Professor John Ó Maoilearca
Faculties, deparments and locations
- Kingston School of Art
- Department of Critical and Historical Studies
- School of Creative and Cultural Industries
Professor of Film and Philosophy
- Email:
- j.mullarkey@kingston.ac.uk
About
I joined Kingston University in 2010 as Professor of Film. My areas of research and teaching are Philosophy and Film; Continental Philosophy; Film Theory; Animal Studies and Film; Philosophy and Non-Standard Philosophy; Theory and Practice (Practice as Research). I had previously taught philosophy and film theory at the University of Sunderland, England and the University of Dundee, Scotland.
I welcome applications from PhD students wishing to work in the areas of Film and Philosophy, Continental Philosophy, Film Theory, Film Practice as Research, Art Practice as Research, Animals and Philosophy, François Laruelle and Non-Standard Philosophy, Gilles Deleuze, Henri Bergson, Alain Badiou, Michel Henry, Contemporary French Philosophy, and Philosophy Of Diagrams.
Qualifications
- 2002-2004: Masters in Film and Media Studies, at University of Sunderland.
- 1994-1996: Certificate of Education in Higher Education at University of Sunderland
- 1990-1993: PhD in Philosophy at University of Warwick
- 1987-1989: Masters by Research in Philosophy at University College, Dublin
- 1984-1987: BA Hons. in English and Philosophy at University College, Dublin
Domains
Courses taught
Publications
All thoughts are equal : Laruelle and nonhuman philosophy
O Maoilearca, John (2015). Minneapolis, U.S.: (University of Minnesota Press)
Bergson and the art of immanence: painting, photography, film
(2013). Edinburgh, U.K.: (Edinburgh University Press)
The Bloomsbury Companion to Continental Philosophy
(2013). London, U.K.: (Bloomsbury)
Laruelle and non-philosophy
(2012). Edinburgh, U.K.: (Edinburgh University Press)
Refractions of reality: philosophy and the moving image
Mullarkey, John (2009). Basingstoke, U.K.: (Palgrave-Macmillan)
Post-Continental Philosophy: An Outline
Mullarkey, John (2006). London, U.K.: (Continuum)
Henri Bergson: key writings
(2002). London, U.K.: (Continuum)
Bergson and Philosophy
Mullarkey, John (2000). Notre Dame, U.S.A.: (University of Notre Dame Press)
Supernormalising nothing from the hyperbolic nihil to the ordinary supernothing
Ó Maoilearca, John, 2023, Open Philosophy (6), 1, pp 20220245
The cinematic Bergson : from virtual image to actual gesture
O Maoilearca, John, 2016, Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy (24), 2, pp 203-220
Ludic handwaving - Book Review of: ' What animals teach us about politics ' by Brian Massumi
O Maoilearca, John, 2015, New Formations, 86, pp 128-131
Galloway's non-digital introduction to Laruelle. Book Review of: 'Laruelle : against the digital' by Alexander R. Galloway
O Maoilearca, John, 2015, Los Angeles Review of Books
Laruelle's 'criminally performative' thought : on doing and saying in non-philosophy
O Maoilearca, John, 2015, Performance Philosophy, pp 161-167
Shortened poses : Original and remake in The Five Obstructions
O Maoilearca, John, 2015, Empedocles : European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication (5), 1-2, pp 39-47
The animal line: on the possibility of a "laruellean" non-human philosophy
O Maoilearca, John, 2014, Angelaki-Journal Of The Theoretical Humanities (19), 2, pp 113-129
Education should be a right for all
