Dr Aurelia Armstrong’s research interests include: history of philosophy; Spinoza; Nietzsche; Foucault; Modern European philosophy; Social and Political philosophy; and Gender studies.
Dr Armstrong holds a BA(Hons) from Australian National University, 1992 and PhD, from the University of Sydney, 1998. She is currently a Lecturer in Philosophy at UQ.
She teaches in the following courses: PHIL2500 Philosophy and Art; PHIL2300 Phenomenology and Existentialism; PHIL2013 Rise of Modern Philosophy; PHIL3002 Philosophy Today; PHIL3620 Advanced European Philosophy
Dr Armstrong's current research focuses on Spinoza's contribution to the affective turn in ethics and politics.
Book Chapter: Autonomy and the relational individual: Spinoza and feminism
Armstrong, Aurelia (2009). Autonomy and the relational individual: Spinoza and feminism. Feminist interpretations of Benedict Spinoza. (pp. 43-63) edited by Moira Gatens. USA: The Pennsylvania State University Press.
Journal Article: Natural and unnatural communities: Spinoza beyond Hobbes
Armstrong, Aurelia (2009). Natural and unnatural communities: Spinoza beyond Hobbes. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 17 (2), 279-305. doi: 10.1080/09608780902761687
Journal Article: Beyond resistance: A response to Zizek's critique of Foucault's subject of freedom
Armstrong, Aurelia (2008). Beyond resistance: A response to Zizek's critique of Foucault's subject of freedom. Parrhesia: A journal of critical philosophy, 2008 (5), 19-31.
Affective Therapy: Emotion, Freedom and Ethics in Spinoza
(2007–2008) UQ Early Career Researcher
The Subject, Power and Freedom: Spinoza, Nietzsche, Foucault
(2003–2006) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Human freedom: spinoza, descartes and kant
Doctor Philosophy
Nothing Matters: Žižek's Dialectical Materialism and the Divine Subject
(2020) Doctor Philosophy
(2020) Doctor Philosophy
Autonomy and the relational individual: Spinoza and feminism
Armstrong, Aurelia (2009). Autonomy and the relational individual: Spinoza and feminism. Feminist interpretations of Benedict Spinoza. (pp. 43-63) edited by Moira Gatens. USA: The Pennsylvania State University Press.
Natural and unnatural communities: Spinoza beyond Hobbes
Armstrong, Aurelia (2009). Natural and unnatural communities: Spinoza beyond Hobbes. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 17 (2), 279-305. doi: 10.1080/09608780902761687
Beyond resistance: A response to Zizek's critique of Foucault's subject of freedom
Armstrong, Aurelia (2008). Beyond resistance: A response to Zizek's critique of Foucault's subject of freedom. Parrhesia: A journal of critical philosophy, 2008 (5), 19-31.
Spinoza and Relational Autonomy: Being with Others
Aurelia Armstrong, Keith Green and Andrea Sangiacomo eds. (2019). Spinoza and Relational Autonomy: Being with Others. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press.
Affective therapy: Spinoza’s approach to self-cultivation
Armstrong, Aurelia (2018). Affective therapy: Spinoza’s approach to self-cultivation. Ethics and self-cultivation: historical and contemporary perspectives. (pp. 30-46) edited by Matthew Dennis and Sander Werkhoven. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315102269-3
Spinoza's ethics and politics of freedom: active and passive power
Armstrong, Aurelia (2018). Spinoza's ethics and politics of freedom: active and passive power. Spinoza's authority: resistance and power in ethics. (pp. 33-56) edited by A. Kiarina Kordela and Dimitris Vardoulakis. London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Academic.
Transindividuality and philosophical enquiry in schools: A Spinozist perspective
Mercon, Juliana and Armstrong, Aurelia (2012). Transindividuality and philosophical enquiry in schools: A Spinozist perspective. Philosophy for children in transition: Problems and prospects. (pp. 82-96) edited by Nancy Vansieleghem and David Kennedy. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.
Autonomy and the relational individual: Spinoza and feminism
Armstrong, Aurelia (2009). Autonomy and the relational individual: Spinoza and feminism. Feminist interpretations of Benedict Spinoza. (pp. 43-63) edited by Moira Gatens. USA: The Pennsylvania State University Press.
