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Dr Christopher Falzon

Dr Christopher Falzon

Visiting Fellow

BA (hons), PhD, Philosophy (ANU)

 

Arts, Design & Architecture
School of Humanities & Languages

Dr Christopher Falzon is a Visiting Fellow in the School of Humanities and Languages. His primary research area is in twentieth-century French philosophy, in particular the work of Michel Foucault, and questions of power, ethics and dialogue. He also has research interests in the area of philosophy and film, the exploration of philosophical issues in and through film.

His books include: 

- Falzon, C. Foucault and Social Dialogue: Beyond Fragmentation, London and New York: Routledge, 1998.

- Falzon, C., O'Leary, T., Sawicki, J. (eds) A Companion to Foucault, Oxford: Blackwell, 2013.

- Falzon, C. Philosophy Goes to the Movies, 3rd ed., London and New York: Routledge, 2015

- Falzon, C. Ethics Goes to the Movies London and New York: Routledge, 2019

 

 

 
E-mail
c.falzon@unsw.edu.au
  • Books | 2024
    Falzon C, 2024, Foucault and the History of Philosophical Transcendence: Freedom, Nature and Agency
    Books | 2019
    Falzon CA, 2019, Ethics Goes to the Movies, Routledge, London New York, https://www.routledge.com/Ethics-Goes-to-the-Movies-An-Introduction-to-Moral-Philosophy/Falzon/p/book/9781138938205
    Books | 2015
    Falzon CA, 2015, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Routledge, London, http://library.newcastle.edu.au/record=b3521275%20S16
    Books | 2007
    Falzon CA, 2007, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Routledge, New York
    Books | 2002
    Falzon CA, 2002, Philosophy Goes to the Movies, Routledge, London & New York, http://www.routledge.com/books/Philosophy-goes-to-the-Movies-isbn9780415237413
    Books | 1998
    Falzon C, 1998, Foucault and Social Dialogue: Beyond Fragmentation, Routledge
  • Book Chapters | 2021
    Falzon C, 2021, 'Breathless in Paris', in Remembering Paris in Text and Film Echoes of Baudelaire in Text and on Screen, Intellect (UK), pp. 108 - 126
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Falzon C, 2019, 'Philosophical experience and experimental film', in Philosophy and Film: Bridging Divides, pp. 159 - 173, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429435157-10
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Falzon CA, 2011, 'On Being John Malkovich and not being yourself', in LaRocca D (ed.), The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, pp. 46 - 65
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Falzon CA, 2011, 'Peter Weir’s The Truman Show and Sartrean freedom', in Boule J-P; McCaffrey E (ed.), Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema: A Sartrean Perspective, Berghahn Books, New York, pp. 17 - 31
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Falzon C; O'leary T, 2010, 'Introduction: Foucault's Philosophy', in Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444320091.ch
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Falzon CA; O Leary T, 2010, 'Introduction: Foucault’s Philosophy', in O Leary T; Falzon C (ed.), Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444320091.ch
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Falzon CA, 2010, 'Foucault, philosopher of dialogue', in O Leary T; Falzon C (ed.), Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, pp. 222 - 245, http://au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1405189606,descCd-tableOfContents.html
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Falzon CA, 2009, 'Why be moral?', in Livingston P; Plantinga C (ed.), The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film, Routledge, London, pp. 591 - 599, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415771665
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Falzon CA; Greetham B, 2006, 'Creating the Self', in Greetham B (ed.), Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, pp. 220 - 236
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Falzon CA, 2006, 'Philosophy and the Matrix', in Diocaretz M; Herbrechter S (ed.), The Matrix in Theory, Rodopi, Amsterdam, pp. 97 - 112, http://www.rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=CRIT+29
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Falzon CA, 2006, 'Reason and Faith', in Greetham B (ed.), Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, pp. 168 - 180
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Falzon CA, 2006, 'The Essence of Self', in Greetham B (ed.), Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, pp. 212 - 219
