Hermeneutics of a Hoax: On the Mismatch of Physics and Cultural Criticism." Common Knowledge. 6/2 (September 1997): 23-33.
Above essay also published on the World Wide Web as posted paper for a session on science and logic and as part of the year-long advance preparation for the conference After Postmodernism, November 14-16 1998, University of Chicago.
"The Metaphor of Woman as Truth in Nietzsche: The Dogmatist's Reverse Logic or Rückschluß." Journal of Nietzsche Studies. 12 (1996): 27-29.
"Nietzsche and Music: A Bibliography." New Nietzsche Studies. 1/2:64-78. Fall/Winter, 1996.
"Nietzsche and Lacan," in David Pettigrew and François Raffoul, eds., Disseminating Lacan. Albany. State University of New York Press. 1996.
"Preface." From Phenomenology to Thought, Errancy, and Desire. Dordrecht. Kluwer. 1995. Pp. ix-xiii.
"Heidegger's Philosophy of Science: Calculation, Thought, and Gelassenheit." From Phenomenology to Thought, Errancy, and Desire. Dordrecht. Kluwer. 1995. Pp. 589-599.
"The Poetic Construction of Nature: Hölderlin's Contribution to an Ethos of Nature and Art." Soundings. LXXVII/2 (Summer 1995): 263:277.
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Against Analysis, Beyond Postmodernism," with Debra B. Bergoffen and Simon V. Glynn, Continental and Postmodern Perspectives in the Philosophy of Science. Avebury. Aldershot, UK/ Brookfield, USA. 1995.
"Philosophy of Science and the Politics of Style: Beyond Making Sense." New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture. 30/31 (Summer 1994): 99-114.
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From the Ethical Alpha to the Linguistic Omega: Heidegger's Anti-Semitism and the Question of the Affinity Between Ancient Greek and German." Joyful Wisdom: A Journal of Postmodern Ethics. I (Fall 1994) 1:3-25.
"On Malls, Museums, and the Art World: Postmodernism and the Vicissitudes of Consumer Culture." Art Criticism. IX/1 (Fall 1993): 1-16.
"Continental Philosophy of Science: Mach, Duhem, and Bachelard," in Richard Kearney, ed., Routledge History of Philosophy: Volume VIII. London. Routledge. 1993. Pp. 175-221.
"Heidegger's Reading of Nietzsche and Technology," in Keith Ansell-Pearson and Howard Caygill, eds. The Fate of the New Nietzsche. (London: Avebury Press, 1993). Pp. 161-185.
"A Musical Retrieve of Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Technology: Cadence, Concinnity, and Playing Brass." Man and World. 26 (1993): 239-260.
"Heidegger's Silence: Towards a Post-Modern Topology," in Charles Scott and Arleen Dallery, eds., Ethics and Danger: Currents in Continental Thought. Albany. State University of New York Press. 1992. Pp. 83-106.
"A müvészet posztmodern hermeneutikai ontológiája felé: heideggeri igazság nietzschei stílusban." Translated by Zsélyi Ferenc. Pompeji. III (1990): 99-113.
"Nietzsche and the Condition of Post-Modern Thought: Post-Nietzschean Post-Modernism," in Clayton Koelb, ed., Nietzsche as Postmodernist: Essays Pro and Contra. Albany. State University of New York Press. 1990. Pp. 249-266.
Revised version of the above in Ales Erjavec, ed., The Subject in Postmodernism. (Belgrade: ICC SSOS, 1990).
"Nietzsche and the Philosophy of Scientific Power." International Studies in Philosophy. XXII/2 (1990): 79-92.
"Nietzsche's Self-Deconstruction: Philosophy as Style." Soundings. 73 (Spring, 1990): 50-12.
"Towards a Post-Modern Hermeneutic Ontology of Art: Nietzschean Style and Heideggerian Truth." Analecta Husserliana. XXXII (1990): 195-209.
"On Nietzsche's Concinnity: An Analysis of Style." Nietzsche-Studien. 19 (1990): 59-80.
"From Nietzsche's Artist to Heidegger's World: The Post-Aesthetic Perspective." Man and World. 22 (1989) 3-23.
"Nietzsche's Style and the Metaphysics of Prejudice." Reports on Philosophy. 11 (1987): 15-27.

Contact Information:
Professor Babette E. Babich
Department of Philosophy
Fordham University
Fordham College at Lincoln Center
113 West 60th Street
New York, New York 10023 USA
Email:
Babich@Fordham.Edu
Telephone: (212) 636 6297

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