Spinoza: thoughts on hope in our political present
Gatens, Moira, Steinberg, Justin, Armstrong, Aurelia, James, Susan and Saar, Martin (2020). Spinoza: thoughts on hope in our political present. Contemporary Political Theory, 20 (1), 200-231. doi: 10.1057/s41296-020-00406-4
Delirium management: anything's possible
Eeles, Eamonn, England, Renee, Teodorczuk, Andrew, Pandy, Shaun, Pinsker, Donna and Armstrong, Aurelia (2020). Delirium management: anything's possible. Canadian Journal on Aging, 39 (1), 89-97. doi: 10.1017/S0714980819000230
Understanding our patients better will lead to better recognition of delirium: An opinion piece
Eeles, Eamonn M., England, Renee, Armstrong, Aurelia, Pinsker, Donna, Pandy, Shaun and Teodorczuk, Andrew (2018). Understanding our patients better will lead to better recognition of delirium: An opinion piece. Australasian Journal On Ageing, 37 (4), 241-242. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12585
The passions, power, and practical philosophy: Spinoza and Nietzsche contra the stoics
Armstrong, Aurelia (2013). The passions, power, and practical philosophy: Spinoza and Nietzsche contra the stoics. Journal of Nietzsche Studies, 44 (1), 6-24. doi: 10.1353/nie.2013.0002
Transindividuality and philosophical enquiry in schools: A Spinozist perspective
Mercon, Juliana and Armstrong, Aurelia (2011). Transindividuality and philosophical enquiry in schools: A Spinozist perspective. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 45 (2), 251-264. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2011.00797.x
Natural and unnatural communities: Spinoza beyond Hobbes
Armstrong, Aurelia (2009). Natural and unnatural communities: Spinoza beyond Hobbes. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 17 (2), 279-305. doi: 10.1080/09608780902761687
Beyond resistance: A response to Zizek's critique of Foucault's subject of freedom
Armstrong, Aurelia (2008). Beyond resistance: A response to Zizek's critique of Foucault's subject of freedom. Parrhesia: A journal of critical philosophy, 2008 (5), 19-31.
Agency reconfigured: Narrative continuities and connective transformations
Armstrong, A. F. (2002). Agency reconfigured: Narrative continuities and connective transformations. Contretemps: An Online Journal of Philosophy, 3, 42-53.
Introduction: Autobiography and the resistance to genre
Armstrong, A. F. (2002). Introduction: Autobiography and the resistance to genre. UQ Vanguard (2), 2-11.
Foucault and the Question of Autonomy
Armstrong, Aurelia Frances (2003). Foucault and the Question of Autonomy. Australian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference 2003, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 20 - 22 November 2003.
Who resists power? Foucault and the question of the subject
Armstrong, A. F. (2003). Who resists power? Foucault and the question of the subject. Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy 2002, Melbourne, Australia, 11-13 December 2002. Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy.
Armstrong, Aurelia (2003). Foucault and Feminism.
Affective Therapy: Emotion, Freedom and Ethics in Spinoza
(2007–2008) UQ Early Career Researcher
The Subject, Power and Freedom: Spinoza, Nietzsche, Foucault
(2003–2006) UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
Human freedom: spinoza, descartes and kant
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Inconsistent Abortion: A Critical Phenomenology
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Hume's Scepticism, Ancient Scepticism and the Nature of Sceptical Assent
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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From Shame to Love
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Nothing Matters: Žižek's Dialectical Materialism and the Divine Subject
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Nietzsche and the Psychic Mechanism of Debt: The Ancestral Fiction That Stalks Us
(2018) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Emotion in Agency : The Problematic Influence of the Split Self and a Spinozist Corrective
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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The Wounds of Indetermination: Deleuze, Cinema and Ethology.
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Spinoza's relational ontology and ethics of desire
(2012) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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BEYOND ALETHIA: A CRITIQUE OF HEIDEGGERIAN EINAIOLOGY
(2006) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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NIHILISM IN POSTMODERNITY
(2006) Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Autonomy: Obstacles and Options
(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Mimesis: mimesis
() Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Playing With Your Self: A Philosophical Exploration of Attitudes and Identities in Games
(2016) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
The Marquis de Sade's Philosophical 'System' in its Enlightenment Context
(2015) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Heidegger's Philosophy of Disclosedness: a Relational Interpretation of Being and Time
(2014) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2013) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Memory: Ethics and Rhythmanalysis
(2012) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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DUTY, BEAUTY, DELIGHT AND HAPPINESS: MOTIVATIONS FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
(2008) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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