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Falzon CA, 2005, 'Sartre and Meaningful Existence', in Rolls A; Rechniewski E (ed.), Sartre’s Nausea: Text, Context, Intertext, Rodopi, Amsterdam, pp. 105 - 120, http://www.rodopi.nl/functions/search.asp?BookId=FAUX+273
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Falzon CA, 2004, 'War in the age of biopolitics', in Doganay U (ed.), Savasin Yuzleri Uzlasmanin Asamalari/Faces of War Phases of Reconciliation, Ankara Universitesi Basim Evi/Ankara University Printing House, Ankara
    Book Chapters | 1997
    Falzon C, 1997, 'Foucault, Dialogue and the Other', in Farrell CO (ed.), , Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane,
    Book Chapters | 1997
    Falzon C, 1997, 'Foucault, Dialogue and the Other”,', in Farrell CO (ed.), , Queeensland University of Technology, Brisbane,
  • Edited Books | 2013
    Falzon C; O Leary T; Sawicki J, 2013, A Companion to Foucault, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Oxford, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118324905
    Edited Books | 2010
    O Leary T; Falzon CA, 2010, Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K., http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444320091
  • Journal articles | 2017
    Falzon C, 2017, 'Experiencing Force Majeure', FILM-PHILOSOPHY, 21, pp. 281 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/film.2017.0052
    Journal articles | 2017
    Falzon CA, 2017, 'Experiencing Force Majeure', Film-Philosophy, 21, pp. 281 - 298, https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/film.2017.0052
    Journal articles | 2016
    Falzon C, 2016, 'Dirty harry ethics', Sub-Stance, 45, pp. 49 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/ss.45.3.49
    Journal articles | 2016
    Falzon C, 2016, 'Foucault on the Subject of Dialogue', TEORIA-RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA, 36, pp. 25 - 44, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000393589700003&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=3567906c6fc598e4a73915c2777eae93
    Journal articles | 2016
    Falzon CA, 2016, 'Dirty Harry Ethics', Sub-Stance, 45 (3), pp. 49 - 65
    Journal articles | 2016
    Falzon CA, 2016, 'Foucault on the Subject of Dialogue', Teoria: rivista di filosofia, XXXVI, pp. 25 - 44
    Journal articles | 2013
    Falzon CA, 2013, 'Introduction', Debatte, 14, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09651560600643593
    Journal articles | 2013
    Falzon CA, 2013, 'Philosophy through Film', The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, pp. online - online, http://www.iep.utm.edu/phi-film/
    Journal articles | 2010
    Falzon CA, 2010, 'What would Kant make of that?', Dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy, pp. 12 - 15
    Journal articles | 2003
    Falzon C, 2003, 'Sartre: Freedom as imprisonment', Philosophy Today, 47, pp. 126 - 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.5840/philtoday200347242
    Journal articles | 2003
    Falzon CA, 2003, 'Sartre: Freedom as Imprisonment', Philosophy Today, 47 (3), pp. 126 - 137, http://condor.depaul.edu/%20phildept/html/philtoday.html
    Journal articles | 2002
    Falzon CA, 2002, 'Why be moral?', dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy, 19, pp. 1367 - 2592
    Journal articles | 2001
    Falzon CA, 2001, 'Philosophy goes to the movies', Critical & Creative Thinking: the Australasian Journal of Philosophy for Children, 9, pp. 41 - 51
    Journal articles | 1999
    Falzon C, 1999, 'Reply to Winifred Lamb', Sophia, 38
    Journal articles | 1993
    Falzon C, 1993, 'Foucault”s Human Being', Thesis Eleven, 34
  • Recorded / Rendered Creative Works | 2013
    Falzon C, 2013, Making History, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, Editor(s): Falzon CA; O Leary T; Sawicki J, Published: 12 March 2013, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
    Reports | 2013
    Grushka KM; Bennett J; Parkes R; Beirne R; Donnelly D; Falzon C; Gallager B; Imre R; Lowrie C; May J; Sharp H, 2013, Visual Media Texts: Teaching and Assessing the Humanities and Social Sciences in a Post-literate Age, Univerity of Newcastle, Australia, Newcastle University, Australia
    Reports | 2013
    Grushka KM; Bennett J; Sharp H; Parkes R; Beirne R; Donnelly D; Falzon C; Gallagher B; Imre R; Lowrie C, 2013, Visual media texts: Teaching and assessing the humanities & social sciences in a post-literate age, The University of Newcastle, The University of Newcastle, 1
    Other | 2001
    Lang GC, 2001, Making History, Nick Mitzevich Gallery, Newcastle,