Agnew, Eadaoin, Alliez, Eric, Auerbach, Paul, Blackburn, Robert, Botting, Fred, Brady, Mary, Caygill, Howard, Chadwick, Howard, Chanter, Tina, Choat, Simon, Chu, Jonathan, Cinpoes, Radu, Coultas, Valerie, Dines, Martin, Dixon, Paul, Favretto, Ilaria, Finn, Peter, Giaxoglou, Korina, Goldsmith, Carlie, Hallward, Peter, Hawkins, Sue, Haywood, Peter, Higginbottom, Andrew, Ichijo, Atsuko, Isaac, Marina, Jensen, Meg, Kayyali, Reem, Kettyle, Ann, Lambrou, Marina, Latimer, Amanda, Linton, Marisa, Lipsedge, Karen, Malabou, Catherine, O Maoilearca, John, McQuillan, Martin, Micklethwaite, Paul, Morgan Wortham, Simon, O'Brien, Catherine, Osborne, Peter, Pinnock, Winsome, Piper, Jason, Ponto, Maria, Raphael, Sam, Reid, Trish, Roberts, Mike, Rogers, David, Sandford, Stella, Searby, Michael, Siddiki, Jalal Uddin, Smart, Jackie, Spencer, Philip, Stockhammer, Engelbert, Stuart, John, Suess, Eleanor, Swift, Allan, Upstone, Sara, Vallee-Tourangeau, Frederic, Wells, Julian and Wilson, Scott, 2014, The Guardian
Spirit in the materialist world: on the structure of regard
O Maoilearca, John, 2014, Angelaki-Journal Of The Theoretical Humanities (19), 1, pp 13-29
Animal spirits: philosomorphism and the background revolts of cinema
Mullarkey, John, 2013, Angelaki (18), 1, pp 11-29
The Tragedy of the Object: Democracy of Vision and the Terrorism of Things in Bazin's Cinematic Realism
Mullarkey, John, 2012, Angelaki: Journal of Theoretical Humanities (17), 4, pp 39-59
Life, movement and the fabulation of the event
Mullarkey, John, 2007, (24), 6, pp 53-70
Forget the virtual: Bergson, actualism, and the refraction of reality
Mullarkey, John, 2004, Continental Philosophy Review (37), 4, pp 469-493
Time, creativity and culture: introducing Bergson
Linstead, Stephen and Mullarkey, John, 2003, (9), 1, pp 3-13
Materialising the occult : matter, spirit, and image in the two Bergsons
Ó Maoilearca, John (2025). In: Pitkänen, Olli, (ed.), Philosophical perspectives on esotericism : from the 19th century to the present. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 317-340
The defragmenting image : stories in cinematic time travel
Ó Maoilearca, John (2020). In: Rubinstein, Daniel, (ed.), Fragmentation of the Photographic Image in the Digital Age. New York, NY: Routledge, pp 189-203
Metaphysical alter-egos : Matheson, Dunne and the view from somewhere
Maoilearca, John O (2019). In: Rawls, Christina, (eds.), Neiva, Diana, (eds.) and Gouveia, Steven S., (eds.), Philosophy and film. Abingdon, U.K.:, pp 356-373
When the twain shall meet : on the divide between analytic and continental film philosophy
Ó Maoilearca, John (2019). In: Carroll, Noël, (eds.), Di Summa, Laura T., (eds.) and Loht, Shawn, (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave, pp 259-283
Brutal thoughts: Laruelle and Deleuze on human animal stupidity
O Maoilearca, John (2017). In: MacCormack, Patricia, (eds.) and Gardner, Colin, (eds.), Deleuze and the animal. Edinburgh, U.K.: Edinburgh University Press, pp 37-51
Striking poses: gesture, image, and remake in the cinematic Bergson
O Maoilearca, John (2017). In: Herzogenrath, Bernd, (ed.), Film as philosophy. Minneapolis, U.S.: University of Minnesota Press, pp 1-22
The animal way : on Malabou's deconstructed life
O Maoilearca, John O (2017). In: Street, Anna, (eds.), Alliot, Julien, (eds.) and Pauker, Magnolia, (eds.), Inter views in performance philosophy: crossings and conversations. London, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 139-143
Artistic experiments with philosophy: Francois Laruelle in conversation with John O Maoilearca
