Molly Kelly
Biographic Data
| ID | 9294736 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Molly Kelly |
| GIVEN NAMES | Molly |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelly |
| SIGNATURE | KELLY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emory University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3119-2370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
“Silence Becomes Something Else”
Adopting a critically phenomenological approach, this article explores how John Cage’s famed 4’33” (1952) lends itself to a politics of hesitation. Reading Cage together with philosopher Alia Al-Saji, the essay explores how Cagean silence operates by interrupting sedimented habits of listening to (1) denaturalize the automaticity of listening, (2) change the directionality of perception toward the unintended, and (3) critically implicate the list…
Fearing the worst yet to come
Building from the works of Jacques Derrida, this article explores health anxiety’s aporetic relationship with medicine through a deconstructive approach. I argue that attention to Derrida’s writings (and in particular, his readings of pharmakon and autoimmunity) may prove useful in explaining the cyclical character of health anxiety and its ambivalent response to medical reassurance. What’s more, I demonstrate how structuralist interpretations of…
Estrangement, epochē, and performance
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Estrangement, epochē, and performance
Fearing the worst yet to come
Building from the works of Jacques Derrida, this article explores health anxiety’s aporetic relationship with medicine through a deconstructive approach. I argue that attention to Derrida’s writings (and in particular, his readings of pharmakon and autoimmunity) may prove useful in explaining the cyclical character of health anxiety and its ambivalent response to medical reassurance. What’s more, I demonstrate how structuralist interpretations of…
“Silence Becomes Something Else”
Adopting a critically phenomenological approach, this article explores how John Cage’s famed 4’33” (1952) lends itself to a politics of hesitation. Reading Cage together with philosopher Alia Al-Saji, the essay explores how Cagean silence operates by interrupting sedimented habits of listening to (1) denaturalize the automaticity of listening, (2) change the directionality of perception toward the unintended, and (3) critically implicate the list…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism (2 works) · Ambivalence (1 work) · Anxiety (1 work) · Empathy and Medical Education (1 work) · EPIC (1 work)