Dr Chris Falzon
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and Social Science (Philosophy)
- Email:chris.falzon@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 5184
Career Summary
Biography
Dr Chris Falzon is a conjoint senior lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Newcastle. He joined the Philosophy staff in 2001, after holding a position at the ANU.
His teaching and research interests are in ethics and social and political philosophy, especially in connection with 20th century continental thought. He has worked on questions of power and ethics, particularly in relation to the work of Foucault. How is it possible to engage in resistance and social critique if one is calling into question notions of the self and rationality that have traditionally supported such activities? He is particularly interested in exploring a dialogical interpretation of Foucault’s work, and more broadly, looking at connections between dialogue, critique, and ethics. His book Foucault and Social Dialogue was published in 1998, the co-edited Foucault and Philosophy in 2010, and a co-edited Blackwell Companion to Foucault in 2013. He is also interested in the accounts of the human being and freedom that emerge in earlier 20th century French philosophers, especially Sartre and Merleau-Ponty. See for example ‘Sartre: Freedom as Imprisonment’, and ‘Sartre’s Nausea and Meaningful Existence’.
Another area that has occupied him is philosophy and film, the idea of exploring philosophical issues in or through movies (as opposed to a philosophy of film). His book Philosophy Goes to the Movies, currently in its 3rd edition, aims to provide a broad introduction to philosophical positions and issues through film. He has also produced a number of articles and book chapters in this area, including pieces on the Truman Show and existentialism, Being John Malkovich and Merleau-Ponty, and the ‘why be moral’ question in film.
I have published in the following areas: ethics, Sartre and existentialism, Merleau-Ponty and phenomenology, Foucault, power, resistance and dialogue, philosophy and film.
Qualifications
- PhD, Australian National University
- Bachelor of Arts, Australian National University
Keywords
- Dialogue
- Ethics
- Film
- Philosophy
- Power
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
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| 220399 | Philosophy not elsewhere classified | 100 |
Professional Experience
Membership
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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| Editorial Board Member | Philosophical Films (website) Australia |
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| Editorial Board Member | Ethics in Film (online journal) Australia |
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| Editorial Board Member | Foucault Studies (electronic journal) Australia |
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| Board Member - Australasian Association for Phenomenology and Social Philosophy | Australasian Association for Phenomenology and Social Philosophy Australia |
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| Philosophy Representative | Australian Universities Europe Network Australia |
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| Board Member | Society of Philosophy for the Young Australia |
Prestigious works
| Year Commenced | Year Finished | Prestigious Work | Role |
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| 2010 | 2013 | Blackwell Companions Blackwell Companion to Foucault | Editor |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (7 outputs)
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| 2019 | Falzon CA, Ethics Goes to the Movies, Routledge, London New York, 300 (2019) [A1] | |||||||
| 2015 | Falzon CA, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Routledge, London, 320 (2015) [A4] | |||||||
| 2013 |
Falzon C, O'Leary T, Sawicki J, A Companion to Foucault, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Oxford, 632 (2013) [A3]
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| 2010 |
O'Leary T, Falzon CA, Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, U.K., 259 (2010) [A3]
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| 2007 | Falzon CA, Philosophy Goes to the Movies: An Introduction to Philosophy, Routledge, New York, 267 (2007) [A4] | |||||||
| 2002 | Falzon CA, Philosophy Goes to the Movies, Routledge, London & New York (2002) [A1] | |||||||
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Chapter (16 outputs)
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| 2019 |
Falzon C, 'Philosophical experience and experimental film', Philosophy and Film: Bridging Divides 159-173 (2019) © 2019 Taylor & Francis. One way that philosophy can be related to film is via the notion of experiment. This connection is usually discussed in terms of similarities betwee... [more] © 2019 Taylor & Francis. One way that philosophy can be related to film is via the notion of experiment. This connection is usually discussed in terms of similarities between film and the thought experiments that can be found within philosophical texts. However, rather than subsuming film to the philosophical thought experiment, which risks missing what film itself contributes to the proceedings, it is more interesting to see how the cinematic medium might allow for forms of experimentation that go beyond what can be undertaken within the traditional philosophical text. Film as experimental in this sense offers enlarged possibilities for putting ideas and presuppositions to the test of experience. It can also be seen as pointing to an enlarged conception of what constitutes philosophical reflection itself. This is a Foucauldean idea of philosophy as a practice of thought that transforms the thinker, not through reasons justified by foundations, but through experiences that call one¿s foundational assumptions into question and make it impossible to continue thinking in the same way.
