Andrew William Gibson

Andrew William Gibson is a British scholar, philosopher, children's writer and academic.

Career Gibson has published widely on James Joyce, Samuel Beckett, literary theory, and philosophy - particularly the work of Alain Badiou. His publications include Joyce's Revenge: History, Politics and Aesthetics in James Joyce's 'Ulysses''' (Oxford University Press, 2002), Beckett and Badiou: The Pathos of Intermittency (Oxford University Press, 2006), Intermittency: The Concept of Historical Reason in Recent French Philosophy (Edinburgh University Press, 2011), and The Strong Spirit: History, Politics and Aesthetics in the writings of James Joyce 1898-1915 (Oxford University Press, 2013). His most recent book is Misanthropy: The Critique of Humanity (Bloomsbury, 2017).

Gibson was appointed to a Lectureship in English at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 1977. He was founder and, from 1986 to 2014, organiser of the London University Seminar for Research into James Joyce's Ulysses, and subsequently co-founder of the London University Finnegans Wake seminar. He is a permanent advisory editor to the James Joyce Quarterly and former trustee of the international James Joyce Foundation. He is also an Associate Member of the Beckett International Foundation at the University of Reading. From 2010 to 2017, he was a member of the Conseil scientifique of the Collège International de Philosophie in Paris. He also served on its Comité de Selection. Misanthropy: The Critique of Humanity (London: Bloomsbury, 2017).

Children's Fiction

Ellis and the Hummick (London: Faber, 1989) The Abradazil (London: Faber, 1990) Jemima, Grandma and the Great Lost Zone (London: Faber, 1991) The Rollickers and Other Stories (London: Faber, 1992) The Amazing Witherspoon's Amazing Circus Crew (London: Faber, 1993) Chegwith Skillett Escapes'' (London: Faber, 1995)