Document Type
Review
Abstract
[First paragraph]
The recent English-language translation of Bernard Stiegler's Acting Out, at first glance, appears as a side note to his Technics and Time series (of which two volumes have been translated into English, three have been published in French, and two more are in the works). For readers unfamiliar with Stiegler's work but who are looking to become familiar, Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Empimetheus (Stanford: Stanford UP, 1998) is arguably the best place to begin, as it represents the most detailed discussion of "technics," which is what Stiegler is known for. For those philosophers who might otherwise never read Stiegler, Acting Out should be approached as a brief introduction to his big ideas couched in more general reflections on the life of a philosopher. For those who are already reading Stiegler's work, Acting Out is an indispensible supplement. Acting Out is a reprint of two shorter works: "How I Became a Philosopher" and "To Love, to Love Me, to Love Us: From September 11 to April 21," the first a reflection on his transformation from convict to philosopher and the second a meditation on the relationship between "individuation," love, and violence. For the sake of this review, I will address each section separately.
Repository Citation
Heckman, Davin. "Review of Acting Out, by Bernard Steigler; translated by David Barison, Daniel Ross, and Patrick Crogan." Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture vol. 9, no. 1, 2009, pp. 1–4. https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/reconstruction/vol9/iss1/16