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| 2013 | Falzon CA, 'Introduction', A Companion to Foucault, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 1-8 (2013) [B2] | ||||
| 2013 | Falzon C, 'Making History', A Companion to Foucault, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 282-298 (2013) [B1] | ||||
| 2011 | Falzon CA, 'On Being John Malkovich and not being yourself', The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman, The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 46-65 (2011) [B1] | ||||
| 2011 | Falzon CA, 'Peter Weir's The Truman Show and Sartrean freedom', Existentialism and Contemporary Cinema: A Sartrean Perspective, Berghahn Books, New York 17-31 (2011) [B1] | ||||
| 2010 |
Falzon CA, O'Leary T, 'Introduction: Foucault's Philosophy', Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken 1-16 (2010) [B1]
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| 2010 | Falzon CA, 'Foucault, philosopher of dialogue', Foucault and Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken 222-245 (2010) [B1] | ||||
| 2009 | Falzon CA, 'Why be moral?', The Routledge Companion to Philosophy and Film, Routledge, London 591-599 (2009) [B1] | ||||
| 2006 | Falzon CA, Greetham B, 'Creating the Self', Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire 220-236 (2006) [B2] | ||||
| 2006 | Falzon CA, 'Philosophy and the Matrix', The Matrix in Theory, Rodopi, Amsterdam 97-112 (2006) [B1] | ||||
| 2006 | Falzon CA, 'Reason and Faith', Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire 168-180 (2006) [B2] | ||||
| 2006 | Falzon CA, 'The Essence of Self', Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire 212-219 (2006) [B2] | ||||
| 2005 | Falzon CA, 'Sartre and Meaningful Existence', Sartre's Nausea: Text, Context, Intertext, Rodopi, Amsterdam 105-120 (2005) [B1] | ||||
| 2004 | Falzon CA, 'War in the age of biopolitics', Savasin Yuzleri Uzlasmanin Asamalari/Faces of War Phases of Reconciliation, Ankara Universitesi Basim Evi/Ankara University Printing House, Ankara (2004) [B1] | ||||
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Journal article (13 outputs)
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| 2017 |
Falzon C, 'Experiencing Force Majeure', FILM-PHILOSOPHY, 21 281-298 (2017)
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| 2017 | Falzon CA, 'Experiencing Force Majeure', Film-Philosophy, 21 281-298 (2017) [C1] | ||||
| 2016 |
Falzon C, 'Dirty Harry Ethics', SUB-STANCE, 45 49-65 (2016)
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| 2016 | Falzon C, 'Foucault on the Subject of Dialogue', TEORIA-RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA, 36 25-44 (2016) | ||||
| 2016 | Falzon CA, 'Dirty Harry Ethics', Sub-Stance, 45 (3) 49-65 (2016) [C1] | ||||
| 2016 | Falzon CA, 'Foucault on the Subject of Dialogue', Teoria: rivista di filosofia, XXXVI 25-44 (2016) [C1] | ||||
| 2013 | Falzon CA, 'Philosophy through Film', The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, online (2013) [C1] | ||||
| 2010 | Falzon CA, 'What would Kant make of that?', Dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy, 12-15 (2010) [C2] | ||||
| 2003 |
Falzon CA, 'Sartre: Freedom as Imprisonment', Philosophy Today, 47 (3) 126-137 (2003) [C1]
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| 2002 | Falzon CA, 'Why be moral?', dialogue: A Journal of Religion and Philosophy, 19 1367-2592 (2002) [C3] | ||||
| 2001 | Falzon CA, 'Philosophy goes to the movies', Critical & Creative Thinking: the Australasian Journal of Philosophy for Children, 9 41-51 (2001) [C3] | ||||
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Creative Work (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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| 2001 |
Lang GC, Making History, Nick Mitzevich Gallery, Newcastle (2001) [J1]
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Report (2 outputs)
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| 2013 |
Grushka K, Bennett J, Parkes RJ, Beirne R, Donnelly D, Falzon C, et al., 'Visual media texts: Teaching and assessing the humanities & social sciences in a post-literate age', Centre for Learning and Teaching, 18 (2013) [R1]
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| 2013 |
Grushka KM, Bennett J, Parkes R, Beirne R, Donnelly D, Falzon C, et al., 'Visual Media Texts: Teaching and Assessing the Humanities and Social Sciences in a Post-literate Age', Faculty of Education and Arts, 17 (2013)
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 2 |
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| Total funding | $6,990 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20031 grants / $1,990
Faces of War/Phases of Reconciliation: Histories, Discourses, Politics 8 to 10 December 2003$1,990
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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| Project Team | Doctor Chris Falzon |
| Scheme | Travel Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2003 |
| Funding Finish | 2003 |
| GNo | G0183650 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20021 grants / $5,000
The power of dialogue: Foucault and the dialogical tradition in social thought$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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| Project Team | Doctor Chris Falzon |
| Scheme | New Staff Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2002 |
| Funding Finish | 2002 |
| GNo | G0182531 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Completed3
Current3
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2017 | PhD | Authenticity After Jean-Paul Sartre and Gabriel Marcel | PhD (Philosophy), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2016 | PhD | Can We Live as Moral Sceptics? | PhD (Philosophy), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2014 | PhD | A Comparative Phenomenological Approach to the Fundamental Questions of the Chinese Philosophical Tradition and their Impact on Chinese Science and Medicine | PhD (Philosophy), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2015 | PhD | Words and the World: A Critique of Straight Solutions to Kripke's Meaning Scepticism | PhD (Philosophy), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
| 2005 | Masters | Towards a Deconstruction of the Dichotomy between Emotion and Rationality in the Ethical Agent | M Arts (Philosophy) [R], Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
| 2001 | PhD | Anti-humanism and politics | Political Science, Australian National University | Co-Supervisor |
Dr Chris Falzon
Position
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and Social Science
Faculty of Education and Arts
Focus area
Philosophy
Contact Details
| chris.falzon@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Phone | (02) 4921 5184 |
| Fax | (02) 4921 6928 |
Office
| Room | MC120 |
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| Building | McMullin |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
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