Author Description

1. Introduction: Stoicism, Language, and Freedom, Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol, UK -- 2. Sartre, Stoicism, and the Problem of Moral Responsibility (from 1939 to 1948), Olivier D'Jeranian, Universit ̌Paris 1 Panthǒn Sorbonne, France -- 3. Sartrian Ontology and the Stoic Theory of Incorporeals, Suzanne Husson, Universit ̌Paris-Sorbonne, and Laurent Husson, Universit ̌de Lorraine, France -- 4. Deleuzean Exercises and the Inversion of Stoicism, Janae Sholtz, Alvernia University, USA -- 5. How and why did Badiou beat Deleuze with a Stoic stick (and was he right?), Thomas Bňatoul̐, Universit ̌Lille 3, France -- 6. Kristeva, Stoicism, and the 'True Life of Interpretations', Kurt Lampe, University of Bristol, UK -- 7. Indifference and Affirmation: Michel Foucault on Stoic Fate and Providence, John Sellars, King's College London, UK -- 8. Veridiction and Parrhesia: the Complex Case of Foucault's Reading of Stoicism, Valery Laurand, Universit ̌Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, France -- 9. Stoicism: Political Resistance or Retreat? Foucault and Arendt, Michael Ure, Monash University, Australia -- 10. Stoicism, Ambiguity, and the Decision of Sense, Barbara Cassin, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France -- 11. Stoic Philosophy of Language in Giorgio Agamben's Thought, Nicoletta Di Vita, Universit ̉degli studi di Padova, Italy -- 12. Making Use of Agamben's 'Stoic Providence-Fate Apparatus': A Reading of Seneca's Consolation to Polybius, Clifford Robinson, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, USA -- 13. Pierre Hadot: Stoicism as a Way of Life, Matthew Sharpe, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia -- Index.