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Overview
My teaching and research spans Philosophy & Literature, Visual Culture, Cultural Theory, History of Ideas, and Modern European Philosophy. I began my academic studies with a degree in History of Ideas (i.e. the history of thought). From there I developed an interest in the intersections between European Philosophy, English Literature and Critical and Cultural Theory. This interest led me to study for a PhD (under the supervision of Professor Christopher Norris) which traced the geneaologies of influence between literary and philosophical texts. Since then, I have written on a wide range of topics: key issues in modern European thought, aspects of health care, cultural theory, Nietzsche's philosophy (especially in its relation to economy and selfhood, justice, the literary and bio-politics), philosophy and literature, and visual culture. I have always felt that there is a deep kinship between literary and philosophical thinking. This is one of the key reasons why, after around 25 years teaching in Philosophy, I migrated back to English Literature in 2018.
I have an abiding interest in photography. My recent research reflects this by fusing literary-philosophical elemets with a 'creative-critical' dimension in order to theorise contemporary visual culture. My most recent book, Hypermodernity and Visuality (2019) blends philosophical and creative writing with my own photographic work. I am currently further developing the approach elaborated in this book in a monograph-length project entitled Memories of the Dead.
I have published the following books:
Hypermodernity and Visuality (Rowman & Littlefield, 2019).
Nietzsche's Justice (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013).
Nietzsche's Economy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007).
Descartes to Derrida: An introduction to Modern European Philosophy (Blackwell, 2001).
I am also co-author/co-editor with Andrew Edgar of Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 1999, 2nd edition 2008), co-author with Andrew Edgar of Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers (Routledge, 2002), and author of Nietzsche: The Key Concepts (Routledge, 2009).
For other selected writings click on the 'Publications' tab.
Publication
2019
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2019. Hypermodernity and visuality. Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics. Rowman & Littlefield.
2017
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2017. Hobbes, sovereign power and money. In: Tynan, A., Milesi, L. and Muller, C. J. eds. Credo Credit Crisis. Speculations on Faith and Money. Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 39-64.
2016
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2016. Hyperbolic naturalism: Nietzsche, ethics and sovereign power. Journal of Nietzsche Studies 47(1), pp. 141-166. (10.5325/jnietstud.47.1.0141)
2013
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Determining weights anew: Nietzsche, economy and the gift-giving virtue. In: De Gennaro, I., Kazmierski, S. and Lüfter, R. eds. Wirtliche Ökonomie: Philosophische und dichterische Quellen. Elementa Œconomica Vol. 1.1. Nordhausen: Verlag Traugott Bautz, pp. 215-236.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Nietzsche, illness and the body’s quest for narrative. Health Care Analysis 21(4), pp. 306-322. (10.1007/s10728-013-0264-1)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Nietzsche, naturalism, and law. In: Ansell-Pearson, K. ed. Nietzsche and Political Thought. Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy London: Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 37-54.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Instrumentalism, civil association and the ethics of health care: understanding the "politics of faith". Health Care Analysis 21(3), pp. 208-223. (10.1007/s10728-013-0250-7)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Nietzsche's justice: Naturalism in search of an ethics. McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. McGill-Queen's University Press.
2008
- Edgar, A. R. and Sedgwick, P. R. eds. 2008. Cultural theory: The key concepts. London: Routledge.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2008. Nietzsche: the key concepts. Routledge key guides. London: Routledge.
2007
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2007. Nietzsche, Normativity, and Will to Power. Nietzsche-Studien 36, pp. 201-229. (10.1515/9783110192827.1.214)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2007. Nietzsche's economy: modernity, normativity and futurity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
2005
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2005. Violence, Economy and Temporality: Plotting the Political Terrain of On the Genealogy of Morality. Nietzsche-Studien 34, pp. 163-185. (10.1515/9783110182620.163)
2003
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2003. The Nietzsche legend: a genealogy of myth and enlightenment. In: Görner, R. and Large, D. eds. Ecce Opus. Nietzsche-Revisionen im 20.Jahrhundert. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 181-192.
2001
- Edgar, A. R. and Sedgwick, P. eds. 2001. Cultural theory: The key thinkers. Routledge Key Guides. London: Routledge.
- Sedgwick, P. 2001. Descartes to Derrida: an introduction to European philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell.
2000
- Sedgwick, P. 2000. The future of philosophy: Nietzsche, Rorty, and "post-Nietzscheanism". Nietzsche Studien 29(1), pp. 234-251. (10.1515/9783110244472.234)
- Sedgwick, P. 2000. Pedagogical Nietzsche. International Studies in Philosophy XXXII(3), pp. 25-38. (10.5840/intstudphil200032338)
1999
- Edgar, A. R. and Sedgwick, P. 1999. Key concepts in cultural theory. Routledge Key Guides. London: Routledge.
1997
- Sedgwick, P. R. 1997. Nietzsche as literature/Nietzsche as "German" literature. Journal of Nietzsche Studies 13, pp. 53-71.
1995
- Sedgwick, P. ed. 1995. Nietzsche: a critical reader. Blackwell Critical Readers. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
- Sedgwick, P. and Tanesini, A. 1995. Lyotard and Kripke: essentialisms in dispute. American Philosophical Quarterly 32(3), pp. 271-278.
