Daniel Ross (born 1970) is an Australian

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

filmmaker Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screen ...

, best known as the author of '' Violent Democracy'' (2004) and the co-director of the film '' The Ister'' (2004). His work is influenced by

Bernard Stiegler Bernard Stiegler (; 1 April 1952 – 5 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), which he founded in 2006 at the Centre Georges-Pompidou. He was also founder of the political and c ...

, and he is a translator or co-translator of numerous texts by Stiegler, including eleven books.

Education

Ross obtained his doctorate from

Monash University Monash University () is a public university, public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Named after World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the ...

in 2002, under the supervision of Michael Janover. It was entitled ''Heidegger and the Question of the Political'' and focused in particular on two of Heidegger's lecture courses, ''Plato's Sophist'' and '' Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister"''.

Filmography

*'' The Ister'' (2004). Co-directed with David Barison.

Bibliography

Books

''Psychopolitical Anaphylaxis: Steps Towards a Metacosmics''
(London: Open Humanities Press, 2021).
''Violent Democracy''
(Cambridge:

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

, 2004).

Thesis

''Heidegger and the Question of the Political''
(2002).

External links

Daniel Ross on academia.edu
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