O Maoilearca, John and Laruelle, Francois (2015). In: Cox, C., (eds.), Jaskey, J., (eds.) and Malik, S., (eds.), Realism Materialism Art. Berlin, Germany: Sternberg Press, pp 177-184
Art's philosophy: Bergson and immanence
de Mille, Charlotte and Mullarkey, John (2013). In: Mullarkey, John, (eds.) and De Mille, Charlotte, (eds.), Bergson and the art of immanence: painting, photography, film. Edinburgh, U.K.: Edinburgh University Press, pp 1-13
Contingent Violence: Bergson and the Comedy of Horrors in Schindler's List
Mullarkey, John (2013). In: Matthews, Graham, (eds.) and Goodman, Sam, (eds.), Violence and the Limits of Representation. London, U.K.: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp 129-144
'For we will have shown it nothing': Bergson as non-philosopher (of) art
Mullarkey, John (2013). In: Mullarkey, John, (eds.) and De Mille, Charlotte, (eds.), Bergson and the art of immanence: painting, photography, film. Edinburgh, U.K.: Edinburgh University Press, pp 206-231
Laruelle Contra Derrida: Performative Realism and The Logics of Consistency
Mullarkey, John (2013). In: Senatore, Mauro, (ed.), Performatives After Deconstruction. London, U.K.: Bloomsbury Academic
Equally Circular: Bergson and the Vague Inventions of Politics
Mullarkey, John (2012). In: Lefebvre, Alexandre, (eds.) and White, Melanie, (eds.), Bergson, Politics and Religion. Durham, U.S.A.: Duke University Press, pp 61-74
I + I = I: The non-consistency of non-philosophical practice
Mullarkey, John (2012). In: Mullarkey, John, (eds.) and Smith, Anthony Paul, (eds.), Laruelle and Non-Philosophy. Edinburgh, U.K.: Edinburgh University Press, pp 143-168
Introduction: The Non-Philosophical Inversion: Laruelle’s Knowledge Without Domination
Mullarkey, John (2012). In: Mullarkey, John, (eds.) and Smith, Anthony Paul, (eds.), Laruelle and Non-Philosophy. Edinburgh, U.K.: Edinburgh University Press, pp 1-18
Films Can't Philosophise (And Neither Can Philosophy): Introduction to a Non-Philosophy of Cinema
Mullarkey, John (2011). In: Carel, Havi, (eds.) and Tuck, Greg, (eds.), New Takes in Film-Philosophy. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave-Macmillan, pp 86-102
Temple Grandin's animal thoughts: on non-human thinking in pictures, films, and diagrams
Mullarkey, John (2011). In: Benedek, Andras, (eds.) and Nyiri, Kristof, (eds.), Images in language: metaphors and metamorphoses. Frankfurt am main, Germany: Peter Lang, pp 155-168
Stop making (philosophical) sense: notes towards a process organizational-thinking beyond 'Philosophy'
Mullarkey, John (2010). In: Hernes, Tor, (eds.) and Maitlis, Sally, (eds.), Process, sensemaking, and organizing. Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, pp 38-54
The psycho-physics of phenomenology: Bergson and Henry
Mullarkey, John (2010). In: Kelly, Michael R., (ed.), Bergson and Phenomenology. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 201-220
Film As Philosophy: A Mission Impossible?
Mullarkey, John (2008). In: Trifonova, Temenuga, (ed.), European Film Theory. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge, pp 65-79
The Very Life of Things: Thinking Objects and Reversing Thought in Bergsonian Metaphysics
Mullarkey, John (2007). Henri Bergson: An Introduction to Metaphysics. Basingstoke, U.K.: Palgrave-Macmillan
Keynote
Mullarkey, John(2013). In: Being Beyond Boundaries: Dissolving (species) Hierarchy in Contemporary Culture, 05 Oct 2013 :Kingston Upon Thames, U.K.
Almost nothing happening: an essay on action and event
Mullarkey, John(2011). In: Rhythm and Event, 29 Oct 2011 :London, U.K.