- Sedgwick, P. R. and Edgar, A. R. 1995. Adorno, Oakshott and the voice of poetry. In: Adam, B. and Allan, S. eds. Theorizing Culture: An Interdisciplinary Critique After Postmodernism. London: Routledge, pp. 100-112.
1994
- Sedgwick, P. R. 1994. Crossing the torrent: Lyotard and "the kernel of pedagogy". Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture 27(3), pp. 343-355.
Articles
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2016. Hyperbolic naturalism: Nietzsche, ethics and sovereign power. Journal of Nietzsche Studies 47(1), pp. 141-166. (10.5325/jnietstud.47.1.0141)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Nietzsche, illness and the body’s quest for narrative. Health Care Analysis 21(4), pp. 306-322. (10.1007/s10728-013-0264-1)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Instrumentalism, civil association and the ethics of health care: understanding the "politics of faith". Health Care Analysis 21(3), pp. 208-223. (10.1007/s10728-013-0250-7)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2007. Nietzsche, Normativity, and Will to Power. Nietzsche-Studien 36, pp. 201-229. (10.1515/9783110192827.1.214)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2005. Violence, Economy and Temporality: Plotting the Political Terrain of On the Genealogy of Morality. Nietzsche-Studien 34, pp. 163-185. (10.1515/9783110182620.163)
- Sedgwick, P. 2000. The future of philosophy: Nietzsche, Rorty, and "post-Nietzscheanism". Nietzsche Studien 29(1), pp. 234-251. (10.1515/9783110244472.234)
- Sedgwick, P. 2000. Pedagogical Nietzsche. International Studies in Philosophy XXXII(3), pp. 25-38. (10.5840/intstudphil200032338)
- Sedgwick, P. R. 1997. Nietzsche as literature/Nietzsche as "German" literature. Journal of Nietzsche Studies 13, pp. 53-71.
- Sedgwick, P. and Tanesini, A. 1995. Lyotard and Kripke: essentialisms in dispute. American Philosophical Quarterly 32(3), pp. 271-278.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 1994. Crossing the torrent: Lyotard and "the kernel of pedagogy". Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture 27(3), pp. 343-355.
Book sections
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2017. Hobbes, sovereign power and money. In: Tynan, A., Milesi, L. and Muller, C. J. eds. Credo Credit Crisis. Speculations on Faith and Money. Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 39-64.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Determining weights anew: Nietzsche, economy and the gift-giving virtue. In: De Gennaro, I., Kazmierski, S. and Lüfter, R. eds. Wirtliche Ökonomie: Philosophische und dichterische Quellen. Elementa Œconomica Vol. 1.1. Nordhausen: Verlag Traugott Bautz, pp. 215-236.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Nietzsche, naturalism, and law. In: Ansell-Pearson, K. ed. Nietzsche and Political Thought. Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy London: Bloomsbury Publishing, pp. 37-54.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2003. The Nietzsche legend: a genealogy of myth and enlightenment. In: Görner, R. and Large, D. eds. Ecce Opus. Nietzsche-Revisionen im 20.Jahrhundert. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pp. 181-192.
- Sedgwick, P. R. and Edgar, A. R. 1995. Adorno, Oakshott and the voice of poetry. In: Adam, B. and Allan, S. eds. Theorizing Culture: An Interdisciplinary Critique After Postmodernism. London: Routledge, pp. 100-112.
Books
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2019. Hypermodernity and visuality. Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics. Rowman & Littlefield.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2013. Nietzsche's justice: Naturalism in search of an ethics. McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion. McGill-Queen's University Press.
- Edgar, A. R. and Sedgwick, P. R. eds. 2008. Cultural theory: The key concepts. London: Routledge.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2008. Nietzsche: the key concepts. Routledge key guides. London: Routledge.
- Sedgwick, P. R. 2007. Nietzsche's economy: modernity, normativity and futurity. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Edgar, A. R. and Sedgwick, P. eds. 2001. Cultural theory: The key thinkers. Routledge Key Guides. London: Routledge.
- Sedgwick, P. 2001. Descartes to Derrida: an introduction to European philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell.
- Edgar, A. R. and Sedgwick, P. 1999. Key concepts in cultural theory. Routledge Key Guides. London: Routledge.
- Sedgwick, P. ed. 1995. Nietzsche: a critical reader. Blackwell Critical Readers. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Research
Research interests
- Visual Culture
- European Philosophy
- Philosophy and Literature
- Hypermodernity/Postmodernity
- Nietzsche
- Biopolitics
- History of Ideas
- Critical and Cultural Theory
Teaching
I currently teach the following modules: 'Visuality, Culture & Technology', 'Philosophy & Literature', 'Modern European Philosophy'.
Biography
I am a Professor at Cardiff University, where I have taught since 1992.
I am currently Director of Postgraduate Research Students for of English Literature and Cultural and Critical Theory .
Supervisions
Areas of supervision:
- Poststructuralism
- Postmodernism
- Literary Theory
- Hypermodernity/Liquid Modernity
- Biopolitics
- Nietzsche
- Attention Economy
- Subjectivity, Selfhood and Identity
- Visual Culture
Contact Details
+44 29208 76075
John Percival Building, Room 2.40, Colum Drive, Cardiff, CF10 3EU