The publishing house Passagen Verlag was founded in 1985 in Vienna by Peter Engelmann. The primary intention of the publisher was the translation of Jacques Derrida's work into German. Around the author Derrida, Peter Engelmann developed a program, which gathers relevant authors of all disciplines, who identified themselves with the program deconstruction ("Dekonstruktivismus") and "postmodernism" (Postmoderne). Peter Engelmann was honoured by the French State in February 2004 with the title "Commandeur dans l´ordre des Arts et des Lettres" for his work as publisher.
The Passagen Verlag, the name Passagen being an allusion to Walter Benjamin's most important text Passagenwerk, publishes besides Derrida authors such as Jean-François Lyotard, Gianni Vattimo, Jean Baudrillard, Paul Feyerabend, Peter Eisenman, Jacques Lacan, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Sarah Kofman, Gerhard Anna Concic-Kaucic, Slavoj Žižek, Emmanuel Levinas, Clifford Geertz, Ginka Steinwachs, Dennis Cooper, Wolfgang Schirmacher, etc.
TITLES
In Conversation with Peter Engelmann
FOR A POLITICS OF THE COMMON GOOD
Genre:
Philosophy
Author:
Alain Badiou, Peter Engelmann
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The former Maoist answers questions from the sceptical, but open-minded, anti-communist Peter Engelmann and, in allowing Badiou to tackle some commonly held prejudices on the big questions of capitalism, communism, fascism, liberalism and Islamism, it’s a format that works very well.
POLITICS AND AESTHETICS
Genre:
Philosophy
Author:
Jacques Rancière, Peter Engelmann
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Investigating new forms of emancipatory politics arising from current art practices and social movements, this short book will appeal to anyone interested in contemporary art, aesthetics, philosophy and political theory.
DEMOKRATIE UND GEMEINSCHAFT (DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNITY)
Genre:
Philosophy
Author:
Jean-Luc Nancy, Peter Engelmann
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What would democracy be if we as individuals not only want to live side by side, but want to develop a common sense of life? Based on this question, Peter Engelmann debates a possible radical democracy in this conversation with Jean-Luc Nancy.
